AMC Classic Pines 1
340 N. 4th Street,
Silsbee,
TX
77656
340 N. 4th Street,
Silsbee,
TX
77656
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Apparently closed since Hurricane Harvey.
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Storm-damage-could-permanently-close-Silsbee-s-12251982.php#photo-14284046
Now operated by AMC as the AMC Classic Pines 1.
Willie Royer again. I worked for Mr.Suitt at the Peoples Theater in Beaumont while they built the Pines. We moved to Silsbee and when they finished I went to work there. I just turned 85 5 days ago. Wow that was a long time ago. But I’ve enjoyed it all…. See you in the balcony I hope!
For Mr. Willie Royer, The manager was Dewey H. Suitt, my late grandfather. W.S. worked for my grandpa until he retired and W.S. took over management.
I was too young to have any memories of my grandpa, so thanks for sharing yours!
Hi! My name is Willie Royer. When the Pines Theatre was built, I was the first usher/ticket taker. I remember W S and the other projectionist Frenchy very well. Mr Seward [sp] was the manager. I worked there for about a year before moving back to Beaumont.
The Pines Theatre was originally operated by the Jefferson Amusement Company, and replaced an earlier house at Silsbee the circuit had bought in 1937. This was a 300-seat theater called the Palace, which was condemned in 1947.
Carmike has invested in an DLP system for this small-town theatre.
Hello,
My name is Laurie LeBoeuf, and I am the current manager of the Pines Theatre, owned by Carmike Cinemas out of Georgia. I just wanted everyone to know how happy it makes me that my theatre should and is being recognized as a historical building. It was actually never recognized as one. I recently became the manager a little less than a year ago, and it has been my goal since then to try to repair the building as much as possible (which, I have discovered, is VERY difficult to do with older buildings) until I can get it in decent enough shape where I can present it to the historical society (and not feel ashamed). It has been through some rough times, and it breaks my heart to see what has happened to it over the past few years. Carmike Cinemas, because they have budgets for all of their theatres, cannot afford major renovations on my little one-screen and so repairs are slow and sometimes never approved. So it is my hope to get the approval of the historical society. Maybe then we can get the funding we deserve to revive the theatre back into its original glory.
Mr. Rosser, actually, is not deceased, as many people believe. He had a non-fatal heart attack while at work, but he recovered and has since retired and moved to another state. Not one manager since him has lived up to his name, but I am determined to stick around and become known as the “old lady”!
Anyway, thank everyone so, SO much for your appreciation of my diamond-in-the-rough! Feel free to come by and have a chat with me! I’d love to hear anyone’s ideas as to how I can get more significant renovations up and moving! :)
From Boxoffice magazine, October 1947:
SILSBEE, Tex.-The city commission and fire department condemned the building housing the Jefferson Amusement Co. theater here on September 24 and closed its doors, leaving Silsbee without a motion picture theater for the first time in more than 25 years. A new theater is planned by Jefferson Amusement when and if federal authorities grant permission for its construction.
Regina, is the current manager you were referring to W.S. Rosser? If so, I believe he passed away, as I know two women are now in charge of the day to day operations.
Style should be art deco.