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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 ]
He was the president of the Nashville Young Men's Hebrew Association in 1920–1921, and a member of the Cumberland Masonic lodge. [4] In 1925, with his son Morris, Lightman opened Hillsboro Theater (later the Belcourt Theatre) in Hillsboro Village. [3] [4] His son founded Malco Theatres. [3]
The art deco style Belle Meade Theater was built in 1940 at 4301 Harding Pike. It closed in 1991. It was designed by Nashville-based architectural firm Marr & Holman, which also built the city's ...
A new Nashville-centered movie is releasing in February, and it's already stirring conversation in Music City. The drama, titled "The Neon Highway," follows a singer-songwriter embarking on his dream.
The theater officially opened on September 29, 1911, as a performing arts venue charging $10 US per person for admission. It was in 1942 that the theater was acquired by Malco Theaters Inc. and transformed into a movie theater which was located only two blocks from the Temple Theater (above).
They also touched on superhero movies, but Washington felt he "may be a little beyond the tights years." Denzel Washington now Washington will turn 70 in late December, and will have been acting ...
The film premiered in March 2020 at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, [11] and was released on DVD and pay-per-view in September 2020. Sharon Knolle in MoviePaws called it "a heartwarming celebration of these sweet animals and the people who make sure their last years are spent with a lot of love and comfort."