Jupiter Theatre
2500 7th Avenue S,
Birmingham,
AL
35233
2500 7th Avenue S,
Birmingham,
AL
35233
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Functions: Office Space
Previous Names: Festival Cinema, Centennial Cinema
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The Festival Cinema opened as an art house movie theatre on April 10, 1969 with Genevieve Waite in “Joanna”. By 1972 it had been renamed Centennial Cinema. Open in 2000 as an adult porn theatre & book store named Jupiter Theatre.
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I think this is where I saw the classic exploitation film “Trader Hornee” (the ‘e’s are silent) in 1971. It was produced by Birmingham native schlockmeister David F. Friedman, who also appears in a cameo in the film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066479/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/David_Friedman
The location fits with what I remember, slightly South and East of the University Hospital complex. The theater was very small, with only two employees: a ticket-taker/concessionaire and a manager/projectionist. It may have been a recycled “Jerry Lewis Cinema” which was common at the time.
This opened on April 10th, 1969 as the Festival Cinema and reopened by Cine Cinemas as the Centennial Cinema on July 21st, 1972. Started to show adult movies in 1975. 1969 and 1972 grand opening ads posted.