The Strand was close to the Galax on 2nd Avenue. My streetcar went right by it. I was seldom in it. It was the 1st heater that I remember showing a 3D movie - I went - it starred Robert Stack, lions, etc. When the spears were thrown, they seemed to come out of the screen. We wore special throwaway glasses. Lots of people went to see this new thing. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MrMac1000@aol.com Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:29 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALJEFF] Movie Theatres in Birmingham Sad to say that most of the theatres are gone now. The Carver was restored and houses the Jazz Hall of Fame as well as a performance space for some events in the city. Of course, everyone knows about the Alabama and its success - it is truly beautiful! The only other theatre that's still standing is the Lyric. There have been efforts for a number of years to restore it; I think there has been some progress recently, but, having seen it about ten years ago, it will take tons of money and quite a bit of work to put it in any sort of condition to open to the public. As I understand it, it was built as a performance theatre to begin with and saw a number of famous personalities on its stage. I thought the Strand was on 1st Avenue near the older Britlings; it was the first of the movie theatres in my time to go. During the late-1960's and 1970's, the Melba, Empire and Ritz were still presenting first run movies - all gone to parking lots now! Someone who remembers better than me, let me know about the Strand and its location. My mother would never let me go there - reports of rats were pretty common during the 1950's & 60's! May not have been true, but I remember hearing about it a lot - made me want to stay away! ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It was "Bwana Devil" made in 1952. 1952 - 1954 was the time period of Hollywood's largest experiment with 3-D movies. Most people didn't like wearing those funky red and blue glasses and that pertty muh killed it. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Erwin" <wrerwin@nc.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Movie Theatres in Birmingham > The Strand was close to the Galax on 2nd Avenue. My streetcar went right > by > it. I was seldom in it. It was the 1st heater that I remember showing a 3D > movie - I went - it starred Robert Stack, lions, etc. When the spears were > thrown, they seemed to come out of the screen. We wore special throwaway > glasses. Lots of people went to see this new thing. > > Bill Erwin