I had kept a theatre journal during my days in the business never thinking about something like CT. For 2 or 3 years I wrote what happened at THE IMPERIAL, NATIONAL HILLS, COLUMBIA One and Two all in Augusta,Ga. COLUMBIA SQUARE CINEMAS listed on CT. It was COLUMBIA 1 and 2 When i worked there not the lousy Quad they made it into.ALL are on cinema tresures!
I wish I had more for you guys, but i can add in 1956 it held 500 cars and was owned at that time by Wincek & Tate. There was also a SPOTLIGHT DRIVE IN there that capacity was 608 and was owned by HANNA THEATRE SERVICES.
1977 after a long run of pretty decent movies except for afew cheap horror movie like THE HILLS HAVE EYES ,the IMPERIAL is returning to Black movies, THE HUMAN TORNADO and DOLEMITE are playing. Both rated R. WE have what we are told is an R rated LAST TANGO IN PARIS set for the late show.
1977 The IMPERIAL is getting something that should be at a Drive in. SUSPIRIA a horror Movie is opening. Next we have another horror movie called RABID. Flyers have been sent to hand out over town.Both of these gems are Rated R.
COLUMBIA ONE and TWO THEATRES Charles and his girlfriend come by COLUMBIA SQUARE it is his night off, we talk a bit in front of the BoxOffice and when he gets ready to go somehow he forgot to unlock his handlebars so when he cut the bike on it flipped both of them.
No one hurt.But I wanted to laugh so hard.
Jerry Tinney,CityManager, remembers National Hills fondly with this story. well, when Laura and I were married in a church by the Theatre on our way to our Honeymoon the employees had congratulated us on the NATIONAL HILLS THEATRE MARQUEE. When our child AMANDA was born they put A STAR IS BORN…AMANDA TINNEY.on the marquee.
Laura Tinney remembers NATIONAL HILLS ; Well, Jerry took me to our first date there to see SONG OF THE SOUTH there. On HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO he asked me to marry him after the show,and i even went into Labor there after calling Mike away from a date with Beverly we rushed to the Hospital. That was a wild night!
Jim Neely , doorman remembers one night a couple were leaving the show when BANG they hit the big plate glass window by the door, Our manager had moved the plant that was there just to keep someone from doing that.I told Mr.Tinney, and the next day the plant was back by the window.
There is a scene in BILLY JACK where a local thug is getting ready to cut a woman’s bra. One time while the scene was getting ready to come on Gordon our projectionist adjusts the framing on the film to where it is above the bottom masking and WOW, there are her nipples showing Clearly. Framed back you never see them. The majic of a movie operator. I never did like BILLY JACK.
COLUMBIA ONE and TWO THEATRES OCT.21 1977
Our District Manager Mr. Biggs has toLd the assistants must cut their time down. He stated to Mr.Tinney Charles Bruni is putting in close to 40 hours a week. {36 hours}
Nick, Its funny even though i was long gone from COLUMBIA SQUARE when it closed,and granted it wasn’t the same 2 theatres, 2 more added after i left. When they finally closed all they did was put CLOSED on the marquee.
For months it read CLOSED. Several times i thought about going in the theatre by a back door take enough letters and write THANKS AUGUSTA IT WAS A GOOD RUN. I am convinced no one would have said a word,but i thought about it,just like THE HILLSBORO it to deserved a better out.
American Pop told the amimated story of 4 generations of men told in music ending uo in the world of psychedelic rock world. Directed by Ralph Bakshi .He was also the maker of HEAVY TRAFFIC and Fritz The Cat, both X rated when released. Standards today they would probably be R rated. Dmorg, I don’t even know if it was ever onVHS much less DVD.
I am working up a history on the JOY DRIVE IN and HERDERSONVILLE OUTDOOR CINEMA and hope to have them on CT soon. I would wish some folks in this area would add personal stories that I really can’t since i never lived there.
WE played HEAVEN’S GATE at COLUMBIA TWO theatre in Augusta, Ga. It played in 35 mm. It only played a week or two.What saw it looked like a great David lean type of film. I somwhow decided to keep the one sheet. YEARS later i met Kris Kristofferson and he gladly autograph a SEMI-TOUGH one sheet. I thought later,Man, I should have dug up that HEAVEN’S GATE one sheet.
I had kept a theatre journal during my days in the business never thinking about something like CT. For 2 or 3 years I wrote what happened at THE IMPERIAL, NATIONAL HILLS, COLUMBIA One and Two all in Augusta,Ga. COLUMBIA SQUARE CINEMAS listed on CT. It was COLUMBIA 1 and 2 When i worked there not the lousy Quad they made it into.ALL are on cinema tresures!
I wish I had more for you guys, but i can add in 1956 it held 500 cars and was owned at that time by Wincek & Tate. There was also a SPOTLIGHT DRIVE IN there that capacity was 608 and was owned by HANNA THEATRE SERVICES.
SEPT 10 1971
Now playing at the MODJESKA
“The wildest shootout in film history” is the quote.
The movie is WIT’S END starts at 12:30 Rated R
Sept 10 1971 THE SKYVIEW DRIVE IN is playing
VANISHING POINT and second feature THE SWEET RIDE. Open at 7:30 shows at Dusk. Rated PG.
