The Theater Didn’t Replace The Chief Auto Movies, It Actually Sat Next To It, Both Theaters Operated Close Together Until December 1988 When The Chief Auto Movies Died After A Windstorm.
I Will If I Can Find More Information On It, Which Will Be Later, Sometime Soon As Perhaps. The Loraine Used To Have A Former Theatre Name, But Confused Me On The Names. It Was Once Either The Dixie Or The Sanger. There Is A Cozy Theatre (1910’s) And A Hub Theatre (Opened In 1933) Too Which Will Be Published Sometime Soon, But I’ll Look Into The Deeper Pages As Soon As Possible. The Baldwin Though Had An Unknown Opening Date For Now, But I’ll Consider It In The 1930’s. Bay Minette Is Actually Very Hard On Finding Opening Dates Of Theatres And Closing Details.
After the nearby Loraine Theatre closed in the fall of 1930, the city had another spit-in-the-bucket idea to add another theatre to the city of Bay Minette. The answer was the Rex Theatre. Although I can’t find the grand opening ad for this, the Rex Theatre opened in the summer of 1932. The theater battled against an unknown-history Baldwin Theatre, also in Bay Minette, which was operated by the Peoples Theatres of Alabama, owned by Fred T. McLendon of McLendon Theatres who operated 2 other theaters nearby. Although with Fred being a popular geek into the business, McLendon Theatres however still had a probability to take its business into the Rex while working with the nearby Baldwin and 2 others which he took ownership in August 1944 just shortly before the theater went into remodeling. It took time until the Rex Theatre reopened under the McLendon Theatres chain on January 26, 1945 with the film “Show Business” along with a Donald Duck Cartoon and a Paramount Newsreel. While the Rex Theatre (with before-and-after CinemaScope that was installed in January 1955) continued successfully into the McLendon chain, the Baldwin Theatre died on films in parts of the 1940’s and most of the 1950’s, and was most likely that the Baldwin Theatre continued to demonstrate local special events.
For Only 8 Years, The Chief Cinema 4 That Opened In November 1980 Sat Next To The Chief Auto Movies, Until The Chief Auto Got Blown By A Windstorm In December 1988. The Cinema 4 Continued To Operate Until February 1998.
Yes, I Was Looking For That Same Story On The San Francisco Exclaimer But Caught Me Up In A Dumbfounding Date And Year That Caused The Page To Mistaken The Closing Date. They Will Fix The Closing Date as Soon As Possible.
It Actually Closed On April 29, 1999. Due To A Report On The AZ Republic, The Lakes 6, Along With Mesa’s Sun Valley 10 And Fiesta Village 6, And Phoenix’s Metro Village 6,
AMC’s Western Division President Dick Walsh Made A Choice To Close The 4 Theaters Due To Highly Expansion Chance On Major Multiplexes.
The mayor for the city Geo P. Haslem and Mr. J. E. Aaron, the owner of the Allison, had made plans just before its opening. The Allison Theatre opened on August 14, 1940 with Lana Turner, Joan Blondell and George Murphy in “Two Girls On Broadway” along with an Our Gang short “Captain Spanky’s Showboat” and a newsreel.
Martin Theatres of Columbus, Georgia took over ownership of the Allison Theatre on May 14, 1945. The deal that was conserved was negotiated by J. E. Stilwell, also from Columbus, GA 2 days prior. On October 24, 1954, the Allison Theatre installed CinemaScope and the first film is the well-known demonstration testable film “The Robe”.
The theater has been managed by Martin Theatres’ popular manager Olin Atkinson of Columbus, GA, and operated it for more than a decade. Besides, after getting his job, he flew to Tifton, Georgia and was succeeded by Mack Jennings who transferred there from Evergreen, Alabama. Atkinson has been in the job since 1942 but J. E. Aaron was still operating at the time.
On November 15, 1959, Atkinson received a letter from E. D. Martin of Martin Theatres, in which he was severely injured during a race at Daytona Beach, Florida after his car flipped over and was wrecked. He had burns from his face, neck, shoulders, left, wrist and ankles, but his eyes weren’t injured and were not burned all over his body because he had protection with flame-proof overalls.
Atkinson left the theater due to his health and was taken over by Alvin Hodge on January 27, 1961; and later by Arnold Woolf later that early September. Alvin left for the city of Huntsville, AL on August 28. The relief manager of the theater is Leonard S. Cook.
UPDATE: The Sky-Vue Drive-In Is Formerly The Blount Drive-In And Opened In Early April 1951 With Errol Flynn In “Montana” As One Of Their First Few Films.
In 1947 or 1948, Mr. Lesley Neely of Marion (born in Boaz, grew up in Gadsden, formerly worked at the Strand Theatre in Oneonta since December 26, 1922, survived a deadly vehicle wreck along with his wife Mrs. Lester Marlin Neely, Sr. and secretary Ms. Lowery on the morning of November 15, 1943 which left one unknown person dead, opened up the Neely Theatre since its opening on September 25, 1946, and was the one who formed the Neely Theatres Corporation of Alabama) had planned to build a Drive-In for the Oneonta and Blount County area but due to 3 crop failures, construction for the site was delayed immediately. But conditions, making it mandatory, really wanted the work to immediately start in business.
Mr. Neely’s wife, Mrs. Lester Marlin Neely, Sr. of Marion, who opened the Strand Theatre in Oneonta in 1922, decided to make his plan come true on October 29, 1950. Mrs. Neely along with the Wells Brothers of Boaz are affiliated in the new outdoor theatre and began construction when November passes by. Construction began on November 1, 1950 and will be known as the Blount Drive-In. The Blount Drive-In was located 1 mile from downtown Oneonta on the Albertville Highway 32 next to an airport. The equipment was bought by constructors and the location is progressing rapidly. She hopes that the theater will be ready for opening by the middle of December of that year but that didn’t happen at all until months later. Woodrow Wells of unknown was announced as the local manager.
Their original opening date of the theater was March 15, 1951 but due to weather conditions and being unable to surface their parking area, it is once again rescheduled. The theater finally opened during the week of March 30 to April 5, 1951. Apparently the grand opening date still remains lost, but I recalled “Montana” starring Errol Flynn with an unknown cartoon as one of the first few features the Blount Drive-In picked up for. This was listed as follows afterwards: After “Montana”, it was followed by “Fighting Man of the Plains” starring Randolph Scott in Cinecolor with no selected short subjects, Van Johnson along with Judy Garland with no selected short subjects added in “In The Good Old Summertime”, Dagwood and the Family themselves in “Blondie’s Secret” along with an unknown cartoon and the short “Breezy Little Bears”, and the 1948 film version of “The Three Musketeers”, also with no selected short subjects. That list was notable for the first few features that started up the Blount Drive-In.
The manager of the theater was later then taken over by John Plummer of unknown, who announced on May 6, 1954 before a showing of “Count the Hours” starring Teresa Wright that a typical Dialing for Dollars format event would take place there. It was notable for being notice as “Blount Car Night” with a feature at 7:00 P.M. EDT, and the drawing 1 hour and 30 minutes later at 8:30 P.M. A boatload of 2 big jackpots began drawing there with the first night $150 and $75. The money that is not won accumulates, which will increase each week until a winner is announced.
It was announced on April 1, 1955, that the Blount Drive-In closed its gates and would end its run and began to remodel. The original screen was replaced by a 70ft screen and new speakers being replaced. Reflecto tape and paint have been reused throughout the parking area by leaving small parking lights to locate the speaker of choice abilities.
This literally becomes the Sky-Vue Drive-In which opened on May 13, 1955 with Lucille Ball in “The Long Long Trailer”.
His Brother, Lester Jr. At 37 Years Old Died On December 20, 1955 In Marion, AL After A Heart Attack. He Is Formerly A Disc Jockey For WJAM 1310 AM (Now WJUS) Which Celebrated The Station’s 5th Year Of Broadcasting 15 Days Prior To His Death And An Operator For A Central Alabama Theatre Chain.
Actually It Closed On January 20, 1937 After It Was Destroyed By A Fire. A Relocated Location Also Named The Langdale Theatre Was Then Built Nearby And Opened The Following May. This Langdale That Was Destroyed In 1937 Opened In 1920.
The Theater Didn’t Replace The Chief Auto Movies, It Actually Sat Next To It, Both Theaters Operated Close Together Until December 1988 When The Chief Auto Movies Died After A Windstorm.
I Will If I Can Find More Information On It, Which Will Be Later, Sometime Soon As Perhaps. The Loraine Used To Have A Former Theatre Name, But Confused Me On The Names. It Was Once Either The Dixie Or The Sanger. There Is A Cozy Theatre (1910’s) And A Hub Theatre (Opened In 1933) Too Which Will Be Published Sometime Soon, But I’ll Look Into The Deeper Pages As Soon As Possible. The Baldwin Though Had An Unknown Opening Date For Now, But I’ll Consider It In The 1930’s. Bay Minette Is Actually Very Hard On Finding Opening Dates Of Theatres And Closing Details.
