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Belcourt Theatre in 2008. The theater was opened in 1925 as the Hillsboro Theatre by M.A. Lightman Sr. of Malco Theatres and his father Joseph Lightman. It was a silent movie house, boasting the most modern projection equipment and the largest stage in the city. The first film shown was America by D. W. Griffith. [2]
Its Bijou Theatre in Nashville was one of the premiere venues for African American audiences in the Southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Milton Starr, who was part of the prominent Jewish family that owned and ran the theater, was the first president of the Theater Owners Booking Association (TOBA), headquartered in Chattanooga . [ 3 ]
After the movie, audience members were allowed to disassemble their seats and take them home as souvenirs of the theater. Of the first seven theaters, the downtown Austin theater was unique for being the host of many important film events in Austin, such as the Quentin Tarantino Film Festival and Harry Knowles's annual Butt-numb-a-thon.
An independent film company is set to launch an $8.5 million movie about Nashville eye surgeon Dr. Ming Wang nationwide May 24. The biopic "Sight" — with Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear ...
The Tennessee Theatre was a 2,028 seat, single screen movie and stage theater at 535 Church Street, in Nashville, Tennessee was opened on February 28, 1952. [1] It was built with the designs of architect Joseph W. Holman in the shell of the 11-story, Art Deco Sudekum Building, [2] also known as Warner building, that was completed in 1932, The theater was demolished in the 1980s.
From awards season-hopeful films expanding their theater counts to new genre flare hoping to revitalize January with some box office success stories, check out what is coming to theaters this ...
Malco Theatres, Inc. is a family owned and operated movie theater chain that has been in business for over one hundred years. [ 1 ] It has been led by four generations of the Lightman family. Malco Theatres features 34 theatre locations with over 345 screens in six states ( Arkansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Mississippi , Missouri and Tennessee ).
A publicity shot from Australia-based Thunder from Down Under male revue, which plans to set up a permanent residency in downtown Nashville's Woolworth Theatre in September 2024.