Clemson Theater
364 College Avenue,
Clemson,
SC
29631
364 College Avenue,
Clemson,
SC
29631
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Circa 1961 photo added via Jim Mulso.
Gotta love the internet… wonderful links in the comments here. :(
I saw Tron at the Clemson Theater in the later half of 1982. That was among the last movies shown there. I’m not sure it showed “X or unrated” films prior to that. It would have been pretty unusual for such a theater to be in the downtown of a small SC town then. It would be unusual today as well. Remember, this it was within sight of the university.
The Astro III, about half a mile further down College Avenue (with three screens) put the theater out of business. The Astro was always pretty “modern” when I was a kid and I remember the small Greek statues inside. The Astro was put out of business a generation later by the big megaex theaters first in Seneca, then another out by I85 between Pendleton and Anderson.
The Clemson Theater was open into the early ‘80s; the last film I can say with certainty that I saw there was THE ROAD WARRIOR in May 1982 (my father took me, even though it was in the middle of final exams for the year). Mr. York, the manager, then moved down the street to the Astro III.
A 1986 view of the Clemson Theater building in Clemson.
The link posted above has a series of interior and exterior photos:
http://tinyurl.com/odnxu
A picture of this theater is here.