The CAPITOL - Salisbury's Showplace of the 1920s

CAPITOL THEATRE
May 3, 1925

CAPITOL THEATRE
May 31, 1925

CAPITOL THEATRE
May 10, 1926

CAPITOL THEATRE
January 10, 1927

CAPITOL THEATRE
April 4, 1927

CAPITOL THEATRE
June 26, 1927

CAPITOL THEATRE
July 15, 1927

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 10, 1927

CAPITOL THEATRE
November 7, 1927

CAPITOL THEATRE
November 14, 1927

CAPITOL THEATRE
June 11, 1928

CAPITOL THEATRE
June 17, 1928

CAPITOL THEATRE
June 20, 1928

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 20, 1929

THE 1930's - WHAT A TIME TO GO TO THE MOVIES

CAPITOL THEATRE
April 14, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
January 11, 1931

CAPITOL THEATRE
January 30, 1932

CAPITOL THEATRE
December 22, 1932

CAPITOL THEATRE
July 16, 1933

VICTORY THEATRE
August 19, 1934

VICTORY THEATRE
March 18, 1935

CAPITOL THEATRE
January 6, 1937

VICTORY THEATRE
April 20, 1937

STATE THEATRE
May 16, 1937

VICTORY THEATRE
September 2, 1937

STATE THEATRE
September 2, 1937

STATE THEATRE
October 17, 1937

STATE THEATRE
February 6, 1938

STATE THEATRE
June 5, 1938

CAPITOL THEATRE
February 12, 1939

SPOTLIGHTING THE LEADING MEN

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 10, 1926

CAPITOL THEATRE

May 26, 1927

VICTORY THEATRE

February 26, 1928

CAPITOL THEATRE
December 30, 1928

VICTORY THEATRE

April 1, 1929

CAPITOL THEATRE
April 21, 1932

CAPITOL THEATRE

September 22, 1938

STATE THEATRE
September 23, 1938

CAPITOL THEATRE

April 12, 1939

CAPITOL THEATRE

April 19, 1939

CAPITOL THEATRE
May 17, 1940

CAPITOL THEATRE

May 24, 1942

CAPITOL THEATRE

August 9, 1942

STATE THEATRE
May 14, 1944

CAPITOL THEATRE

July 9, 1944

CAPITOL THEATRE

November 16, 1952

CAPITOL THEATRE
February 9, 1955

CAPITOL THEATRE

October 26, 1955

CAPITOL THEATRE
February 24, 1957

CAPITOL THEATRE

September 1, 1957

CAPITOL THEATRE

September 8, 1957

FIFTIES FUN

CAPITOL THEATRE
January 5, 1950

CAPITOL THEATRE
April 9 , 1950

CAPITOL THEATRE
February 21, 1954

CAPITOL THEATRE
April 10, 1954

CAPITOL THEATRE
July 2, 1950

CAPITOL THEATRE
May 26, 1954

HITCHING POST DRIVE-IN THEATRE
August 8, 1954

CENTER THEATRE
March 5, 1954

HITCHING POST DRIVE-IN THEATRE
March 5, 1950

SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
July 8, 1955

SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
July 30, 1950

STATE THEATRE
June 13, 1950

STATE THEATRE
March 5, 1950

VICTORY THEATRE
July 4, 1950

VICTORY THEATRE
July 23, 1950

GOD'S LITTLE ACRE



GOD'S LITTLE ACRE, a 1958 American feature based on Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel, was directed by hailed filmmaker Anthony Mann and shot in black and white by master cinematographer Ernest Haller.

The movie was as controversial as the novel, although unlike its source material, there was no prosecution for obscenity. Though both book and film were laced throughout with racy innuendo calling into question the issue of marital fidelity, it was the movie adaptation that may have been more alarming, inasmuch as it portrayed a popular uprising - or Marxist insurrection - in the southern U.S. by laid-off millworkers trying to gain control of the factory equipment on which their jobs depended.

Philip Yordan was officially given credit for the screenplay, but it was actually written by Ben Maddow, who had been blacklisted for his radical and suspected Communist activities during the 1950's Red Scare. Working without credit was the only way he could successfully submit screenplays.

When the film was first released, patrons under eighteen were prohibited from viewing, due to numerous sex scenes throughout, though over the years the film's scandalous reputation has diminished. Today's kids see worse on the Cartoon Network.

The cast was an incredible one...some established stars (Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Helen Westcott, Rex Ingram) and some youngsters about to make big impressions in feature films and television (Buddy Hackett, Jack HAWAII FIVE-O Lord, Vic COMBAT Morrow, Michael BONANZA Landon and Tina GILLIGAN'S ISLAND Louise.)

The film was an over-all box office failure, except in the southern U.S., where it did big business, especially at drive-in theatres. Released the same year and by the same company (United Artists) as THUNDER ROAD, GOD'S LITTLE ACRE was often paired as a double feature with the Robert Mitchum bootleg favorite, filling dark, dirt lots across Dixie throughout the 1960s.

(some of the above from Wikipedia)

SALISBURY and ROWAN COUNTY saw a lot of GOD'S LITTLE ACRE:

May 25 - 31, 1958 - CENTER THEATRE

July 13 - 18, 1958 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE

September 5 - 6, 1958 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE

May 31 - June 3, 1959 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE

September 16 - 18, 1959 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE

December 20 - 22, 1959 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE

August 19 - 20, 1960 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE

October 21 - 22, 1960 - CENTER THEATRE

February 14 - 15, 1964 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE

February 19 - 20, 1965 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE

July 16 - 17, 1965 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE

May 1 - 4, 1968 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE

October 4 - 6, 1970 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE

FLICKS FROM THE FORTIES

STATE THEATRE
August 25, 1940

CAPITOL THEATRE
September 21, 1941

STATE THEATRE
November 1, 1941

STATE THEATRE
December 7, 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

STATE THEATRE
February 18, 1942

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 18, 1942

STATE THEATRE
October 15, 1944

STATE THEATRE
December 17, 1944

STATE THEATRE
February 25, 1945

CAPITOL THEATRE
March 25, 1945

STATE THEATRE
September 1, 1946

CAPITOL THEATRE
February 2, 1947

CAPITOL THEATRE
August 27, 1947

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 5, 1947

STATE THEATRE
October 5, 1947

STATE THEATRE
August 29, 1947