https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/857a5735362925a322f0ae0e77613925.pdf faa721951af056f20b5f4c9f040e1339 PDF Text Text f • t c • • ~ c r s The old Anderson Theater in · way still blinks three lights on and off at night and nes a single spotlight on the that says, ''Save Gas See A ovie,'' but the theater's fnel', Harry Anderson said he ught the movie's better days were gone. The Anderson Theater has me distinction, however, that Hemingway may boast of: it is the only movie theater remaining in Williamsburg County. · It opened, says Anderson, in 939 with ''Gone With The .md.,, • . in the pictu1·e or someone they continously until 9:45 p.m., knew. Movies that made it big in the cities, Anderson said, often proved disappointing in small towns. He said, ''The Sound of Music'' was a big flop in Hemingway, playing only three days to small crowds. Anderson said the movie was ''too highfalutin'' for Hemingway then. Ordinarly, he said Saturday was the theater's biggest day, when all the kids from miles around would flock to town to see the double feature. The double feature, which started at 2 p.m. and played ' usually consisted of a western and ''an action movie,'' Anderson said. He said the Saturday movies were, ''the cheape$t baby sitting service i'n town.'' He charged nine cents for children up to eight years old; 20 cents for kids eight to 12; 30 cents for adolescents, 12 to 15 and 40 cents for adults. Anderson said the only exception to Saturday being the biggest day, was when he had ''cash night'' on Wednesdays. Every Wednesday the theater would hold a drawing and if the person was there when his name was called he would win a $10 pot. In no one won, Anderson said he added $5 to the pot and continued it until next week. He said that once the pot built up to $400, the biggest he could remember . and a man by the name of Hazard Williams, who came every Wednesday, won it. The best movies he could get, he said, were shown on Monday and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday for two days at a time. Even big hits such as ''Parent Trap'' played for only three days, he said. Continued to Page 4 He said his uncle, Hyman derson had · been in ''the ow business'' in Dillon and this father, B. B. Anderson rested in it. Anderson's 'ther, Hubert Anderson, built Hemingway version of the derson Theater, while r other Anderson Theater, d by the same family was t in Kingstree. It burned in 1966. ' Harry Anderson began to nage the theater in ingway in 1942 until 1968 n he leased it to Osbey L. gs the present manager of theater. Arnerson said the big boom sman town movies came ter WWII, between 1945 before everyone had • when movies in were big aterson said it was ovie played for a lhO\'Je eption to this was , ''Thunder Over '' lVhich was filmed in • d a lot of people that to see themselves An ersoit ea r ar quee The old Anderson Theater Marquee probably looks about the .sa~e as.it.did when it was built in 1939. The Anderson is the last theater to survive 1n W1ll1amsburg County. ti t I t I ( c I I l ' '' i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hemingway Anderson Theater WO 8-28-75 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer