Honey Theatre
117 Front Avenue,
Indianola,
MS
38751
117 Front Avenue,
Indianola,
MS
38751
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Previously operated by: Gulf States Theatres
Functions: Retail
Previous Names: Indianola Cinema
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The Honey Theatre was opened on November 17, 1939 with Lew Ayers in “These Glamour Girls”. It was one of two theatres operated by the Collier Circuit, the other being the Regent Theatre. The Honey Theatre was the smaller of the two seating 447. Collier Circuit operated the Honey Theatre until the early-1960’s followed by Gulf States Theatres who operated it until 1969. Taken over by an independent operator, it was renamed Indianola Cinema on April 26, 1973. It outlasted its sister theatre by almost a decade closing on September 6, 1976. It was converted into a department store. The building is now used for retail.
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P.E. “Honey” Morris opened the new Honey Theatre on November 17, 1939 with “These Glamour Girls” with 308 seats in the floor and 141 in the balcony. The theatre was closed March 10, 1958 only to be reopened on June 20, 1958 by Morris' widow. Gulf States Theatre Circuit took it on in 1968 dropping it at the end of 1969 at the end of a 30-year lease. It went to independent operation in 1970 by the McIntyres who had run the Mo-Jac and Regent in town previously. the theatre closed.
It was reopened one final time as the Indianola Cinema on April 26, 1973 in style on April 28, 1973 with “Gone With the Wind.” That movie was a massive hit at the Regent in this town in February of 1941. It closed on September 6, 1976 for the final time with two Jim Kelly films, “Hot Potatoes” and Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Dragon.” The space was converted for a department store.