List of former cinemas

This is a List of former cinemas:

Birmingham

Downtown

• Acme Theatre (1946), 2014 3rd Avenue North
• Airdome Theater
• Alamo Theatre (1908), 1800 block of 3rd Avenue North (Vaudeville & pictures, 10¢)
• Alcazar Theatre (1914, later renamed Capitol Theater), 1911 2nd Avenue North
• The Amuse-U (1908–1916), (Vaudeville, pictures, songs, 5¢), 211-213 19th Street North
• Bay Theatre, 1811 3rd Avenue North
• Best Theater, 2016 2nd Avenue North (1913–1915)
• Bijou Theater 1700 3rd Avenue North (1898-1915), formerly the Birmingham Auditorium, later Loew's Bijou
• Birmingham Auditorium, 1700 3rd Avenue North (1886-1898), renamed the Bijou Theater
• Birmingham Theater, 1700 3rd Avenue North (1946-1950), formerly the Birmingham Auditorium, Bijou Theatre, Loew's Bijou, Pantages Theatre
• Capitol Theater, 1911 2nd Avenue North (1924-1948), renamed the Newmar Theatre
• Charles Theater (opened 1940), Charles Rook, proprietor
• Colley & Newsome's, 1904 2nd Avenue North (opened 1908)
• Colonial Theater (1916-), downtown
• Eamond Theatre, 4th Avenue North
• 8th Avenue Theater, 211–215 8th Avenue North (1940s)
• Empire Theatre 2012 3rd Avenue North (1926–1946)
• 8th Avenue Theatre, 211–215 8th Avenue North
• Elite Theatre, 1727 3rd Avenue North (1916),formerly the Picto Theatre
• Erlanger Theatre, formerly the Jefferson Theatre, 1700 block of 2nd Avenue North
• Galax Theatre, 1919 2nd Avenue North (1920–1960s)
• Gay Theater (1921-), 1722 4th Avenue North
• Grand Bijou, 1811 3rd Avenue North (1970s), in the former Lyric Theatre
• Hippodrome Theater (1914, 17th Street & 3rd Avenue North, Vaudeville, pictures, songs. 10¢)
• Hi-Stepper Theatre, 1520 4th Avenue North (1927), later called the Grand Theatre
• Jefferson Theatre (1900–1930s) renamed Erlanger Theatre 1700 block of 2nd Avenue North
• Jupiter Theatre
• Liberty Theatre (Pratt City), 211 3rd Street Pratt (1927)
• Loew's Bijou, 1700 3rd Avenue North (1917-1925), formerly the Birmingham Auditorium, Bijou Theatre, later the Pantages Theatre
• Lyric Theatre 1800 3rd Avenue North (1914–1958), later reopened as the Grand Bijou
• Majestic Theater (1906-1921), 1808–1810 3rd Avenue North
• Margarette Theater, Woodlawn Station (1914–1915)
• Marvel Theatre (1905-1908) 300 block of 20th Street North near 3rd Avenue (400 seats, Vaudeville, pictures, songs, 10¢)
• Melba Theater (1946-1980s), 2022-2024 2nd Avenue North
• Newmar Theatre (1948–1959), 1915 2nd Avenue North
• Orpheum Theatre (1914, 17th Street & 3rd Avenue North)
• Pantages Theater, 1700 3rd Avenue North (1925-1946), formerly the Birmingham Auditorium, Bijou Theatre, Loew's Bijou, later the Birmingham Theater
• Picto Theatre, 1727 3rd Avenue North (1916)
• Princess Theatre, 216 20th Street North (1910-1927)
• Rialto Theatre, 1923 3rd Avenue North (1915–1930s)
• Ritz Theatre, 1719–1721 2nd Avenue North
• Royal Theatre, 2014-2016 2nd Avenue North (1924–1951)
• St Nicholas (1908)
• Strand Theater, 1913-1915 2nd Avenue North (1915-1962)
• Temple Theatre, 529 19th Street North
• Trianon Theatre, 1916 2nd Avenue North (1913-1932)
• Tuxedo Theater (Vaudeville, 1919–1920), C. W. Williams manager
• Utopia Theatre (1916), 312 18th Street North
• Vaudette Theatre (1908-1917), Peerless Saloon building, 1900 2nd Avenue North
• Virginia (see O'Brien's Opera House)

