Dosta Playhouse
122 N. Ashley Street,
Valdosta,
GA
31602
122 N. Ashley Street,
Valdosta,
GA
31602
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Closed November 1st, 1977 (as a full-time cinema)
Dosta Theatre closing 02 Nov 1977, Wed The Valdosta Daily Times (Valdosta, Georgia) Newspapers.com
Closed in 1966 and reopened on August 10th, 1973 showing Shaw Brothers 5 Fingers of Death.
Opened May 5th, 1941.
Dosta Theatre opening 03 May 1941, Sat The Valdosta Daily Times (Valdosta, Georgia) Newspapers.com
Thanks for the photos Andy.
Here are my pictures from November 2010.
Classy guy SAJ. I dealt with your type at the IMPERIAL in Augusta where Blacks could set anywhere,funny thing James Brown would always catch a movie at the IMPERIAL he wanted to sit in the Balcony first row House left.He was bit more classy than you.
The Dosta Theatre was fabricated from an earlier storefront building. Newspaper accounts claimed that the new exterior facade cost “$30,000”. The theatre had its official opening on Monday, May 5, 1941.
I remember the Dosta Theater during the early 50’s when Blacks were forced to sit in the balcony. During intermission we entertained ourselves by dumping cups of soda (and piss!), pop corn, and assorted debris over the railing on unsuspecting whites sitting below. We were determined to get even with Georgia crackers “by any means necessaryâ€.
Golden Summers in Valdosta
Downtown Dosta
picture show
Pissing from the balcony
on whites below
And the humiliating
back door
at Valdosta’s
Dairy Queen store.
Here is another.
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Here is a night picture.
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