I remember seeing the Jessica Lange version of “King Kong” there. In the roof, they stuck a statue (?) of Kong climbing the World Trade Center. Impressive sight from the parking lot.
This cinema’s lobby, for some reason, had a recliner next to the box office where the ticket-taking usher would sit. Most unusual feature I had ever seen in a movie house of any sort.
Through much of the 1970s, this theatre showed a lot of porn. It is now the home of a JenCare clinic for senior citizens. The banquet hall closed after Katrina.
What a great drive-in! The last time I had gone there (1978?), they had removed the speaker posts and had installed a system where you could tune your car’s radio to hear the movie’s soundtrack. That didn’t work on our old truck’s radio (it was AM), so we had to borrow a radio from the concession stand and listen with that. I remember at the time that they were playing “Buck Rogers” (the Gil Gerard and Erin Gray version that later aired as a pilot for the series on NBC television.
Back in the early to mid ‘70’s, I can remember riding on I-10 ahd looking out over the guardrail and seeing a glimpse of what was playing on the South screen. Pretty cool, huh?
My mother and I remember going to the Aereon on Sundays after church and watching some good movies (the big hits that, if you went to some of the big chains would coust 5 and 6 bucks to get in) for a buck.
The Aereon closed in the mid to late 1980s and was demolished. A CVS/Pharmacy stands on the site today.
This building has been sold and, from what I hear, is going to be reopened as a theatre sort of like the Saenger across the street. NO MORE RAVES.
I remember seeing the Jessica Lange version of “King Kong” there. In the roof, they stuck a statue (?) of Kong climbing the World Trade Center. Impressive sight from the parking lot.
I remember that one had to go up a small flight of stairs to reach the box office.
This cinema’s lobby, for some reason, had a recliner next to the box office where the ticket-taking usher would sit. Most unusual feature I had ever seen in a movie house of any sort.
For a time in the 1980s, this was a disco.
This cinema was located in the Elmwood Shopping Center and is now the site of a fitness center that is run by Ochsner Health System.
This multiplex was a Gulf States Theatres facility. Saw “Mask” with Cher shortly after this place opened.
Through much of the 1970s, this theatre showed a lot of porn. It is now the home of a JenCare clinic for senior citizens. The banquet hall closed after Katrina.
Summary of status:
NO MINORS, PERIOD because of alcohol permits. Independent and arthouse flicks shown. Moderately expensive.
Saw several movies there. Mom jokingly called it a “Firetrap”
I remember seeing “The Fox and the Hound” there. Access to the theatres was via a long hallway with stores along its length.
Quick update: As to the number of screens, by the time the Aereon closed, it went from 3 to 6 screens with an addition on it west side.
What a great drive-in! The last time I had gone there (1978?), they had removed the speaker posts and had installed a system where you could tune your car’s radio to hear the movie’s soundtrack. That didn’t work on our old truck’s radio (it was AM), so we had to borrow a radio from the concession stand and listen with that. I remember at the time that they were playing “Buck Rogers” (the Gil Gerard and Erin Gray version that later aired as a pilot for the series on NBC television.
Back in the early to mid ‘70’s, I can remember riding on I-10 ahd looking out over the guardrail and seeing a glimpse of what was playing on the South screen. Pretty cool, huh?
My mother and I remember going to the Aereon on Sundays after church and watching some good movies (the big hits that, if you went to some of the big chains would coust 5 and 6 bucks to get in) for a buck.
The Aereon closed in the mid to late 1980s and was demolished. A CVS/Pharmacy stands on the site today.