Fotomac, The double feature’s playing on July 15, 1977 were on the east side: “Smokey and the Bandit” and “Mustang Country”. On the west side: “Joyride”, and “Heavy Traffic”.
Fotomac, I can’t find any lists of opening movies. I did find that three of the first movies were “Bewitched”, “Herbie: Fully Loaded”, and “Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl”.
It looks like Wagner Sign built a new marquee for this theatre, and for some reason, was not used. They are now trying to sell the marquee at a greatly reduced price.
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The portion still standing was the Capri III & IV, (former Capri-70), which was gutted and repurposed as an art gallery.
Fotomac, The double feature’s playing on July 15, 1977 were on the east side: “Smokey and the Bandit” and “Mustang Country”. On the west side: “Joyride”, and “Heavy Traffic”.
Fotomac, The double feature playing on July 15, 1977 was “The House by the Lake”, and “Strange Shadows in an Empty Room”.
Fotomac, The double feature playing on July 15, 1977 was “Outlaw Blues” and “Freebie and the Bean”
Fotomac, The movies playing on July 15, 1977 were “Spicy L.A.”, and “Forbidden Pleasures”.
Fotomac, The double feature playing on July 15, 1977:“Felicia” and “I Feel it Coming”.
Fotomac, The movie playing on July 15, 1977 was “The Deep”.
Fotomac, the Riviera closed on January 7, 1976.
Fotomac, The movie playing on July 15, 1977 was “Smokey and the Bandit”.
Fotomac, The movie playing on July 15, 1977 was “House of Wax” and was presented in Stereovision 3D.
Fotomac, The movie playing on July 15, 1977 was “Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo”
Fotomac, The movies playing on July 15, 1977 were: “Outlaw Blues”, “Sorcerer”, “Grand Theft Auto”, and “Rocky”.
Fotomac, The movies playing on July 15, 1977 were “Orca”, “The Island of Dr, Moreau”, “Final Chapter Walking Tall”, and “The Other side of Midnight”.
Fotomac, The movie playing on July 15, 1977 was a triple feature, “The Blood Monster”, “Who Slew Auntie Roo”, and “The Beast Must Die”,
Fotomac, The movie playing on July 15, 1977 was “Barbara”
Fotomac, The movie playing on July 15, 1977 was “Roller Coaster” in it’s 5th week.
Fotomac, The movie playing on July 15, 1977 was “New York, New York” in it’s 3rd week.
Fotomac, The movie in #1 was “Smokey and the Bandit” in it’s 3rd week. #2 was playing “Rocky” in it’s 25th week.
Fotomac, The movie in #1 was “Smokey and the Bandit” in it’s 3rd week. #2 was playing “Rocky” in it’s 25th week.
It would later be M&M Tavern Drive Thru and a Mayflower Restaurant. Picture of restaurant and tavern in photo section.
The David Crockett Theatre opened in December of 1946. The building is still standing and contains a retail shop.
Fotomac, I can’t find any lists of opening movies. I did find that three of the first movies were “Bewitched”, “Herbie: Fully Loaded”, and “Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl”.
It looks like Wagner Sign built a new marquee for this theatre, and for some reason, was not used. They are now trying to sell the marquee at a greatly reduced price. facebook.com/WagnerElectricSign
Fotomac, I have posted the newspaper article of the purchase by Regal in the photo section.
The final movies were shown on Oct 31, 2019. A picture of the marquee with the final movies is in the photo section.