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Paramount Theater
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Eastgate
Shopping Center facing White Station
Now a Stein Mart
As seen in this 1970s aeriel photo, the Paramount had a large white rectangle sign across the front that displayed the movie titles. The theater was
originally a single screen, but was
divided into two
screens in the 1970s, after which the sign sported the large red numbers "1" and "2" with the movie titles of the two screeens.
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Photo by Bill Speidel Copyright 2007
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To the right of the theater was a Shoney's, which included drive-in service under the white canopies visible next to the railroad tracks.
Below: Today Stein Mart takes up the space occupied by the theater and the Shoney's.
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Movies
shown at the Paramount Theater:
The Sound of Music
(1965)
2001: A Space Odyssey
(1968)
The Omen (1976)
Star Wars
(1977)
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your memories of the Paramount Theater
and the movies you saw
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Submitted by: ALLEN LABAN : 18 Aug 2008, 10:01
I WORKED AS A USHER AND MY FUTURE WIFE AS A CASHIER . WE DATED 3 YEARS
STARTING IN 1969 AT THE THEATER AND HAVE BEEN MARRIED 35 YEARS. SO MANY
GOOD MEMORIES FROM WORKING THERE WHEN IN HIGH SCHOOL AT WHITE STATION.
LIVING IN MADISON,MS. NOW AND STILL MISS MEMPHIS
Submitted by: Lisa Strahl Tamboli : 15 Nov 2008, 10:40
I worked at the Paramount during high school and most of college.
1977-1981. It was so much fun. We had no cash registers..you added the
stuff up as people were throwing their orders at you. One of the best
memories was Mr. Baily letting us kids (we were all 16, 17) stay to watch
Aliens after the theater closed one night so the projectionists (Jack and
Pat) could test out the new Dolby sounds. There was the night somebody
forgot to put their car in park and crashed into the theater after hours.
We became a twin theater after that.
Submitted by: Shawn : 21 May 2009, 17:17
I remember watching one movie and one movie only at this theater when I was
a kid. Popeye- 1980 Robin Williams
Submitted by: peter wertz : 03 Feb 2010, 01:38
I remember seeing most of my movies at the Paramount.... My first "car"
date was to the theater, then to Shoney's for a hot fudge cake. Simple
times.
Submitted by: Chris D : 25 Jun 2010, 00:58
The Paramount will always be special to me because I saw Star Wars there
for the first time.
They also showed Raiders of the Lost Ark there in 1981.
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