DeVille Cinema was the local theater that brought the first two Star Wars films to Jackson in the late 70’s. They also were a location that played midnight Friday showings of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” from it’s first release in the 70’s all the way to when management changed in 1985. The marquee was on top of the entrance until 1976 when Wilson’s Catalog Showroom was built in front of it. The marquee was moved out to the side of the Wilson’s store, and is still there, half with a DeVille Plaza sign and the other half with the name of the nightclub there. I have not been there since it changed into a club.
This theater is long gone. The land has been reclaimed as a strip center behind the renovated Cotton Mill Meeting Center (MSU operated). This location also held a Burger King in a log cabin (built for a short-lived bank) and a Ramada Inn. One wing of the Ramada remains as apartments while the front wing was demolished for Buffalo Wild Wings and the log cabin demolished for Chik-fil-A.
In the later years this was the location where students from Mississippi State could go watch porn features. I worked at MSU’s newspaper and their ads always had one word titles.
DeVille Cinema was the local theater that brought the first two Star Wars films to Jackson in the late 70’s. They also were a location that played midnight Friday showings of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” from it’s first release in the 70’s all the way to when management changed in 1985. The marquee was on top of the entrance until 1976 when Wilson’s Catalog Showroom was built in front of it. The marquee was moved out to the side of the Wilson’s store, and is still there, half with a DeVille Plaza sign and the other half with the name of the nightclub there. I have not been there since it changed into a club.
The photo that is included here is a still from the production of “The Help.”
This theater is long gone. The land has been reclaimed as a strip center behind the renovated Cotton Mill Meeting Center (MSU operated). This location also held a Burger King in a log cabin (built for a short-lived bank) and a Ramada Inn. One wing of the Ramada remains as apartments while the front wing was demolished for Buffalo Wild Wings and the log cabin demolished for Chik-fil-A.
In the later years this was the location where students from Mississippi State could go watch porn features. I worked at MSU’s newspaper and their ads always had one word titles.
Theater is now closed (Jul 2017). Now home for local branch of area mega-church.