Cinema
811 Main Street,
Myrtle Beach,
SC
29577
811 Main Street,
Myrtle Beach,
SC
29577
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Stewart and Everett
Firms: Wheatley, Whisnant & Associates
Functions: Recording Studio
Previous Names: Broadway Theater
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The Broadway Theater operated from at least 1940 and closed under that name in 1959. It was gutted internally and reopened on June 18, 1971 as the 225-seat Cinema, operated by Stewart and Everett. The theater building became home to Encore Video Productions. They moved out in the early-2010’s and the building stands vacant in 2024.
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The seating capacity for The Broadway Theatre is 496.
It remained in operations until the mid-to-late 1970’s.
I found a 10x8 B&W 1940 photo of the Broadway Theater and posted it today. It matches the vintage postcard streetscape that “lostmemory” posted.
Mid `50’s photo added courtesy of the Historic Horry County, SC Facebook page. I received the below e-mail content from the museum today.
Mr. Zornig,
The picture you mentioned was a photograph of a picture shown at a presentation given by Dino Thompson at the Museum. The Theater was located in downtown Myrtle Beach. Mr. Thompson forwarded me some information on it…
Ben’s Broadway theater opened in the late 30s. After it was sold it became Broadway Theater. In the late 60s or early 70s it became the Rocking Chair theater. Across the street from the theater was a restaurant owned by Louie Achilles called the Broadway Restaurant.
According to Jack Thompson, a Myrtle Beach photographer, The Broadway was located on Main Street next to the Kozy Korner and the Restaurant was 818 Kings Hwy next door to his studio.
Jack Thompson will be speaking this Saturday at the Horry County Museum about the history of Myrtle Beach through his photographs if you are interested. The program begins at 1:00 PM and is free.
Marion Haynes
Marion Haynes, Technical Assistant
Horry County Government
Horry County Museum
805 Main Street, Conway, South Carolina 29526
This reopened by Stewart & Everett on June 18th, 1971, as the Cinema. Grand opening ad posted.
Closed 1959 as Broadway per article:
Broadway Theatre AKA: Cinema 06 Apr 1972, Thu Sun-News (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) Newspapers.com
announcement:
Cinema reopening announcement 18 Mar 1971, Thu Sun-News (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) Newspapers.com
This closed as Broadway in 1959.
The building is vacant and derelict, and seems to have been that way for at least a few years.