Martin Theatre here's what played from March - June 1967

The Martin Theatre had its grand opening on March 16, 1967. You can read all about that here. The first film to play was the Walt Disney film Follow Me, Boys! starring Fred MacMurray. Next up would be the cool James Coburn spy sequel In Like Flint which is a great one. 

March 16, 1967 - March 23, 1967

March 24, 1967 - March 30, 1967

March 31, 1967 - April 3, 1967

April 4, 1967 - April 11, 1967

April 12, 1967 - April 13, 1967

April 14, 1967 - April 20, 1967

April 21, 1967 - April 22, 1967

April 23, 1967 - April 27, 1967

April 28, 1967 - May 4, 1967

May 5, 1967 - May 11, 1967

May 12, 1967 - May 13, 1967

May 14, 1967 - May 18, 196

May 19, 1967 - May 25, 1967

Hombre starts tomorrow

May 26, 1967 - June 1, 1967

June 2, 1967 - June 8, 1967

June 9, 1967 - June 14, 1967

June 15, 1967 - June 21, 1967

June 22, 1967 - June 28, 1967

June 29, 1967 - July 1, 1967

Martin Theatre Grand Opening March 16, 1967

The time had finally come on March 16, 1967 for the modern and new Martin Theatre to open in Jackson Heights Plaza. I'm going to go through every film that played at this location until the Martin name disappeared for good in 1988 and the best place to start is at the beginning. As always if there are videos you have to view the "web version" of the blog or you won't see them.

A rock band from Nashville named the Rogues is brought in to play before the movie begins. I couldn't find out much about them other than that they regularly played Central State Hospital. 

The Rogues on opening night of the Martin Theatre

Story on the Rogues playing Central State from the July 22, 1967 Tennessean

I hope you enjoyed that digression with The Rogues. It was a cold night on March 16, 1967, but I'm sure everybody felt warmly excited for the new theatre opening. Orchids were to be handed out to the first 200 ladies attending that night. The movie that would play was Walt Disney's Follow Me, Boys! which starred Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, and Kurt Russell among many others. MacMurray plays a man who settles in a small town and, instead of becoming a lawyer, he becomes a scout master. 

Follow Me, Boys! Marching Song

March 17, 1967 Daily News Journal 

If you wondered what businesses were in Jackson Heights Plaza when the Martin opened, wonder no more. It may just be me, but I love these welcome ads along with the construction company ones.

Follow Me, Boys! would be the first of many movies to play the Martin at Jackson Heights Plaza. Starting next week I will begin posting the ads for every film that played the Martin, the Martin Twin, the Martin Four, and Martin Six until it loses the name Martin completely several years after being bought out by Carmike. The Martin chain itself, before Carmike, became part of a financial company named Fuqua and you will notice the Fuqua name on ads too. The location is still going even though Carmike shut it down in the year 2000. It was sold and reopened as the Premiere 6 in 2001. Which I think is pretty cool.

March 15, 1967 The Anticipation of the Martin Theatre Grand Opening

I was a mere baby in Memphis, Tennessee at this point of time, but I would get to know the Martin Theatre years later after it became the Martin Twin Theatre. If you happen to be old enough to remember and, most likely, lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, plus loved going to see movies, March 15, 1967 was a date you might remember. It was the day before the grand opening of the Martin Theatre. The first 200 ladies to arrive would get a free orchid. There would be Hollywood style spotlights and a band playing outside. It was going to be an epic night, plus you'd even get to see Fred MacMurray's latest Disney hit Follow Me, Boys! Stay tuned for more on this momentous even tomorrow as I celebrate the 55th Anniversary of the Martin Theatre then. 

Martin Theatre, Murfreesboro, TN 55th Anniversary Coming Soon

 July 26, 1965 saw the first announcement that Martin, which owned and operated the Princess Theatre, would be bringing 2 more theatre's to Murfreesboro. These would be the Marbro Drive_In and a single theatre whose location was to be determined. The Marbro Drive-In would open on July 22, 1966.  

December 14, 1965 would see that the Martin chain of movie theatre's had found their location for the 2nd new theatre. It would be coming soon to the Jackson Heights Plaza Shopping Center. How soon, well it will be over a year before the Martin Theatre opens, but I'll be covering that here on Wednesday of this week and I will also start listing every film to play the theatre all the way up to 1988.