Cobb Theatres was an American cinema chain based in Birmingham, Alabama. The company was established in 1924, in Fayette, Alabama,[1] expanding through the South starting in the late 1940s and buying out General Cinema's West Central Florida theatres and Wometco Theatres in the 1990s before being bought by Regal Cinemas in 1997 and revived in 2001. Cobb operated 25 locations, the majority of which were located in Florida, with others in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Virginia.
History
In 1924, Jefferson A. Richards opened his family's first movie theatre in Fayette, Alabama after buying the Putman theatre from W.D. Putnam.[2] The Putnam was first the Dixie theatre then it became the Putman. This building currently houses Nichols Frame Shop.[3] During this year Jefferson A. Richards sold his power plant to Alabama Power