1960s Movies

The Paramount Theater at Eastgate Shopping Center
(where SteinMart is now)

The Plaza Theater at Poplar Plaza with the glassed-in party room upstairs, (where BookStar is now)

The Bristol Theater on Summer at National
(where your feet stuck to the floor)

The Memphian on Cooper near Overton Square

The Crosstown on Watkins near Sears,
the last of the big, undivided auditoriums

The Park Theater on Park at Highland

The Highland Quartet at Highland and Poplar

The Northgate Theater in Frayser

The Frayser Three next to J.B. Hunter's

Frayser Drive-In at James & Highway 51

The two-screen Raleigh-Springs Theater at the Raleigh-Springs Mall

The Fare Four by the Food Fare on Summer
(the Food Fare is now a pool hall)

The Ridgeway Four

And, of course, the Summer Drive-In,
which is no longer the Summer Twin because it has four screens

Submitted by: Rikki Boyce : 31 Jul 2008, 15:31

A lot of theaters missing here. Downtown there was also Loew's State and Loew's Palace, the Malco, The Strand. Also Airways Theater (I think of Park close to Airways), a twin theater in Whitehaven 9Whithave Twin?) and Southwest Twin Drive In (on Hwy. 61 I believe). Plus the two art theaters -- one in the Highland Street and the other on Poplar in the vicinity of Circuit Playhouse (one of them was the Guild, can't remember the other name).

Submitted by: gary h. : 15 Aug 2008, 23:10

the other 'art' theater was 'the studio'.

there was also the rosemary at cleveland and jackson.

also downtown was the 'princess'..my parents told me never to go there because perverts were there.

got my first kiss in the balcony of the northgate in frayser.

Submitted by: barry rodgers : 18 Jan 2009, 02:58

I believe there was also a Bellevue Drive-Inn if I"m not mistaken and also a
Jackson Drive-Inn near the Wolf river next to Raleigh.Please someone correct me if I am wrong.

Submitted by: joyce D. : 22 Jan 2009, 19:34

The picture of the Warner Theatre really brought back memories. I worked there behind the candy counter when I was a senior in high school in 1966-67. I would go into work early just to look around,the theatre. It was once a vaudeville theatre. When the lights were on the building was a sight to see..it had a rotunda over the seating area that was beautifully carved & gilded, the movie screen was sitting on the old stage, downstairs were the old dressing rooms & the call board for the acts was still there. It was a a beautiful building, it broke my heart when they tore it down.