This started life as the Midway Drive-In, opened by the Frisina Amusement Company on June 7, 1957 with Richard Widmark in “Hell And High Water” and Robert Mitchum in “River Of No Return” (unknown if extras added). Its original screen measures 40x80ft. Frisina first planned on the theater exactly three years before its construction started.
The Eric Twin opened its doors on June 25, 1975 with Gene Hackman in “The French Connection 2” in Screen 1 and Peter Sellers in “The Return Of The Pink Panther” in Screen 2. It was originally first managed by Michael Danchak of Easton, and on its grand opening, officials from the Sameric chain’s home office and the Easton business community attended one of the first screenings after a special message delivered by then-Mayor Fred L. Ashton Jr.
Two more screens were added on June 17, 1980, bringing its total to four screens. A fifth screen was added on June 2, 1983, followed by a sixth screen on June 17, 1983. During its days as a six-screener, it went under the names “Eric Easton 6” and “UA Easton 6”.
NOTE: I accidentally added a duplicate page because I got confused while searching through its history. I hope they’ll fix it soon.
Opened on April 6, 1953 with Gregory Peck in “David And Bathsheba” (most likely along with a few unnamed shorts but unclear at this time). It most likely operated for only three seasons, closing in 1956.
Opened on October 15, 1914 as the American Theatre, renamed the McCutchen Theatre on July 20, 1948, and closed on May 8, 1977. It later became a church after a nearby church was destroyed by a fire two weeks after the McCutchen Theatre closed as a movie house.
The New Globe Theatre opened its doors on December 15, 1946 with Edmund Lowe in “The Enchanted Forest” (unknown if extras added). It was closed in 1961.
Opened as a triplex in November 1993 as the “Cinema 1 Plus 1 Plus 1”. Two more screens were added in July 1995 and its name was shorten to just “Cinema 1 Plus”.
The Meramec Cinema likely opened on July 7, 1980 with “The Shining” in Screen 1 and “Wholly Moses” in Screen 2. Kerasotes closed the Meramec in mid-September 2002.
The Gasconade Theatre was renamed the “Campbell’s Music Hall Theatre” in October 1979 but continued to screen first-run films.
The theater closed in 1981 and sat abandoned for more than a year. The theater would then reopen as the Owensville Community Theater on January 5, 1983 with “E.T.” but this didn’t last long, and the Community closed as a movie theater on September 11, 1983.
Some original installations the Cinema Theatre had as of 1965 include Century MBA projection with Cole-Morgan F17X lenses and a 24x52ft Technikota screen.
Opened with James Stewart in “Cheyenne Autumn” and Walt Disney’s “Emil And The Detectives” along with an unnamed Disney cartoon. It was first managed by Charles Dorsey, who also managed the Santa Maria Theatre at the time.
Metro Nashville Police identified 29-year-old Vincente David Montano as the suspect after confirming his identity using an identification card found on his body and through his fingerprints, which matched an arrest record dating all the way back to 2004.
Montano was born in Rockford, Illinois on December 28, 1985, but moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at the age of 18 in 2003 because of his mother’s job translation. Shortly afterward, he began having his arrest history, and throughout the following few years, he was arrested three times in 2004 and twice in 2007.
In February 2004, officers arrived at Montano’s home on Briar Bend Drive after his mother called 911. He told them that her son “has been having thoughts of suicide, as well as homicide,” according to the police report. Pruett said he had been hearing voices, and broke both a coffee table and a jewelry box.
Six months after the first incident, police were called back to the same home that August. She said that she asked Montano to mow the lawn. But he wouldn’t get out of bed, so she threw a bucket of water on him. Then he went into the bathroom and attempted to flood the house. Both each claimed that they were hit by the other, but they both calmed down and the officers eventually left. But police were called back two hours later and Montano was arrested, booked with simple assault on an officer and resisting arrest. The court ordered a mental evaluation. He was then committed involuntarily several other times over the following three years according to a Nashville police spokesman.
Prior to the shooting, he was homeless and had a history of mental illness. Montano was a paranoid schizophrenic according to an interview, and had been institutionalized at least three times in his past 11 years of life. Montano’s mother said that she left her son after he threw a cup into her car window. His mother had been out of touch with him throughout his last two years of life.
First operated as the Rainbow Theatre as early as the mid-1970s. It was later operated by Cinemette Corporation of America and finally Carmike. Carmike closed the Rainbow on October 16, 1996.
The actual opening date is October 27, 1938 with Robert Taylor in “The Crowd Roars” along with a few unnamed short subjects (unlisted on grand opening ad), and was a replacement of an earlier Gayety Theatre which opened in 1915.
Taken over by Frisina Amusement Company in March 1959.
This started life as the Midway Drive-In, opened by the Frisina Amusement Company on June 7, 1957 with Richard Widmark in “Hell And High Water” and Robert Mitchum in “River Of No Return” (unknown if extras added). Its original screen measures 40x80ft. Frisina first planned on the theater exactly three years before its construction started.
