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== References ==
== References ==
*"Native Of Bessemer Returns To Manage Alabama Theater." ''Birmingham Post-Herald'' 15 Aug. 1950.
*"Native Of Bessemer Returns To Manage Alabama Theater." (August 15, 1950).  ''Birmingham Post-Herald''.
*"Mac Russell is new Alabama theater head."  ''Birmingham News'' 16 Dec. 1956.
*"Mac Russell is new Alabama theater head." (December 16, 1956). ''The Birmingham News''.




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Revision as of 10:06, 20 March 2008

Norris Hadaway was a manager of the Alabama Theatre in the 1950s.

Biography

Hadaway was a native of Bessemer, where he had worked at both the Grand Theater and Imperial Theater. After graduating from Bessemer High School, he left for Tampa, Florida in 1927. The following year he began working for Wilby-Kincey, which would later buy the Alabama from Publix.

Not long after moving to Tampa, Hadaway was sent to work at the 'Bama Theater in Tuscaloosa. In 1936, Hadaway was transferred to North Carolina. He stayed there for 14 years, eventually becoming Wilby-Kincey's city theater manager for Greensboro, NC. He moved from there to Birmingham to replace the resigning Francis Falkenburg in 1950 as manager of both the Alabama and Lyric Theatres.

Hadaway stayed in Birmingham until 1956, when he was promoted to general manager of the 30 Wilby-Kincey theaters throughout the Southeast. The promotion required he move to Wilby-Kincey headquarters in Atlanta.

Hadaway was married to the former Lois Fuller, with whom he had at least four children.

Preceded by:
Francis Falkenburg
Alabama Theatre Manager
19501956
Succeeded by:
Mack Russell

References

  • "Native Of Bessemer Returns To Manage Alabama Theater." (August 15, 1950). Birmingham Post-Herald.
  • "Mac Russell is new Alabama theater head." (December 16, 1956). The Birmingham News.