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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

The Decatur Theatre Became a Church Before Being Torn Down

 

The Decatur Theatre became a Church before being torn down during the MARTA constuction.
A little history lesson of Decatur GA.
Metropolitan Community Church
A Church that served Atlanta's LGBTQ+ Community which held services in an old movie theatre and that theatre was The Decatur Theatre at 527 N. McDonough St. in downtown Decatur.
From 1972 through 1976 and then moving to the Hilan Theatre located at 800 N. Highland Ave.NE in Atlanta.
The image here was taken from a 27 second clip , the clip never showed the entire theatre so I combined two screen shots of the top of theatre and bottom half of it.
source: Walter Brown Media Archives
And Special Thanks goes to Tommy Holcombe for finding this film clip so I could make this single image.

Friday, October 16, 2015

THE DECATUR THEATRE

Based on The Decatur Theatre located in Decatur GA in the 1950's

Thursday, August 20, 2015

THE DECATUR THEATRE

Based on The Decatur Theatre after a snowfall in the 1950's. O SCALE.

Friday, July 17, 2015

THE PLEASURE SEEKERS Now Playing at The Decatur Theatre

----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ----

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Friday, June 21, 2013

"Dr. No" Starts Tomorrow at The Decatur Theatre


----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ---

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Thunder Road played at The Decatur Theatre back in Oct. of 58.

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PAJAMA PARTY AT THESE DELUXE THEATRES

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-Story Line: Gogo, a Martian teenager, is sent to Earth to prepare the way for an invasion. The first Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress shop catering to teenagers. Her nephew, Big Lunk, is a volleyball-loving guy with little interest in romance, which causes frustration for his girlfriend Connie. Naturally, Gogo meets Connie and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Aunt Wendy's shady neighbor and his gang concoct a scheme to part Aunt Wendy from her cash. Also meanwhile, the local motorcycle gang wants revenge on the volleyball players for... getting footprints on their beach. Somehow all the subplots come together at the pajama party.
 - Pajama Party - 1964.Starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk. The beach party crowd moves indoors for some scantily-clad, rock 'n' roll fun.

 ----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ----

Monday, December 24, 2012

Remembering The Decatur Theatre

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click to enlarge.
New photo found  of The Decatur Theatre located in Decatur, GA circa 1964.
Theatre image courtesy of  Betty Elizabeth Kennedy Hankey and Greer Thomas Shinall.
Great photo so I added posters of what was playing that day.  Night of The Iguana.



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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Monday, August 27, 2012

THE DECATUR THEATRE Your Summer Resort Headquarters

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-- -- ----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ---- CIRCA 1947

Saturday, June 23, 2012

SOME LIKE IT HOT at The Decatur Theatre


----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ----

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

Saturday, March 19, 2011

"OUR MAN FLINT" Now Playing at THE DECATUR THEATRE



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------Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ----

Friday, March 18, 2011

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians SAT-SUN Matinee Only!

ALL SEATS 50 cents Take the kids! They'll enjoy it! You too!

In Space Blazing COLOR

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Let's All Go To The Lobby

- ----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ----

"SCREAMING EAGLES" Starts Monday at The Decatur Theatre


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----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ----

"While the City Sleeps" Coming to The Decatur Theatre



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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Robert Blake Visits The Decatur Theatre in 1947 for Republic Pictures "Red Ryder "

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Bobby Blake and his Big Show
Featuring " Sons of The Prairie"
-- Wednesday Aug 6, 1947
Stage Shows 4:30, 7:30, 9:30
Adm Adults 50 cents Children 25 cents




Robert Blake (Bobby Blake)

