Actually, the building suffered three fires in its history (only two as the Princess Theatre). The Princess Theatre formerly housed the Elk’s Club until it was destroyed by a fire on March 31, 1911. The building was rebuilt as the Princess Theatre and the Elk’s Club was relocated a block away. The Princess Theatre would then suffer two more fires, one on June 10, 1918 and again on January 8, 1942.
The Princess Theatre closed in either September or October 1972.
The Martin Theatre opened its doors as a single-screener in the Spring of 1971. It was later renamed the Martin Twin when it was twinned in 1977. Three more screens were added in mid-1983 and it was renamed the Martin Five. While under Carmike, it was renamed the Martin 5 Theatres.
The Hopkinsville Drive-In started life as the B & W Drive-In and opened its gates on July 9, 1948 with Rod Cameron in “Pirates Of Monterey” (unknown if extras added). It has a total capacity of 250 cars and was operated by Charles J. Burgless of Cerulean, Kentucky. The theater was renamed the Hopkinsville Drive-In a couple years later.
Unlike most drive-ins before CinemaScope, the drive-in’s original screen was low-mounted to 10ft rather than the usual 20ft.
In 1960, the theater was briefly renamed the Starview Drive-In, and closed at the end of the season that same year.
Although there is no grand opening date, this opened on October 1, 1966 with “Get Yourself A College Girl” and “Wild Wild Winter”. Ads from a few days later determine that this is a new drive-in so it’s very possible that this opened with both of those attractions mentioned.
The July 4, 1996 tornado which destroyed both of the screens and damaged the concession/projection stand actually occurred during the final minutes of intermission before “Twister” started, not during the movie. The other screen was showing “Executive Decision” at the time of the tornado. The theater was quickly rebuilt and was able to reopen before the end of the 1996 season.
Opened on December 25, 1971 as Cinema I, renamed Cinema Twins in 1974, renamed Duffy’s Twin Theatres in late-1982, and finally Duffy’s Cinema 3 in 1983. It was closed on April 12, 1987.
The Skyway opened on June 5, 1953 with Rod Cameron in “Woman Of The North Country” along with an unnamed cartoon and shorts, and closed on October 25, 1980 with “Caddyshack”, “10”, and “Monty Python’s Life Of Brian”.
This was known as Moving Pictures, although there’s not a lot of information about it. However, there’s also an another theater that also had not a lot of information called the Fairyland Theatre, a 350-seat motion picture theater that only operated from November 1909 until January 1910.
The Pastime Theatre opened its doors by W.M. Locke on August 9, 1911 with the vaudeville acts “The Famous Duel”, “Her Spoiled Boy”, and “1861”, along with a musical segment on W.D. Cavanaugh doing “When We Were Sweethearts”. The Pastime closed in 1915.
This is actually named the Columbia Theatre, not Columbus. It opened on September 22, 1911 with a live presentation of “Rosalind At Red Gate”.
The Columbia Theater closed on September 27, 1917 when the whole building collapsed during repairment, killing four men and injuring two other men. The north and south walls were destroyed alongside the roof.
Actually, the New Lyric Theatre was still running movies ten years after it opened, so its like an error from the book. However it did host at least a couple of special events at times but otherwise it still runs movies as normal.
The Lyric Theatre closed on June 30, 1962 with Randolph Scott in “Ride The High Country” and John Mills in “The Singer Not The Song”.
Actually, the building suffered three fires in its history (only two as the Princess Theatre). The Princess Theatre formerly housed the Elk’s Club until it was destroyed by a fire on March 31, 1911. The building was rebuilt as the Princess Theatre and the Elk’s Club was relocated a block away. The Princess Theatre would then suffer two more fires, one on June 10, 1918 and again on January 8, 1942.
The Princess Theatre closed in either September or October 1972.
The Martin Theatre opened its doors as a single-screener in the Spring of 1971. It was later renamed the Martin Twin when it was twinned in 1977. Three more screens were added in mid-1983 and it was renamed the Martin Five. While under Carmike, it was renamed the Martin 5 Theatres.