Still In Operation In 1961.
Yes, A Line On That Page Reads That The 4 Theaters Closed Since “Thursday”, So It Marked The Day April 29, 1999.
Opened On October 23, 1946.
After the nearby Loraine Theatre closed in the fall of 1930, the city had another spit-in-the-bucket idea to add another theatre to the city of Bay Minette. The answer was the Rex Theatre. Although I can’t find the grand opening ad for this, the Rex Theatre opened in the summer of 1932. The theater battled against an unknown-history Baldwin Theatre, also in Bay Minette, which was operated by the Peoples Theatres of Alabama, owned by Fred T. McLendon of McLendon Theatres who operated 2 other theaters nearby. Although with Fred being a popular geek into the business, McLendon Theatres however still had a probability to take its business into the Rex while working with the nearby Baldwin and 2 others which he took ownership in August 1944 just shortly before the theater went into remodeling. It took time until the Rex Theatre reopened under the McLendon Theatres chain on January 26, 1945 with the film “Show Business” along with a Donald Duck Cartoon and a Paramount Newsreel. While the Rex Theatre (with before-and-after CinemaScope that was installed in January 1955) continued successfully into the McLendon chain, the Baldwin Theatre died on films in parts of the 1940’s and most of the 1950’s, and was most likely that the Baldwin Theatre continued to demonstrate local special events.
Opened On May 12, 1938 With “Man-Proof”.
For Only 8 Years, The Chief Cinema 4 That Opened In November 1980 Sat Next To The Chief Auto Movies, Until The Chief Auto Got Blown By A Windstorm In December 1988. The Cinema 4 Continued To Operate Until February 1998.
Yes, I Was Looking For That Same Story On The San Francisco Exclaimer But Caught Me Up In A Dumbfounding Date And Year That Caused The Page To Mistaken The Closing Date. They Will Fix The Closing Date as Soon As Possible.
Opened On June 30, 1989.
Demolished In 2013.
It Actually Closed On April 29, 1999. Due To A Report On The AZ Republic, The Lakes 6, Along With Mesa’s Sun Valley 10 And Fiesta Village 6, And Phoenix’s Metro Village 6,
AMC’s Western Division President Dick Walsh Made A Choice To Close The 4 Theaters Due To Highly Expansion Chance On Major Multiplexes.
Closed On April 29, 1999 Along With The Fiesta Village 6 (Mesa), Lakes 6 (Tempe), And The Sun Valley Plaza 10 (Mesa).
These Are Zenith 4000s.
Footage Of The Gemini Drive-In Is Completely Found By SMU, But With The Rotating Sign And The Building Being Shown Only.
Yep, That’s The April 17, 1964 Capture.
Opened On July 11, 1952 With “Fancy Pants”.
The mayor for the city Geo P. Haslem and Mr. J. E. Aaron, the owner of the Allison, had made plans just before its opening. The Allison Theatre opened on August 14, 1940 with Lana Turner, Joan Blondell and George Murphy in “Two Girls On Broadway” along with an Our Gang short “Captain Spanky’s Showboat” and a newsreel.
Martin Theatres of Columbus, Georgia took over ownership of the Allison Theatre on May 14, 1945. The deal that was conserved was negotiated by J. E. Stilwell, also from Columbus, GA 2 days prior. On October 24, 1954, the Allison Theatre installed CinemaScope and the first film is the well-known demonstration testable film “The Robe”.
The theater has been managed by Martin Theatres’ popular manager Olin Atkinson of Columbus, GA, and operated it for more than a decade. Besides, after getting his job, he flew to Tifton, Georgia and was succeeded by Mack Jennings who transferred there from Evergreen, Alabama. Atkinson has been in the job since 1942 but J. E. Aaron was still operating at the time.
On November 15, 1959, Atkinson received a letter from E. D. Martin of Martin Theatres, in which he was severely injured during a race at Daytona Beach, Florida after his car flipped over and was wrecked. He had burns from his face, neck, shoulders, left, wrist and ankles, but his eyes weren’t injured and were not burned all over his body because he had protection with flame-proof overalls.
