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DOWNTOWN

Trivett family, friends keep Little Theater flourishing
F theater with a main floor and balcony. Thirty years

First-run movies at a friendly price are a rarity in years later. At the time, it was a single-screen
most small cities, but not Camden.
later, the Little Theater boasts two screens, movies
You can watch a movie on an actual movie screen that are digitally downloaded via satellite and even
and enjoy fresh-popped corn at a little jewel known occasional 3D movies.
as The Little Theater, a twin-screen cinema at 506
East DeKalb Street. “We’ll do it periodically, but it’s expensive,” Rita
notes. “Our ticket prices are usually $7 for adults
And if there’s anyone who can be called the heart and $5 for children. We have to charge $9 for 3D.”
of the Little Theater, it’s Rita Trivett. She started But that, she agrees, is far less than most major
working at the cinema in 1985 and bought it four cinemas charge even for a regular showing.

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