Movies 1 & 2
Altus Shopping Center,
Altus,
OK
73521
Altus Shopping Center,
Altus,
OK
73521
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This was the first location for the circuit known as American Automated Theatres, Inc. It was known as The Movies! 1 & 2 - Altus Plaza.
May 12th, 1970 grand opening ad in photo section. The listings stopped in 1974.
I worked for Dickinson when they bought the Salina ‘Movies.’ The projectors were Cinemacanna with the large 10,000 foot reels. You had to rewind them slowly which added extra time between showings. The Salina theatre still stands without equipment.
Thanks Ray,sounds like my old Twin, Columbia 1 and 2 in Augusta.
Patrons could not switch auditorium because The Movies concession stand devided two separate lobbies. Of course this caused the added expense of having to have two sets of restrooms too.
This is the shopping center where The Movies 1 and 2 sat. The cinema was located where the roofline dips in the middle.
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One of the X-rated films was “BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS”. “BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID” Played in the other theatre.Best I can tell was if this wasn’t the first movies to play there they were real close.“WATERMELON MAN” and “BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN”.hope one of kiddies didn’t slip into the wrong theatre.Admission was 95 cents and 40 cents.
Sometime between Sept 73 and Jan. 74 it closed no more ads in that local paper.Located in the Plaza Shopping Center.
Thanks for the pictures.Looks like a clean theatre for its age.
Altus' Movies 1 & 2 looked exactly like the Salina, KS, Sunset Cinemas (nee-Movies 1&2;
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Cactus Jack’s details in paragraph four describes the Baroque lobby of The Movies. Those mentioned nickelodeon slides were projected onto a small screen above the concession stand.
Also in the lobby was a faux Victrola that played (recorded) theatre organ music. This same music would be played during intermission inside the auditoriums. One particular organ song entitled “Granpa’s Spells” was a favorite amoung patrons, and they would request it, not realizing that the pipe organ was acctually a long magnetic tape reel.