American actor who began as a child in Our Gang comedies and reappeared as a powerful adult performer of leading and character roles. Born in New Jersey, the young Mickey Gubitosi won a role in MGM's Our Gang series the age of five. As one of the more prominent children in the Gang, he gained attention for his cute good looks and his lovable, if somewhat melancholy, personality. In 1940, he took on the stage name Bobby Blake (though he continued to use the name Mickey Gubitosi in the Our Gang series for another three years) and began playing child roles in a wide range of films. He gained a good deal of fame as the Indian sidekick Little Beaver in the Red Ryder series of Westerns. Though roles were sporadic as he grew to manhood, he was never long off the screen (except for a period of military service, 1954- 1956). But despite some fine work in films like Pork Chop Hill (1959) and Town Without Pity (1961), his career did not take off until his stunning portrayal of killer Perry Smith in In Cold Blood (1967). A number of telling performances in films of the next decade, stardom in a popular television series ("Baretta" (1975)), and several ruefully comic appearances as a guest on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) made him a popular figure even as his personal difficulties increased. Consumed with anger over his treatment by his family and the studio as a child, he denigrated his early work, suffered bouts of difficulty with drugs, and became known as a difficult, perfectionistic person to work with. He quit his successful TV series "Hell Town" (1985) when his personal demons became overwhelming. After a self-imposed exile of nearly eight years, during which he struggled to right his life, he successfully returned to films and television work, appearing renewed and more confident in himself and his work. But in 2001, the murder of his wife Bonnie Bakley thrust Blake into the limelight in a different way. Admittedly having married Bakley through the coercion of her pregnancy, a routine Bakley had apparently tried with various other celebrities, Blake made no denial of his distaste for the woman, but was by all accounts thrilled with the daughter born to them. Blake was arrested for his wife's murder, but the presumption of innocence trumped what jurors believed to be flimsy evidence, and Blake was acquitted in a trial which made worldwide headlines. Reportedly broke from legal costs, Blake indicated hopefulness that he might be allowed to return to acting work.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Jim Beaver
From: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086706/bio

Saturday, November 6, 2010

The Decatur Theatre



The Decatur Theatre
Decatur, GA
circa 1967

On the marquee this day "BRIGHTY of The Grand Canyon" with Joseph Cotton.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

The Decatur Theatre




This is my Christmas train layout.
It is based on The Decatur Theatre at night in the 1950's

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Coming Soon to The Decatur Theatre

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---Don't miss The Biggest Bond of All--- "THUNDERBALL" ------------------------COMING SOON TO THE DECATUR THEATRE-

----See it in delightful Air-Conditioned Comfort----
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The Decatur Theatre in Jan. 1961


--Playing at The Decatur Theatre this day was BUTTERFIELD 8 starring Elizabeth Taylor
and Laurence Harvey--

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Monday, March 8, 2010

ELVIS PRESLEY in KING CREOLE at THE DECATUR THEATRE


----See it in delightful Air-Conditioned Comfort----

---- NOW PLAYING AT THE DECATUR THEATRE ----

Saturday, March 6, 2010

"SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF" - NOW PLAYING at THE DECATUR THEATRE



---- NOW PLAYING AT THE DECATUR THEATRE ----

----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ----

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

BONNIE and CLYDE at The Decatur Theatre


----NOW PLAYING AT THE DECATUR THEATRE----

---- Please visit The Concession Stand in the lobby, where you'll find a wide variety of delicious foods and drinks. ----

Steve McQueen's "BULLITT" Now Playing at The Decatur Theatre


Steve McQueen works for the truth in BULLITT at The Decatur Theatre

---NOW PLAYING AT THE DECATUR THEATRE---RATED M - Suggested for Mature Audiences
----Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage. ----

A SOLAR PRODUCTION
Warner Bros - Seven Arts
WB7

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Now Playing at The Decatur Theatre : "GOLDFINGER"


----NOW PLAYING AT THE DECATUR THEATRE----

Please visit The Concession Stand in the lobby, where you'll find a wide variety of delicious foods and drinks.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Girls! Girls! Girls! Elvis Presley at The Decatur Theatre


----NOW PLAYING AT THE DECATUR THEATRE---- Be sure to visit The Concession Stand in the lobby for assorted candies, popcorn and your favorite beverage.

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

THUNDER ROAD played at The Decatur Theatre Back in Oct. of 58.

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Robert Mitchum Blasts onto the Screen !
Thunder Road played at The Decatur Theatre back in Oct. of 58.
Thunder Road is the title of a 1958 drama-crime film about running moonshine in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee in the early 1950s. It was directed by Arthur Ripley and starred Robert Mitchum, who also produced the film and co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself. He also co-wrote (with Don Raye) the theme song, "The Ballad of Thunder Road".

The film became a cult classic and continued to play at drive-in movie theaters in some Southeastern markets through the 1970s and 1980s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=133672


Thunder Road played at The Decatur Theatre from Oct 16 thru Oct 18, 1958.