I’ve seen many Georgia theatres in my travels and even had the opportunity to photograph some for the Fox Theatre Institute a couple of years ago, but this is one of the most unique and fascinating I’ve yet encountered. Designed by the architectural firm of Tucker & Howell, it was originally owned by the LAM Amusement Company. Over the years, it’s been painted in multi-colors and with a black and white theme, but owner Ken Browning told me that the current palette is closest to the original. It shows first-run movies and has recently been digitized. The allegorical reliefs [Drama & Music] flanking the entrance were designed by Georgia sculptor Julian Hoke Harris. A detail of Music is pictured below.
Cedartown Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
My mother use to tell me about when she grew up in Cedartown, GA she would always walk to the movie theatre with her best friend and watch a movie on Saturday night. The West Theatre is were my Mom & Dad first met each other according to their stories of how they were introduced by mutual friends in 1956. They were married for 33 years up until my Dad passed in 1989. Mom passed recently in June of 2025. Both of them are laid to rest together in Cedartown, GA.