Avondale

• American Theatre, 206 41st Street South (1927)
• Avondale Theater (1915–1927), 208 41st Street South, Forest Park-South Avondale
• Avondale Theatre (1946), 4025 5th Avenue North, North Avondale
• Cameo Theatre, 4022 2nd Avenue North (1927)

Cahaba

• Brook Highland 10 (1992–2007), Brook Highland Shopping Center
• Colonnade 10, Colonnade, 3427 Colonnade Parkway

Crestline / Crestwood

• Eastwood Mall Theatre (1964–1990), Eastwood Mall
• Festival 18, Eastwood Festival Centre (1989-2006)
• Village East Theatre

East Lake

• College Theatre 106 77th Street South (1924-1927), 7604 1st Avenue North, East Lake (1947-1960s)
• East Lake Theatre, 7611–7613 1st Avenue North (1920s-1950s)

Ensley

• Belle Theatre or Bell Theatre, 602 19th Street Ensley (1915-1924)
• Ensley Theatre, 1923 Avenue E Ensley (1927–1946)
• Franklin Theater, 1817 Avenue E Ensley (1915-1927)
• Idle Hour Theatre (1915)
• Palace Theatre, 1810 Avenue D Ensley (1928-1946)
• Wylam Theater, 4423 7th Avenue Wylam (1915–1946)

Five Points West

• Central Park Family Theater (built 1925), 3207 Bessemer Road
• Central Park Theatre, 2909 (later renumbered 2005) Bessemer Road (1926–1949)
• Cinema West (1968–mid 1980s)

North Birmingham

• Delmar Theatre, 3007 27th Street North, North Birmingham (1946)
• Dunbar Theatre, 2722 29th Avenue North, North Birmingham (1924-1927)
• North Birmingham Theatre, 2621-2635 30th Avenue North or 3013 27th Street North, North Birmingham (1923-1946)

Northside

• Norwood Theater, 1119 24th Street North (1927-1940)

Oxmoor

• Wildwood 14 / Regal Wildwood 14 (1991–2005?), Wildwood Centre South

Pratt

• Princess Pat Theatre, 205 Avenue U Pratt (1946)
• St Elmo Theater Pratt City (1915)

Roebuck

• Cinema City 8 (June 16, 1978–1992), Cobb Theatres, Roebuck Shopping City, Parkway East

Southside

• Avon Theater, 2815 7th Avenue South (Lakeview)
• Festival Cinema, 2500 7th Avenue South (1972)
• Five Points Theatre, 1912-1914 11th Avenue South (1921-1958)
• Grand Bijou Theatre / Southside Sundown Cinema, at The Garages, 2304 10th Terrace South
• Joy Theatre, 55 6th Avenue South
• Mini Louvre (1970–1972), an informal revival cinema hosted by Felton Collier at his offices in the Cobb Lane Apartments at 1318 20th Street South

West End

• Liberty Theatre, 1506 Pearson Avenue Southwest (1927)
• West End Family Theatre, 1201-1203 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest (1924)
• West End Theater / Gary's West End Theater, 1301–1303 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest (1946–1950s)

Woodlawn

• Woodlawn Theater, 5403 1st Avenue North (1924-1927), 5504 1st Avenue North (1929-1957)

Nickelodeons

The following places of amusement offered tickets at 5¢ in 1909:

• The Amuse-U, 211-213 19th Street North (Vaudeville, pictures, songs, 5¢), (1915)
• Bonita Theatre (1906-1915), 1923 3rd Avenue North (pictures only, 5¢), later became the Rialto Theatre
• Edisonia Theater, 103 20th Street North, 1907–1908 (A. C. Bromberg, manager)
• Electric Theater, 1908
• Elite Theater, 1908
• Musetoreum Theater, 1908
• Newsome Theater, 1908
• Odeon Theatre, 1907 2nd Avenue North (1913-1931)
• Odeon Two, 20th Street North at 2nd Avenue North (1915–1916)
• Pastime Theater, in the former Peerless Saloon at 19th Street and 2nd Avenue North (Vaudeville, pictures, songs, 5¢) (1915)
• Theatorium (1906–1908), 13 20th Street North

