Capri Twin Theatre
4050 Nolensville Road,
Nashville,
TN
37211
4050 Nolensville Road,
Nashville,
TN
37211
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Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas, Martin Theatres
Previous Names: Capri Theatre
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The Capri Theatre was located at the Harding Mall and it opened March 26, 1969 by Martin Theatres. It opened as a single screen and was converted to a twin in 1978. Carmike took over operations in October of 1984. The Capri Twin Theatre closed in 1989.
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This was located on the side of the mall directly facing Harding Road. When the mall was rehabbed during the 1980s, the twin was taken out and replaced by the aforementioned 6-screen in the early 90s. For a time, Harding Mall had no theatre at all… As previously mentioned, the mall itself is no more — it’s a WalMart now.
I think the whole venture was built upon the false premise that “if you build it, they will come.” Carmike continued to build non stadium miltiplexes in the Nashville metroplex well into the 1990s. It was easily unseated as the dominant chain in Nashville by Regal Cinemas, which constructed the amazing [at the time] Regal Hollywood 27 in 1996, then later the more sedate but in some ways more successful Green Hills Commons 16.
Harding Mall was always kind of a dump IMHO. The Castner’s there didn’t carry the same choice of merechandise as their other stores. Anybody remember Pasquale’s? It was across the street from the mall and we’d hit it after a show at the Capri. The Harding Mall Shoney’s didn’t have the teen hang-out vibe that Thompson Lane, Donelson, and Madison had. Just kind of always out of the way and suburbanly ugly.
Yes another Walmart at this theatres location.
I bet this was a nice twin theatre,too bad we couldn’t have stayed with twins and maybe triples.
To Corivraken…. actually, the Capri was a single screen house until 1978, when the auditorium was split and ‘twinned’. I remember watching “The Rose” at this theatre around Christmas, 1979.
Oh, and “Mannequin” may have played at this theatre, but Cinema South 4 had it first ru, which was about ¾ of a mile away…. I managed that theatre when that was released.
Harding Mall 6 was built on the other side of the Harding Mall, 180 degrees opposite.
Mike, this was actually a twin that took on the ‘tunnel vision’ concept. The single auditorium was OK, but putting a wall down the middle did nothing for it, except offer another option for a movie. Lobby was very small.
Yep, same old story,ltes put a wall down the middle,thanks GMNash.
I remember watching movies at the twin. Saw The Last Dragon and The Lost Boys there. All true about it being a single and then they put the dividing wall down the middle. Kind of Funky because the screen went right to the wall, no border. It was also my very 1st job as a teenager back in 85'.
When they built Harding 6 that was the downfall of Cinema South, and as stated Harding 6 was in a declining neighborhood, no stadium seating and most of all Carmike Cinemas ran it which is the death of any movie house.
I worked at many Carmike owned theaters in South Nashville and only one is in existence today. Hickory 8 which is a $1.50 house.
Bell Forge 10, Cinema South, Capri Twin, Hickory Hollow Cinemas, Bell Road Cinemas are all gone. Bell Forge 10 is now a mosque. Funny, that in the late 80s early 90s it was the flagship of Carmike in the whole nation.
March 26th, 1969 grand opening ad in photo section.
December 8th, 1978 ad for 2 screens in photo section.