Atkinson left the theater due to his health and was taken over by Alvin Hodge on January 27, 1961; and later by Arnold Woolf later that early September. Alvin left for the city of Huntsville, AL on August 28. The relief manager of the theater is Leonard S. Cook.
Yes I Put The Name “Now Part Of Valley” In There Just To Make It Simple.
WFHG, Is 980 AM In Bristol, So I Don’t Know If This Came From The Lee Or Cameo. Besides, This Is Dated Between The Early-Mid 1950’s.
Opened In August 1973.
UPDATE: The Sky-Vue Drive-In Is Formerly The Blount Drive-In And Opened In Early April 1951 With Errol Flynn In “Montana” As One Of Their First Few Films.
In 1947 or 1948, Mr. Lesley Neely of Marion (born in Boaz, grew up in Gadsden, formerly worked at the Strand Theatre in Oneonta since December 26, 1922, survived a deadly vehicle wreck along with his wife Mrs. Lester Marlin Neely, Sr. and secretary Ms. Lowery on the morning of November 15, 1943 which left one unknown person dead, opened up the Neely Theatre since its opening on September 25, 1946, and was the one who formed the Neely Theatres Corporation of Alabama) had planned to build a Drive-In for the Oneonta and Blount County area but due to 3 crop failures, construction for the site was delayed immediately. But conditions, making it mandatory, really wanted the work to immediately start in business.
Mr. Neely’s wife, Mrs. Lester Marlin Neely, Sr. of Marion, who opened the Strand Theatre in Oneonta in 1922, decided to make his plan come true on October 29, 1950. Mrs. Neely along with the Wells Brothers of Boaz are affiliated in the new outdoor theatre and began construction when November passes by. Construction began on November 1, 1950 and will be known as the Blount Drive-In. The Blount Drive-In was located 1 mile from downtown Oneonta on the Albertville Highway 32 next to an airport. The equipment was bought by constructors and the location is progressing rapidly. She hopes that the theater will be ready for opening by the middle of December of that year but that didn’t happen at all until months later. Woodrow Wells of unknown was announced as the local manager.
Their original opening date of the theater was March 15, 1951 but due to weather conditions and being unable to surface their parking area, it is once again rescheduled. The theater finally opened during the week of March 30 to April 5, 1951. Apparently the grand opening date still remains lost, but I recalled “Montana” starring Errol Flynn with an unknown cartoon as one of the first few features the Blount Drive-In picked up for. This was listed as follows afterwards: After “Montana”, it was followed by “Fighting Man of the Plains” starring Randolph Scott in Cinecolor with no selected short subjects, Van Johnson along with Judy Garland with no selected short subjects added in “In The Good Old Summertime”, Dagwood and the Family themselves in “Blondie’s Secret” along with an unknown cartoon and the short “Breezy Little Bears”, and the 1948 film version of “The Three Musketeers”, also with no selected short subjects. That list was notable for the first few features that started up the Blount Drive-In.
The manager of the theater was later then taken over by John Plummer of unknown, who announced on May 6, 1954 before a showing of “Count the Hours” starring Teresa Wright that a typical Dialing for Dollars format event would take place there. It was notable for being notice as “Blount Car Night” with a feature at 7:00 P.M. EDT, and the drawing 1 hour and 30 minutes later at 8:30 P.M. A boatload of 2 big jackpots began drawing there with the first night $150 and $75. The money that is not won accumulates, which will increase each week until a winner is announced.
It was announced on April 1, 1955, that the Blount Drive-In closed its gates and would end its run and began to remodel. The original screen was replaced by a 70ft screen and new speakers being replaced. Reflecto tape and paint have been reused throughout the parking area by leaving small parking lights to locate the speaker of choice abilities.
This literally becomes the Sky-Vue Drive-In which opened on May 13, 1955 with Lucille Ball in “The Long Long Trailer”.
His Brother, Lester Jr. At 37 Years Old Died On December 20, 1955 In Marion, AL After A Heart Attack. He Is Formerly A Disc Jockey For WJAM 1310 AM (Now WJUS) Which Celebrated The Station’s 5th Year Of Broadcasting 15 Days Prior To His Death And An Operator For A Central Alabama Theatre Chain.
Opened In September 1952.
Actually It Closed On January 20, 1937 After It Was Destroyed By A Fire. A Relocated Location Also Named The Langdale Theatre Was Then Built Nearby And Opened The Following May. This Langdale That Was Destroyed In 1937 Opened In 1920.