Adult cinemas

• Auto Cinema (1971–1981) Bessemer Super Highway, Midfield
• College Art Cinema (1960s–1975) / Cinema Blue (1971–2015), 7604 1st Avenue North, East Lake
• Ellwest Stereo Theater (1973), 1804 4th Avenue North
• Famous Art Cinema (1971–1975), 1717 4th Avenue North
• Fairfield Art Cinema (1971–1975), 5005 Gary Avenue
• Festival Cinema / Centennial Cinema (1969–1975) / New Centennial Adult Theater (1981), 2500 7th Avenue South
• Foxy Theater / Foxy Adult Cinema / Roxy Theater (1975), Lyric Building, 1800 3rd Avenue North
• Pussycat Adult Theatre (1970s), 7610 1st Avenue North
• Southland Cinema (1975), 6934 1st Avenue North
• Screening Room (1982–2007), 2130 2nd Avenue South
• Tomkat Adult Theatre (1977) Roebuck Plaza
• Venus Adult Entertainment Center (1977) 418 19th Street North

"Colored" theaters

These establishments were open to African-American audiences exclusively during the region's long period of segregation:

• Carver Theatre, 322 17th Street North
• Champion Theatre, 1721–1723 4th Avenue North (1921-1946), 312 18th Street North (1915-1927)
• Dixie Theatre, 1712 4th Avenue North (1927-1929)
• 8th Avenue Theater, 211–215 8th Avenue North (1940s)
• Famous Theatre 306-308 18th Street North, 18th Street North (1925-1927), 1717 4th Avenue North (1927-1946)
• Frolic Theatre, 1718-1722 4th Avenue North (1921-1927)
• Miles Theatre, 5230 Commerce Avenue, Fairfield (1946)
• New Frolic Theatre, 1720 4th Avenue North (1946)
• Queen Theatre / New Queen Theatre, 212 18th Street North (1910s–1920s)
• Utopian Theater
• Pastime Theater, in the former Peerless Saloon at 19th Street and 2nd Avenue North (Vaudeville, pictures, songs, 5¢) (1915)

Former Drive-Ins

• 78 Drive-In, Jasper
• Auto Movies No. 1 (1939–), 605 Bessemer Super Highway, Midfield
• Bama Drive-In, (1966-), 4510 Bessemer Super Highway, Brighton
• Unknown, Old Tuscaloosa Highway near Durham Airport, Bessemer (1950s)
• Fair Park Drive-In (1948–1986), 2801 Lomb Avenue
• Harlem Drive In, 613 (1419) Bankhead Highway West, Pratt City
• Mustang Drive-In (1964–1986), 1701 Center Point Parkway
• Pines Drive-In, Alexander City
• Rebel Drive-In, Alabaster
• Robinwood Drive-In (1954–1980)
• Roebuck Drive-In, 9260 4th Avenue South, Roebuck
• Shades Mountain Drive-In, 1024 Highway 31 South, Vestavia Hills
• Skyvue Drive-In, Oneonta
• Starlite Drive-In, 7901 Crestwood Boulevard/Montevallo Road
• THC Drive In (1950–1980), Adamsville
• Thunderbird Drive-In (1968–1978), Highway 31 South, Vestavia Hills
• Trussville Drive-In, Trussville
• Carver Outdoor Theatre (1950s), 28th Street and 18th Avenue, Bessemer (Black audiences)
• Proposed drive-in theater (1956), 3rd Place Alley at 17th Avenue North, Enon Ridge (Black audiences)

Outside Birmingham

Bessemer

• Bessemer Twin (mid 1970s–early 1980s)
• Dixie Theatre, 1918 1st Avenue North Bessemer (1913)
• Frolic Theatre, Bessemer, 1914 1st Avenue North (1920s–1940s)
• Grand Theater (Bessemer), 208-210 19th Street North (1913–1957), demolished
• Imperial Theatre (Bessemer)
• Lincoln Theatre (1948-1983), 1926-1928 1st Avenue North, Bessemer
• Midway Theater, Bessemer
• Princess Theatre, 1910 2nd Avenue North, Bessemer (1913)
• Star Theatre (Bessemer) or "George Mack's Star Theatre", corner of 21st Street and 1st Avenue North, Bessemer (1906)
• State Theater, 221 19th Street North Bessemer (1941–1957)

