Just in a nostalgic conversation with a friend from my childhood......we were discussing movie theaters in Huntsville.......There were actually quite a few....and, THE ELK'S THEATRE, not pictured.........My contemporaries frequented THE LYRIC, where popular fare like Disney, MGM musicals, Travelogs and current newsreels and old serials from the 40's were shown.....The Lyric would host Talent Contests and kids could bet on old, filmed horse races (!)......It was conveniently located next to a fabulous confectioner, where one could get delicious chocolate-covered candied orange peels and chocolate-covered cherries.......I liked THE GRAND, which always featured the darker-textured WARNER BROTHERS films, lesbian-themed women's prison flicks and Outer Space movies....all in B/W....all noirish......The Central, in the old dilapidated mill district, showed low cost films from the 30's and 40's, where one could get a fill of CARNIVAL OF SOULS, DRACULA or low-budget "B" films......The drive-ins were for make-out movies like THE IMMORAL MR. T or movies with teen sex...like PEYTON PLACE....
