J. Tanner: Thanks and will do! I attended some of the AGO meetings while residing in Atlanta but was never able to hook up with the ATOS. What ever became of the former WSB radio broadcaster who played the organ at the Fox, or of Jay (I can’t recall his last name) who was the organist at the pizza parlor over on Franklin Road? Is Joe Patten still with us?
The Perimeter Pointe opened sometime in 1998 and was part of the United Artist circuit. I think Regal remodeled the multiplex and installed the stadium seating when it acquired the lease sometime during the early twenty-first century.
The Metropolitan must have been long gone before 1960. I wasn’t aware there ever existed another theatre of this size in the Atlanta area other than the Fox, Rialto, Erlanger, Loews or the Paramount. Any idea as to its exact location, when it was closed/demolished and what ever became of the organ?
Tried and did not succeed in that I have too little information as to where it was located. The only locating information I have to date is that it was located somewhere on Canton Highway.
Here are photos from July 2007 of the former cinema. The stucco façade was not part of the original design and added on sometime during the nineteen eighties:1, 2, 3, 4
The Barrett Commons opened around 1999 and seats approximately 6,000, more than two-thirds than the AMCs previous multiplex in the area, the Cobb Place. Here are photos of the Barrett from July 2007: 1 and 2.
Dang and I was so hopeful. Thanks for checking it out. Well, I might just as well put me meager plot at Westview on the market and look for a final resting place with a better view.
Really appreciate your research and input. Although I frequent the Atlanta area a couple of times a year, I have yet to have a chance to spend a couple of hours in the main library researching these landmarks. I would love to see photos of the Cascade, the Sylvan, etc. taken during their years of operation.
Thanks for the update. Look forward to your findings. This is about the third address I have come across for the theatre (the other two being 1349 and 1346). Is it possible to you could post your archive photos of the theatre on flickr or a comparable site and include a shortcut here in Cinema Treasures?
I do not know. The architecture of the current structure seems to suggest that it was built in or around the time the theatre was in operation. This one is a mystery.
How was the auditorium originally configured for the Tara? It had a relatively short span as a single screen operation and by the time I got around to patronizing the theatre it had been split down the centre. Was it a modified Cinerama or a large rectangular screen akin to what was originally installed at the Twelve Oaks?
Although I was long gone from Jawa before United Artist moved in, the only Hoyt operations I recall in Atlanta were a ten screen multiplex at the Roswell Mall and the Midtown Eight.
Check out the Franklin Cinema. There is a big community effort underway to get this theatre up and running again as a venue for both live performance and film.
Check out the Franklin Cinema in Franklin, TN. There is a big community effort underway to get this theatre up and running again as a venue for both live performance and film.
This neat little theatre has been opened and closed rather frequently during the past few years. Hopefully it has found a niche with enough of the permanent residences of the island to sustain it.
J. Tanner: Thanks and will do! I attended some of the AGO meetings while residing in Atlanta but was never able to hook up with the ATOS. What ever became of the former WSB radio broadcaster who played the organ at the Fox, or of Jay (I can’t recall his last name) who was the organist at the pizza parlor over on Franklin Road? Is Joe Patten still with us?
Thanks for the update. It is now the Harmony Lodge #184 Free and Accepted Masons on Church Street in Tiptonville.
The Perimeter Pointe opened sometime in 1998 and was part of the United Artist circuit. I think Regal remodeled the multiplex and installed the stadium seating when it acquired the lease sometime during the early twenty-first century.
The Metropolitan must have been long gone before 1960. I wasn’t aware there ever existed another theatre of this size in the Atlanta area other than the Fox, Rialto, Erlanger, Loews or the Paramount. Any idea as to its exact location, when it was closed/demolished and what ever became of the organ?
The cinema in this photo was not the 10th Street Art, but rather a strictly porno venue set up in what was previously a storefront retail space.
Here are photos from July 2007 of what remains of the Northlake Festival Cinemas: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Tried and did not succeed in that I have too little information as to where it was located. The only locating information I have to date is that it was located somewhere on Canton Highway.
Here is a photo from July 2007 a photo of this former Hoyts cinema.
Here are photos from July 2007 of the former Holcomb Woods Cinema: 1, 2
Here are photos from July 2007 of the former cinema. The stucco façade was not part of the original design and added on sometime during the nineteen eighties:1, 2, 3, 4
Here are photos from July 2007 of what is now the Peachtree Cinemas: 1, 2
Here is a photo from July 2007 of the former Cobb Place Cinema.
Here is a photo from July 2007 of this former Jerry Lewis Cinema. The stucco façade was not part of the original décor and was added about twenty years ago.
The Barrett Commons opened around 1999 and seats approximately 6,000, more than two-thirds than the AMCs previous multiplex in the area, the Cobb Place. Here are photos of the Barrett from July 2007: 1 and 2.
Dang and I was so hopeful. Thanks for checking it out. Well, I might just as well put me meager plot at Westview on the market and look for a final resting place with a better view.
Well dang! Thanks for checking it out.
Really appreciate your research and input. Although I frequent the Atlanta area a couple of times a year, I have yet to have a chance to spend a couple of hours in the main library researching these landmarks. I would love to see photos of the Cascade, the Sylvan, etc. taken during their years of operation.
Thanks for the update. Look forward to your findings. This is about the third address I have come across for the theatre (the other two being 1349 and 1346). Is it possible to you could post your archive photos of the theatre on flickr or a comparable site and include a shortcut here in Cinema Treasures?
I do not know. The architecture of the current structure seems to suggest that it was built in or around the time the theatre was in operation. This one is a mystery.
How was the auditorium originally configured for the Tara? It had a relatively short span as a single screen operation and by the time I got around to patronizing the theatre it had been split down the centre. Was it a modified Cinerama or a large rectangular screen akin to what was originally installed at the Twelve Oaks?
Although I was long gone from Jawa before United Artist moved in, the only Hoyt operations I recall in Atlanta were a ten screen multiplex at the Roswell Mall and the Midtown Eight.
Check out the Franklin Cinema. There is a big community effort underway to get this theatre up and running again as a venue for both live performance and film.
Check out the Franklin Cinema in Franklin, TN. There is a big community effort underway to get this theatre up and running again as a venue for both live performance and film.
Here are two photos of the Carefree from June 2007: 1, 2
This neat little theatre has been opened and closed rather frequently during the past few years. Hopefully it has found a niche with enough of the permanent residences of the island to sustain it.