Yes I was at the Suniland in June of 1983. I actually started there in August of 1982. The theatre was playing AC/DC Let There Be Rock with the enhanced sound system, ET and we opened Fast Times At Ridgemont High my first week. We also were running “Shock Treatment” as a Miami area exclusive late show, what a dog. We were contracted to play it 12 weeks and by the third week we had maybe 10 people each night attend. Mike, do we know each other?
Some trivia about the original Camelot theatre. The theatre was built by the Wilber-Kinsey theatre chain, they were a part of the ABC theatre group. In those days the theatre manager was allowed to suggest a theatre name, the only catch was the name could not be more than 7 letters long as marquees were expensive. The theatres manager was aware that Wilber-Kinsey had built a theatre in Myrtle Beach and named it the Camelot. The name was chosen because the theatre was located on Kings Highway. He liked the name and suggested it, Mr Kinsey agreed because he thought the name fit the location in Greenville and he already had the drawings for the marquee from the Myrtle Beach theatre.
Yes I was at the Suniland in June of 1983. I actually started there in August of 1982. The theatre was playing AC/DC Let There Be Rock with the enhanced sound system, ET and we opened Fast Times At Ridgemont High my first week. We also were running “Shock Treatment” as a Miami area exclusive late show, what a dog. We were contracted to play it 12 weeks and by the third week we had maybe 10 people each night attend. Mike, do we know each other?
Some trivia about the original Camelot theatre. The theatre was built by the Wilber-Kinsey theatre chain, they were a part of the ABC theatre group. In those days the theatre manager was allowed to suggest a theatre name, the only catch was the name could not be more than 7 letters long as marquees were expensive. The theatres manager was aware that Wilber-Kinsey had built a theatre in Myrtle Beach and named it the Camelot. The name was chosen because the theatre was located on Kings Highway. He liked the name and suggested it, Mr Kinsey agreed because he thought the name fit the location in Greenville and he already had the drawings for the marquee from the Myrtle Beach theatre.