Brighton

• Fox Theater, 3608 Edwards Street (1950–)

Center Point

• Bama 6 (1983–1998), 1st Street Northeast, Center Point
• Center Point 6 (1983–July 31, 1997), 23rd Avenue Northwest and Carson Road
• Cobb Capri (1965–mid 1970s), 2300 block of Center Point Parkway (Center Point)

Fairfield

• Fairfield Theatre (1920s), 5104 Gary Avenue, Fairfield (1920s–1940s)
• Fairfield Theatre (1950s), 5005-5007 Gary Avenue, Fairfield, 1950s–1960s
• Gary Theatre, 5004 Gary Avenue, Fairfield (1924)
• Miles Theatre, 5230 Commerce Avenue, Fairfield (1946)

Fultondale

• Skyview Drive-In (1956-1972), 675 Decatur Highway, Fultondale

Homewood

• Brookwood Twin (opened July 28, 1972, closed 1980s), Brookwood Village
• Carmike Wynnsong 12 (September 26, 1997-), The Oaks at Lakeshore, Lakeshore Parkway
• Green Springs 6 (originally Green Springs 4; 1971–1992), Homewood
• Homewood Theatre (originally the Royal Theatre, 1920s–1958), 2834 18th Street South, Homewood

Hoover

• Galleria 10 (1988–2005), Riverchase Galleria
• Hoover Square 6 (1983–1998), 1660 Highway 31 South, Hoover
• Hoover Twin Cinema (1977–early 1980s), 3142 Lorna Road
• Lorna Ridge 10 (1982–2020), 3443 Lorna Ridge Drive

Lipscomb

• Woodward Iron Co. theater, 5311 Avenue K Lipscomb

Tuscaloosa

• Bama 6 (1982–May 2007), McFarland Plaza, Tuscaloosa
• Diamond Theater, Tuscaloosa
• Fox 12 (early 1970s–September 2004), McFarland Mall, Tuscaloosa

Elsewhere

Green Springs movie theater

• Archie Theatre, Abbeville (1952)
• Avondale Mills Theatre, Alexander City
• Bama Theatre, Alexander City
• Central Theatre, Graysville (1954)
• Cobb Movies 4 (1983-2013), Jasper
• Cobb Vestavia (early 1970s–early 1980s), Park South Plaza
• Imperial Theatre (Tarrant City)
• Jackson Theatre, Alexander City
• Majestic Theater (Leeds) (Higgs chain, remodeled 1929)
• Midfield Theater (1967–1996)
• Neely Theatre, Oneonta
• Parrish Theatre, Parrish (1954)
• Peoples Theatre, Alexander City
• Pitcher Show (1980–1990), 1425Highway 31 South, Vestavia Hills
• Playhouse Cinemas, Alexander City
• Quintown Theatre, Quintown (1941-1954)
• Rex Theatre, Alexander City
• Spring Theatre, Goodsprings (1954)
• Star Theatre, Tarrant (1924)
• Strand Theatre, Alexander City
• Strand Theatre, Montevallo
• Strand Theater, West Blocton
• Tarrant Theater, Tarrant
• Vansom Theatre, Abbeville (1927)
• Valley Theatre, 2726a Cahaba Road, Mountain Brook
• Warrior Theater, Warrior
• West End Theatre, 1303 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest
• Wylam Theater, Wylam

References

• The American Motion Picture Directory: A Cyclopedic Directory of the Motion Picture Industry (1915) Chicago, Illinois: American Motion Picture Directory Co.
• Luckie, Bob (July 21, 1940) "About Birmingham: Talking Pictures Show Great Improvement Over Hand-Cranked Variety 35 Years Ago" The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• Alabama listings at cinematour.com
• Evans Criswell. Historical Information:Alabama:Birmingham at Movie Theatre Information.
• Wells, Russell "Showplaces of the South: Part 3". Birmingham Rewound. - accessed January 16, 2007
• Gordon, Robert K. (February 21, 1996) "The Last Picture Show: Midfield cinema closing leaves western area without theater." The Birmingham News