My Dad, Robin Wightman was the City Manager at the time the UA Cinema 150 was built. I remember well the time the big screen was being shipped from London to Little Rock. My Father was a wreck! He said that one small tear during the installation of this very delicate screen would halt the opening of the theater. My Father lived by the motto “The Show Must Go On”. As a very young girl, I remember the Caddo River Bridge in Arkadelphia being closed due to dangerous flooding. My Father convinced them to let him walk across the bridge to pick up the cans of film so the theater would not have to close down. He started as an usher with the old Robb & Rowley Theaters and worked his way up to District Manager of United Artists. When Glen Campbell came to Little Rock for the opending of “True Grit”, he was ill and my Father called our family Dr. for an appointment.
My Dad, Robin Wightman was the City Manager at the time the UA Cinema 150 was built. I remember well the time the big screen was being shipped from London to Little Rock. My Father was a wreck! He said that one small tear during the installation of this very delicate screen would halt the opening of the theater. My Father lived by the motto “The Show Must Go On”. As a very young girl, I remember the Caddo River Bridge in Arkadelphia being closed due to dangerous flooding. My Father convinced them to let him walk across the bridge to pick up the cans of film so the theater would not have to close down. He started as an usher with the old Robb & Rowley Theaters and worked his way up to District Manager of United Artists. When Glen Campbell came to Little Rock for the opending of “True Grit”, he was ill and my Father called our family Dr. for an appointment.