THE CHARLESTON DRIVE IN in 1956 parked 275 cars and was owned by E.L. ORNSTEIN , a man that owned several Drive ins in your State.
1977 after a long run of pretty decent movies except for afew cheap horror movie like THE HILLS HAVE EYES ,the IMPERIAL is returning to Black movies, THE HUMAN TORNADO and DOLEMITE are playing. Both rated R. WE have what we are told is an R rated LAST TANGO IN PARIS set for the late show.
1977 The IMPERIAL is getting something that should be at a Drive in. SUSPIRIA a horror Movie is opening. Next we have another horror movie called RABID. Flyers have been sent to hand out over town.Both of these gems are Rated R.
COLUMBIA ONE and TWO THEATRES Charles and his girlfriend come by COLUMBIA SQUARE it is his night off, we talk a bit in front of the BoxOffice and when he gets ready to go somehow he forgot to unlock his handlebars so when he cut the bike on it flipped both of them.
No one hurt.But I wanted to laugh so hard.
Our late shows are set for late 1975
11/ 7-8 EASY RIDER
11/ 14-15 JUNGLE FREAKS and SEX MADNESS {are we trying to run WEIS CINEMA CENTRE films 2009 }
11/ 21-22 WOODSTOCK
11/ 28-29 HELP and LET IT BE
12/ 5-6 DEATH WISH [ Mr. Mackey and Mike clip some frames out when the Projectionist leaves .}
12/ 12-13 REEFER MADNESS and MARTIAN SPACE PARTY
REEFER MADNESS and MARTIAN SPACE PARTY would be pulled.
Jerry Tinney,CityManager, remembers National Hills fondly with this story. well, when Laura and I were married in a church by the Theatre on our way to our Honeymoon the employees had congratulated us on the NATIONAL HILLS THEATRE MARQUEE. When our child AMANDA was born they put A STAR IS BORN…AMANDA TINNEY.on the marquee.
Laura Tinney remembers NATIONAL HILLS ; Well, Jerry took me to our first date there to see SONG OF THE SOUTH there. On HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO he asked me to marry him after the show,and i even went into Labor there after calling Mike away from a date with Beverly we rushed to the Hospital. That was a wild night!
Jim Neely , doorman remembers one night a couple were leaving the show when BANG they hit the big plate glass window by the door, Our manager had moved the plant that was there just to keep someone from doing that.I told Mr.Tinney, and the next day the plant was back by the window.
There is a scene in BILLY JACK where a local thug is getting ready to cut a woman’s bra. One time while the scene was getting ready to come on Gordon our projectionist adjusts the framing on the film to where it is above the bottom masking and WOW, there are her nipples showing Clearly. Framed back you never see them. The majic of a movie operator. I never did like BILLY JACK.
COLUMBIA ONE and TWO THEATRES OCT.21 1977
Our District Manager Mr. Biggs has toLd the assistants must cut their time down. He stated to Mr.Tinney Charles Bruni is putting in close to 40 hours a week. {36 hours}
Nick, Its funny even though i was long gone from COLUMBIA SQUARE when it closed,and granted it wasn’t the same 2 theatres, 2 more added after i left. When they finally closed all they did was put CLOSED on the marquee.
For months it read CLOSED. Several times i thought about going in the theatre by a back door take enough letters and write THANKS AUGUSTA IT WAS A GOOD RUN. I am convinced no one would have said a word,but i thought about it,just like THE HILLSBORO it to deserved a better out.
American Pop told the amimated story of 4 generations of men told in music ending uo in the world of psychedelic rock world. Directed by Ralph Bakshi .He was also the maker of HEAVY TRAFFIC and Fritz The Cat, both X rated when released. Standards today they would probably be R rated. Dmorg, I don’t even know if it was ever onVHS much less DVD.
I am working up a history on the JOY DRIVE IN and HERDERSONVILLE OUTDOOR CINEMA and hope to have them on CT soon. I would wish some folks in this area would add personal stories that I really can’t since i never lived there.
WE played HEAVEN’S GATE at COLUMBIA TWO theatre in Augusta, Ga. It played in 35 mm. It only played a week or two.What saw it looked like a great David lean type of film. I somwhow decided to keep the one sheet. YEARS later i met Kris Kristofferson and he gladly autograph a SEMI-TOUGH one sheet. I thought later,Man, I should have dug up that HEAVEN’S GATE one sheet.
If they saw it in 70mm they saw it at NATIONAL HILLS in AUGUSTA .It is on cinema tresures.
IN 1956 THE PAOLI DRIVE IN parked 310 cars and was owned by E.L. Ornstein.
IN the late 50’s THE WINKLER DRIVE IN parked 400 cars and was owned by C.C. Ezell. A man that owned quite a few Drive ins in that Texas City.
The AIRLINE DRIVE IN in 1956 parked 600 cars and at that time it was owned by LONE STAR THEATRES.
Okay the HEMPSTEAD parked 750 cars in 1956 and was owned by C.C. EZELL and assoc.
IN 1956 it parked 900 cars and was owned by JEFFERSON AMUSEMENT CO.
Matt, in 1956 it was owned by S. Baird.