The Crescent 1982

I am looking back at the movies that played the Loews Crescent and Crescent Theatre from November 12, 1967 until it closed for good in 1982. If you want more information just search for the Loews Crescent 1967 entry. We are now up to 1982 and as you can see the Loews part is long gone. The last Loews Crescent showing was the Bo Derek fiasco Tarzan The Ape Man during the week of August 23, 1981. From then on the lease reverted to the original owners of the Martin chain and the theatre became a second run house featuring kung fu and blaxploitation films which was pretty cool. The Crescent continued into August 1982. Ads are pulled from the Sunday Showcase section of the Tennessean. If the same ad was used you'll see multiple dates. If there's no trailer it's either because I couldn't find an original one, the trailer was used in a previous year's post, or the link is broke. Trailers are provided for historical survey purposes only. If you are offended by any of them please take that up with the creators of the films. Enjoy!

January 3, 1982

January 10, 1982

January 10, 1982

January 17, 1982

January 17, 1982

January 24, 1982

January 24, 1982

January 31, 1982

February 7, 1982

February 14, 1982

February 21, 1982

February 28, 1982

March 7, 1982

March 14, 1982

March 21, 1982

March 28, 1972

March 28, 1972

April 4, 1982

April 11, 1982

April 18, 1982

April 25, 1982

April 25, 1982

May 2, 1982

May 9, 1982

May 16, 1982

May 23, 1982

May 23, 1982

May 30, 1982

May 30, 1982

June 6, 1982

June 13, 1982

June 20, 1982

June 27, 1982

July 4, 1982

July 11, 1982

July 18, 1982

July 25, 1982

August 1, 1982

August 8, 1982

August 15, 1982

August 22, 1982

After Chinese Connection AKA Fists Of Fury finished playing the Crescent was closed for good. The building remained until it was sold off and later turned into a parking lot. The era of downtown movies was pretty much over in Nashville. It's been fun and also a lot of work bringing all of this to you during this month. The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic has turned this month into a crazy and weird one so hopefully these posts acted as a minor diversion for you. The blog will go back to normal now with just random posts most days other than the scheduled Friday Film Flashbacks and my Sunday Showcase reviews which I intend to keep doing at least though the end of this year. I am working on a comprehensive list of every film that played the Marbro Drive-In in Murfreesboro that should come out in July, but it will not have all of the film trailers these posts did. Stay healthy y'all.