Comments from Ripshin - Cinema Treasures

Ripshin commented about Coral Theatre on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:32 am

Yes, saw many Disney films there in the late 60s/early 70s. I actually watched them tear it down in the early 80s – made lots of people really angry. Didn’t they put up some furniture store? (I can’t believe what has been torn down in the Gables…the Presbyterian Church was a Mid-Century masterpiece! And the Coliseum……sad.)

Ripshin commented about Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theater on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:29 am

Loved the children’s matinees in the late 60s/early 70s. When I returned to UM in the 80s, I HATED that they had chopped up the theater.

Ripshin commented about Bonnie Kate Theatre on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:19 am

One correction to the description…Elizabethton is not a college town.

Ripshin commented about Paramount Theatre on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:17 am

I could have sworn that I saw “The Empire Strikes Back” there in 1980, on a single large screen. It was the largest screen showing the film.

Ripshin commented about AMC Classic Dyersburg 9 on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:15 am

It opened as the Martin TWIN, before one of the auditoriums was divded.