Ritz Theater - Clinton, TN
The Ritz Theatre is located on the town square across from the Anderson County Court House.  It opened in 1945 and closed as a movie theatre in 1969.  It was reopened again in 1972 and housed the Red Speeks Country Music Show which was a local radio show.  It was closed again in 1987.

In 2000 it was cleaned up, remodeled and reopened featuring movies and live performances.  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix to create this HDR image.  Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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