Atlas Theatre

**9606 Prest** · January-09-10, 06:14 PM

Does anyone remember attending movies at the Atlas Theatre on Plymouth Road in the 1950s and 1960s?

**9936Sussex** · January-09-10, 06:23 PM

Lots and lots of my Saturdays were spent at the Atlas Theatre. A whole crowd of us--aging from 8 - 12 years old would walk up there for the Saturday matinee. A couple of movies and cartoons and a box of popcorn could be had for less that 50cents. This would have been from 1958. Went there until we moved from the area in 1969.

**9936Sussex** · January-09-10, 06:28 PM

9606Prest: I sent you a private message. Would you let me know if you received it? I'm having trouble with it. Thanks in advance!

**daddeeo** · January-09-10, 09:30 PM

The place was kind of dumpy.
We were closer to the Grand River.

**szla** · January-09-10, 09:41 PM

Saw the scariest movie I had ever seen in my life "The first man in outer space". Had nightmares for a while.

**eno** · January-09-10, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by szla

Saw the scariest movie I had ever seen in my life "The first man in outer space". Had nightmares for a while.

Hey kid, there's a monster in your closet waiting for you to go to sleep.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1269235993/

**Mackenzie68** · January-11-10, 06:31 PM

I thought of this as my neighborhood theater but was probably geographically a little closer to the Mercury and maybe the Great Lakes. I remember seeing West Side Story at the Atlas and taking a visiting Canadian there for a summer vacation treat . She was frantic to get out the door before the "Godsave." A little discussion helped her understand that we neither smoked in movie theaters nor sang "God Save the Queen" there at the end of the evening. She liked both ideas.