Trustees Theater

216 E. Broughton Street,
Savannah, GA 31401

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DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 25, 2017 at 6:56 pm

Link about the upcoming Savannah Film Festival. Photo will enlarge.

http://www.wtoc.com/story/36677134/2017-scad-savannah-film-festival-set-to-kick-off-saturday

robbieitis58
robbieitis58 on January 21, 2016 at 12:20 pm

I remember this theatre across from levy’s department store adjacent to the f.w. Woolworth store and the avon and lucas on the same block. I remember the posters I think there were four or five. I can remember them showing Geronimo lady and the tramp it happened at the world’s fair the interns and help. I remember a giant poster of kitten with a whip down a little bit on the outside. I saw Dracula has risen from the grave and they had a coffin out front. later they featured Blaxploitation and kung fu movies. the box office was in a booth in the front and the concession stand inside. smell that popcorn ah memories.

AndyCallahanMajorMajor
AndyCallahanMajorMajor on December 18, 2010 at 8:24 pm

I took seven pictures and a short video of the marquee in December 2010. The pictures and video are visible here.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on August 18, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Weis had screens in several of Georgia’s larger cities.Most crackerjack boxes.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on April 5, 2010 at 7:11 pm

Nice shots of the WEIS/SCAD Theatre.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 8, 2008 at 8:19 pm

This page still needs updated for the new website (which has a history section and a dandy photo gallery) that Lost memory linked to on May 3, and to include the architectural firm of Tucker & Howells (currently misidentified as Howell and Tucker in the intro.)

leeblvd
leeblvd on July 11, 2006 at 6:53 pm

I was born and raised in Savannah; left when I was 12 in 1963; I remember the AVON well. Dave M’s explanation helps me understand the set up much better; I remember crossing the alley. And the old lady I remember particularly well…not for the roasted peanuts, but for the BOILED peanuts she used to sell. Here’s another question: history of the old STATE THEATER that was across Broughton from the AVON; I seem to remember its concession stand was outdoors. By the time I was old enough to start going to movies on Saturdays, it was demolished.

scredlucy
scredlucy on September 23, 2005 at 8:24 pm

The theater diagionally across Broughton was the Avon. The theater was actually located across the lane behind the entrance building. The last time I was in Savannah it was demolished, and a parking garage had been built where the theater stood. The entrance building held the ticket booth and a concession stand and was just a walkway from Broughton Street through to the theater building. The building next door to the theatre (corner of Broughton and Abercorn) was a Woolworth’s. There also used to be an old lady who used to sit in front of the theater on a folding chair, using a cardboard box as a table, selling roasted peanuts every day. Thanks for the flashback…

Don Lewis
Don Lewis on April 26, 2005 at 12:18 pm

2004 picture of the SCAD sign @www.vanishingtheaters.net

Patsy
Patsy on March 9, 2005 at 9:22 am

Will be in Savannah over Easter weekend so will check out all of these Savannah theatres including the Sushi restaurant with original theatre ceiling!

philipgoldberg
philipgoldberg on July 11, 2004 at 3:52 pm

Was in Savanah recently and saw this theater, as well as the Lucas and the Savanah. Diagionally across Broughton is another old theater, which is now a Sushi restaurant that has retained the old theater’s ceiling. Does anyone know what was the name of this now closed theater?