Found it! The theater was located right at the tip of the Covington and Smith County border on MS-37, surrounding with a small lake in Covington County. A 1980 aerial view shows the theater still attached, but was completely gone by 1996, meaning that the theater may’ve demolished in the 1980s.
I accidentally added another page out of this theater, so I apologized!
Anyway, the address name should be updated to 4379 E State Highway 22, Hillsboro, TX 76645. That’s where the entrance path leads the former theater to.
Wehrenberg Theatres previously operated two other theaters in Prescott, the Marina Theatres and the Plaza West Cine (both twin-screen theaters), which both of them will have its own Cinema Treasures page soon.
Memphis’s Jaxon Drive-In opened its gates on May 30, 1956 with Aldo Ray in “Three Stripes In The Sun” along with four unnamed cartoons.
It was closed in 1970 and demolished in the mid-to-late 1970s to make way for an interchange of Interstate 240 which its former street name of Jackson Avenue became the Austin Peay Highway.
It was once known as Hall’s No. 1 Drive-In in the mid-1950s, after the Hall’s No. 2 Drive-In opened its gates in March 1953 located a mile west of Lexington. It was located a couple of football fields away from another drive-in theater, the Wessinger’s (later Ray’s) No. 1 Drive-In, also in Lexington.
The Richland Mall Theatre was twinned on December 27, 1984, and became a quad on November 9, 1984. It was last operated by Litchfield Theatres and was last known as the “Richland Mall Theatres”. The Richland Mall Theatres closed for the final time on September 7, 1987.
This theater was probably short-lived. A 1965 aerial shows the theater trace but the screen was gone, meaning that the screen was removed sometime in the mid-1960s.
The Towson Theatre’s last film as a single-screener was Tom Berenger’s “The Big Chill” on March 1, 1984 before closing the theater for a month and five days due to twinning. The theater reopened as the “Towson Twin” on April 6, 1984 with “Fanny & Alexander” at Screen 1 and “Tender Mercies” at Screen 2 by JF Theatres.
Loews took over from JF on October 13, 1988, and was renamed “Loews Towson Twin”. Loews operated the Towson Twin until closing for the final time on July 3, 1992, due to the rise of General Cinema’s Towson Commands 8 across the street. The theater was then converted into a Rec Room, but closed in 1998 when Brian Recher and his family sold the building.
After the former theater received a remodel and a revert back to its normal single-screener, the former Towson Theatre reopened as the Recher Theatre on March 11, 1999.
The Cook Theatre opened its doors on the afternoon of April 1, 1948 with “The Bride Goes Wild” with no extra short subjects. It was first owned by H.B. Cook. The Cook Theatre closed for the final time in 1983.
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Found it! The theater was located right at the tip of the Covington and Smith County border on MS-37, surrounding with a small lake in Covington County. A 1980 aerial view shows the theater still attached, but was completely gone by 1996, meaning that the theater may’ve demolished in the 1980s.
Question: What’s the oldest theater in America to have the “Cinema” name?
I accidentally added another page out of this theater, so I apologized!
Anyway, the address name should be updated to 4379 E State Highway 22, Hillsboro, TX 76645. That’s where the entrance path leads the former theater to.
Either opened in the late-1950s or early-1960s.
Closed on May 12, 2006.
Wehrenberg Theatres previously operated two other theaters in Prescott, the Marina Theatres and the Plaza West Cine (both twin-screen theaters), which both of them will have its own Cinema Treasures page soon.
Opened on November 24, 1971, and closed in October 1992.
Opened on June 7, 1952.
Memphis’s Jaxon Drive-In opened its gates on May 30, 1956 with Aldo Ray in “Three Stripes In The Sun” along with four unnamed cartoons.
It was closed in 1970 and demolished in the mid-to-late 1970s to make way for an interchange of Interstate 240 which its former street name of Jackson Avenue became the Austin Peay Highway.
It was once known as Hall’s No. 1 Drive-In in the mid-1950s, after the Hall’s No. 2 Drive-In opened its gates in March 1953 located a mile west of Lexington. It was located a couple of football fields away from another drive-in theater, the Wessinger’s (later Ray’s) No. 1 Drive-In, also in Lexington.
The Richland Mall Theatre was twinned on December 27, 1984, and became a quad on November 9, 1984. It was last operated by Litchfield Theatres and was last known as the “Richland Mall Theatres”. The Richland Mall Theatres closed for the final time on September 7, 1987.
This theater was probably short-lived. A 1965 aerial shows the theater trace but the screen was gone, meaning that the screen was removed sometime in the mid-1960s.
This appears to be closed in the 1970s. A 1981 aerial shows the theater demolished and replaced by a storage facility that was now known as Kenco Mfg.
First known as the Highway 51 Drive-In. I cannot find the opening date but it opened as early as 1953.
The Towson Theatre’s last film as a single-screener was Tom Berenger’s “The Big Chill” on March 1, 1984 before closing the theater for a month and five days due to twinning. The theater reopened as the “Towson Twin” on April 6, 1984 with “Fanny & Alexander” at Screen 1 and “Tender Mercies” at Screen 2 by JF Theatres.
Loews took over from JF on October 13, 1988, and was renamed “Loews Towson Twin”. Loews operated the Towson Twin until closing for the final time on July 3, 1992, due to the rise of General Cinema’s Towson Commands 8 across the street. The theater was then converted into a Rec Room, but closed in 1998 when Brian Recher and his family sold the building.
After the former theater received a remodel and a revert back to its normal single-screener, the former Towson Theatre reopened as the Recher Theatre on March 11, 1999.
Closed on September 4, 2006.
Closed on October 26, 2000.
The B&L Drive-In opened in early May 1965 according to an advertisement reading “The B&L Drive-In is NOW Open”.
Actually, it became a Sam’s Club (then known as Sam’s Business Club), not a Walmart. The Sam’s Club opened on June 3, 1987, and closed in 1997.
The Ritz Theatre opened its doors on June 13, 1934 with Greta Garbo in “Queen Christina” (unclear if any short subjects were added).
It was first operated by the one-and-only H.B. Cook, who also operated the Cook Theatre nearly 14 years later, located a couple of buildings away.
The Cook Theatre is demolished in April 1986 to make way for the back entrance to the Walterboro Post Office.
The Cook Theatre opened its doors on the afternoon of April 1, 1948 with “The Bride Goes Wild” with no extra short subjects. It was first owned by H.B. Cook. The Cook Theatre closed for the final time in 1983.
Opened on February 13, 1991.