malco theaters
Malco Theatres, Inc. is a fourth generation movie theatre chain that has remained family owned and operated for over nine decades. [...] The theater was used as a live production venue for many years until being converted back into a cinema and renamed the Belcourt Cinema in 1966 by a new group of owners. [...] It was in 1929, that Malco Theatres purchased its first location in Memphis, Tennessee, the Linden Circle Theatre. [1]
Lightman named this storefront theatre “The Liberty Theater”, and later opened a 400 seat theatre, “The Majestic” across the river in Florence, Alabama at 204 North Court Street, in August 1919. [2]
The company has 33 locations with 326 screens in five states (including Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee). [1]
Upon his return two months later to Northwest Alabama, in February 1915, Lightman formed The Sterling Amusement Company and opened his first theatre in a storefront he had rented in Sheffield, Alabama. [2]
Upon his return two months later to Northwest Alabama, in February 1915, Lightman formed The Sterling Amusement Company and opened his first theatre in a storefront he had rented in Sheffield, Alabama. [1]
Auditorium walls are in aqua, with rose-tan wainscoting and a trim of silver, gold, and red-tan. [2]
Get Directions “This movie theater has really went down the drain. [3]
In 1951, Malco Theatres opened The Crosstown located on Watkins in Memphis. [...] After leaving Northwest Alabama, M.A. Lightman, Sr., partnered with his father, Joseph Lightman, a stone construction contractor, to build the Hillsboro Theater in Nashville, Tennessee. [...] Not long after the formation of Arkansas Amusement Enterprises, McWilliams and Clark left the partnership and bought the five El Dorado locations from the company. [...] It was in North Little Rock that Lightman partnered with M.S. McCord and M.J. Pruniski forming the Malco Amusement Company. [2]
An under-the-marquee driveway for patrons to use in bad weather is provided, with a circular roadway cutting through the sidewalk under the marquee and back to the street. [...] A towering signature sign, measuring 90 feet (27 m) from marquee to top, and a marquee that is 75 feet (23 m) long and seven and a half feet high, strikingly distinguish the front of this neighborhood shopping district theatre. [1]
Sources:
[1] Malco Theatres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] davegreco.com ” Blog Archive ” Malco Theatres
[3] malco theaters in Southaven, MS 38671 on Yahoo! Local