Movie Theaters of South Carolina

John Coles and Mark Tiedje take readers on a humorous and insightful journey through time in their latest book, Movie Theaters of South Carolina. The authors spent ten years traveling to cities and towns across South Carolina gathering information for the book. They trace the state’s movie business from the grand opera houses and early storefront theaters, through the golden age of cinema, to the decline and disappearance of the downtown movie theater. Movie Theaters of South Carolina is filled with photographs and personal stories. There are sections on African American theaters, mill village theaters, military theaters, marketing the movies, and forgotten local films. Movie Theaters of South Carolina provides a satisfying and revealing journey back in time. Through interviews, newspaper articles, photographs and personal memories, it reveals what makes South Carolina’s movie theater history different from that of other regions in the country.