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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 ).
The new building, which cost 12.5 million dollars and includes a 340-seat theater and rehearsal space [4] is connected to an office building which houses various internal theater projects,and headquarters for nonprofit arts organizations such as Project Green Fork, Indie Memphis, and others. Indie Memphis also uses the Playhouse on the Square ...
So, with the aura of movie magic lingering in the air like last week's freezing fog (and with Memphis recently named No. 21 in MovieMaker magazine's annual list of the top 30 "Best Places to Live ...
The W. C. Handy Theatre was located at 2355 Park Avenue in the Orange Mound neighborhood of southeast Memphis. The 1,275-capacity theater cost $200,000 to build. In the lobby, there was a milk bar for theater patrons and transient passers-by. There was a stage for top African-American entertainers to perform at the venue.
The Orpheum's summer movie series was launched in 1984 by the theater's longtime head, Pat Halloran (who died in February, at 80), and original series curator, Vincent Astor (who died last year ...
Terrence Howard, the Oscar-nominated star of the made-in-Memphis "Hustle & Flow," returns to the Bluff City this week to invite you to join him at "the safe haven for our dreams," where you will ...
The building opened as the Memphis Auditorium and Market House and was renamed for Memphis Chamber of Commerce President Robert R. Ellis after his death in 1930. [ 1 ] The auditorium was segregated and had a separate entrance and balcony for black patrons, [ 2 ] and in 1945 a performance of Annie, Get Your Gun did not go ahead because the cast ...
Famous Memphis venue/movie rental store near Crosstown shutting doors. Gannett. John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal. August 14, 2024 at 11:54 AM.