Closed as a movie house on January 6, 1983 for unknown reasons, but was likely due to the expansion of the nearby Martin Twin into a fiveplex.
The Hopkinsville Drive-In started life as the B & W Drive-In and opened its gates on July 9, 1948 with Rod Cameron in “Pirates Of Monterey” (unknown if extras added). It has a total capacity of 250 cars and was operated by Charles J. Burgless of Cerulean, Kentucky. The theater was renamed the Hopkinsville Drive-In a couple years later.
In 1960, the theater was briefly renamed the Starview Drive-In, and closed at the end of the season that same year.
This actually closed in the 1960s.
Closed on August 10, 2000.
This started life as the Georgia Twin in 1974, I cannot find its opening date though.
Closed in 1980.
Although there is no grand opening date, this opened on October 1, 1966 with “Get Yourself A College Girl” and “Wild Wild Winter”. Ads from a few days later determine that this is a new drive-in so it’s very possible that this opened with both of those attractions mentioned.
The July 4, 1996 tornado which destroyed both of the screens and damaged the concession/projection stand actually occurred during the final minutes of intermission before “Twister” started, not during the movie. The other screen was showing “Executive Decision” at the time of the tornado. The theater was quickly rebuilt and was able to reopen before the end of the 1996 season.
Opened on December 25, 1971 as Cinema I, renamed Cinema Twins in 1974, renamed Duffy’s Twin Theatres in late-1982, and finally Duffy’s Cinema 3 in 1983. It was closed on April 12, 1987.
The Skyway opened on June 5, 1953 with Rod Cameron in “Woman Of The North Country” along with an unnamed cartoon and shorts, and closed on October 25, 1980 with “Caddyshack”, “10”, and “Monty Python’s Life Of Brian”.
The actual opening date is September 14, 1968 with Julie Andrews in “Hawaii”.
The Southwinds Drive-In closed on October 7, 1990 with “Taking Care Of Business”, “Pretty Woman”, “Arachnophobia”, and “Betsy’s Wedding”.
Closed after the 1981 season.
Closed on August 28, 1983 with “Return of The Jedi”.
Briefly closed on April 27, 2000, reopened the following month, closed for the final time on July 20, 2000.
This was known as Moving Pictures, although there’s not a lot of information about it. However, there’s also an another theater that also had not a lot of information called the Fairyland Theatre, a 350-seat motion picture theater that only operated from November 1909 until January 1910.
The Pastime Theatre opened its doors by W.M. Locke on August 9, 1911 with the vaudeville acts “The Famous Duel”, “Her Spoiled Boy”, and “1861”, along with a musical segment on W.D. Cavanaugh doing “When We Were Sweethearts”. The Pastime closed in 1915.
The Dreamland Theatre opened on September 27, 1907, briefly renamed the Lyric Theatre in early-May 1915, and closed in late-May 1915.
This is actually named the Columbia Theatre, not Columbus. It opened on September 22, 1911 with a live presentation of “Rosalind At Red Gate”.
The Columbia Theater closed on September 27, 1917 when the whole building collapsed during repairment, killing four men and injuring two other men. The north and south walls were destroyed alongside the roof.
General Cinema closed the theater on May 28, 2001. It did receive a one-year darkness until Cleveland Cinemas reopened it on July 25, 2002.
Opened on March 31, 1990.
Is there going to be a chance that the marquee will ever get rebuilt?
It opened on June 14, 1967 (with “In Like Flint”), not January 2, 1968.
Closed on November 4, 1956 with Audie Murphy in “Gun Smoke” and Ann Sheridan in “Take Me To Town” (unknown if extras added).
Actually, the New Lyric Theatre was still running movies ten years after it opened, so its like an error from the book. However it did host at least a couple of special events at times but otherwise it still runs movies as normal.
The Lyric Theatre closed on June 30, 1962 with Randolph Scott in “Ride The High Country” and John Mills in “The Singer Not The Song”.