![]() ![]() Lightman traveled to Atlanta where he had made a contact in the theatre business and sought to learn the art of movie exhibition. He decided he wanted to operate a movie theatre. Lightman decided it was time to try something new one day while in Northwest Alabama, when he came upon a long line of people waiting to get into a local theatre. ![]() Although he held a degree in engineering from Vanderbilt University, he thought of himself more as a showman and entertainer. A." Lightman, Sr., (known as M.A.) the son of Hungarian immigrant Joseph Lightman, left his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, and went to Colbert County, Alabama, to work on the Wilson Dam project as an engineer. Malco Theatres' history began during World War I when Morris A.
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