The Eric Twin opened its doors on June 25, 1975 with Gene Hackman in “The French Connection 2” in Screen 1 and Peter Sellers in “The Return Of The Pink Panther” in Screen 2. It was originally first managed by Michael Danchak of Easton, and on its grand opening, officials from the Sameric chain’s home office and the Easton business community attended one of the first screenings after a special message delivered by then-Mayor Fred L. Ashton Jr.
Two more screens were added on June 17, 1980, bringing its total to four screens. A fifth screen was added on June 2, 1983, followed by a sixth screen on June 17, 1983. During its days as a six-screener, it went under the names “Eric Easton 6” and “UA Easton 6”.
Opened on Christmas Eve 1943 with Judy Garland in “Presenting Lily Mars” (unknown if extras added).
Opened on May 19, 1950, closed in 1959.
Opened on April 6, 1953 with Gregory Peck in “David And Bathsheba” (most likely along with a few unnamed shorts but unclear at this time). It most likely operated for only three seasons, closing in 1956.
Opened on October 15, 1914 as the American Theatre, renamed the McCutchen Theatre on July 20, 1948, and closed on May 8, 1977. It later became a church after a nearby church was destroyed by a fire two weeks after the McCutchen Theatre closed as a movie house.
Opened in May 1951.
The New Globe Theatre opened its doors on December 15, 1946 with Edmund Lowe in “The Enchanted Forest” (unknown if extras added). It was closed in 1961.
Likely closed as a movie house in late-February 1986.
Opened as a triplex in November 1993 as the “Cinema 1 Plus 1 Plus 1”. Two more screens were added in July 1995 and its name was shorten to just “Cinema 1 Plus”.
The Meramec Cinema likely opened on July 7, 1980 with “The Shining” in Screen 1 and “Wholly Moses” in Screen 2. Kerasotes closed the Meramec in mid-September 2002.
The Gasconade Theatre was renamed the “Campbell’s Music Hall Theatre” in October 1979 but continued to screen first-run films.
The theater closed in 1981 and sat abandoned for more than a year. The theater would then reopen as the Owensville Community Theater on January 5, 1983 with “E.T.” but this didn’t last long, and the Community closed as a movie theater on September 11, 1983.
Its current functions are classic films and first-run films.
Closed on March 26, 2006.
The husband-and-wife team of Mike and Betty Earlywine opened the 152-seat Oleta Theater on November 17, 1995 with “How To Make An American Quilt”.
I always think that operating a drive-in theater in a middle of a trailer park is definitely a very stupid idea.
Some original installations the Cinema Theatre had as of 1965 include Century MBA projection with Cole-Morgan F17X lenses and a 24x52ft Technikota screen.
Likely closed on July 30, 1983 with “Psycho II”.
Opened with James Stewart in “Cheyenne Autumn” and Walt Disney’s “Emil And The Detectives” along with an unnamed Disney cartoon. It was first managed by Charles Dorsey, who also managed the Santa Maria Theatre at the time.
Metro Nashville Police identified 29-year-old Vincente David Montano as the suspect after confirming his identity using an identification card found on his body and through his fingerprints, which matched an arrest record dating all the way back to 2004.
Montano was born in Rockford, Illinois on December 28, 1985, but moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at the age of 18 in 2003 because of his mother’s job translation. Shortly afterward, he began having his arrest history, and throughout the following few years, he was arrested three times in 2004 and twice in 2007.
In February 2004, officers arrived at Montano’s home on Briar Bend Drive after his mother called 911. He told them that her son “has been having thoughts of suicide, as well as homicide,” according to the police report. Pruett said he had been hearing voices, and broke both a coffee table and a jewelry box.
Six months after the first incident, police were called back to the same home that August. She said that she asked Montano to mow the lawn. But he wouldn’t get out of bed, so she threw a bucket of water on him. Then he went into the bathroom and attempted to flood the house. Both each claimed that they were hit by the other, but they both calmed down and the officers eventually left. But police were called back two hours later and Montano was arrested, booked with simple assault on an officer and resisting arrest. The court ordered a mental evaluation. He was then committed involuntarily several other times over the following three years according to a Nashville police spokesman.
Prior to the shooting, he was homeless and had a history of mental illness. Montano was a paranoid schizophrenic according to an interview, and had been institutionalized at least three times in his past 11 years of life. Montano’s mother said that she left her son after he threw a cup into her car window. His mother had been out of touch with him throughout his last two years of life.
First operated as the Rainbow Theatre as early as the mid-1970s. It was later operated by Cinemette Corporation of America and finally Carmike. Carmike closed the Rainbow on October 16, 1996.
The actual opening date is October 27, 1938 with Robert Taylor in “The Crowd Roars” along with a few unnamed short subjects (unlisted on grand opening ad), and was a replacement of an earlier Gayety Theatre which opened in 1915.
Still operating in 1978.
Still open in 1965.