That arrangement of splitting films with the AMC 309 Cinema is a holdover from the 1970’s/1980’s when the Budco 309 Cinema Twin and Eric Montgomeryville Theatre were locally owned.
Penway14, The Boyd Theatre is still standing, with the Boyd Cinerama marquee and the vertical “Sam Eric 4” marquee. The Aldine/Viking/Cinema 19/Sam’s Place Twin Theatre is also still standing, with a CVS/pharmacy inside the building.
That theatre that was a block over was probally the World Theatre
Trans-Lux had 1 theatre in the Philadelphia area. They sold this theatre to the Sameric chain in 1974, and renamed that theatre as “Eric’s Place Theatre”
What I’ve noticed is that National Amusements is keeping 2 theatres in New Jersey, the Edgewater Multiplex Cinemas, and the Town Center Multiplex Cinemas.
It’s also unique that the 309 cinema still has the “Cinema” in cursive, just like it’s former sister theatres Plymouth Cinema and Ellisburg Circle Cinema.
Today, at AMC Neshaminy 24, they are installing a third digital projector. This is one of the new Sony 4K projectors. This, along with the Christie projector, and the Digital IMAX, will make moviegoing even better.
From the pictures I’ve seen of the current 309 Cinema 9, it look like the 1980 addition was to the left of the original Budco 309 Cinema Theatre building. The 1982/83 addition was to the right of the building, but I could be wrong about which side was added first.
The final addition that turned this theatre from a 4-plex to a 9-plex has the one back screen and two front screens built next to the left of the 1980 addition, and the other 2 front screens across from the 1982/83 addition.
The Fox Theatre in Levittown, PA (known as Eric i-95 Twin Theatre in late 1980’s) was owned by Steve and Remy Fox, until they sold the theatre in the mid to late 1980’s to Sameric Theatres.
The Fox Theatre, located at 16th & Market Street, in Philadelphia was owned by William Fox, then Alexander Boyd, then Warner Brothers Inc. (operated through their Stanley Warner theatre chain), then finally by Milgram Theatres.
National General/Mann Theatres sold their New York City theatres (aka Fox Eastern Theatres) to RKO Century Warner Theatres in the early 1980’s.
From what I gather, Budco twinned the Midtown sometime after June 15, 1979, which was the day ROCKY II opened there. The Philadelphia Inquirer had the theatre listed that day as “Budco Midtown”
None of the big theatre chains (AMC, Regal, Cinemark), as well as National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) likes the ideal of having the film rentals taxed, and are going to fight to stop it.
When this theatre closed, it closed as AMC Loews Paramus Route 4 Tenplex. Other names that this theatre was known as includes Cineplex Odeon Route 4 Tenplex, RKO Century’s Route 4 Sevenplex/Tenplex and Stanley Warner’s Route 4 Theatre.
From what I have seen on Live maps, the old “Route 4 Cinema”, which was to the right of the AMC Loews (RKO Stanley Warner’s) Route 4 Theatre, was demolished and replaced by either Toys R Us or the stores that is built next to the closed tenplex.
The additional screens that’s to the left of the original building, as well as the expanded lobby, looks like were added when RKO Century turned the theatre into the sevenplex.
There is a different roofline to where the last two screens were added over when Screens 6-8 and the expanded lobby area was added by RKO Century.
AwfulAgent, the upstairs balcony was already divided into two theatres by 1977, when the original “Star Wars” came to rKO stanley Warner’s Route 4 Threeplex. It was already a sevenplex when Return Of The Jedi played at the RKO Century’s Route 4 Sevenplex in 1983.
Does anyone know if the Community Theatre at Barclay Farms was of similuar shape and design to the long-gone Budco Theatres' Doylestown Barn Cinema/AMC Barn 5 Theatre?
If anyone knows, but how far back did the back wall of “The Silo” (aka Budco/AMC Barn Theatres Houses #4/5) and the addition that became Barn Cinema #1 go to in relation to the original back wall of “The Barn Cinema” (aka Doylestown Barn Cinema-Budco/AMC Barn Theatres Houses #2/3)?
Here’s a link to a aerial look of the Budco Doylestown Barn Cinema from 1971: http://www.historicaerials.com/?poi=12679
From this aerial, the portion that was to the right of the Barn Cinema wasn’t built, but the left portion (aka “The Silo”) was already built
Loved the ad. It looks like an early Budco Theatres ad.
In the Philadelphia Inquirer, this theatre is now called “Rave University City 6 Theatre”
This is now called AMC Plaza 5 Theatre, with the merger between AMC and Kerasotes completed today
http://www.amcentertainment.com/Plaza5
Here’s is a ad from June 1979, with “ROCKY II” playing at the Budco Midtown Theatre. The Midtown Theatre was not twinned yet as of June 1979.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrambojr/4602314914/
The King Theatre was org. to the left of the Food Fair Supermarket at the Valley Forge Shopping Center
The last movie I remember with an intermission was “Gods And Generals”, which came out in 2004.
That arrangement of splitting films with the AMC 309 Cinema is a holdover from the 1970’s/1980’s when the Budco 309 Cinema Twin and Eric Montgomeryville Theatre were locally owned.
Penway14, The Boyd Theatre is still standing, with the Boyd Cinerama marquee and the vertical “Sam Eric 4” marquee. The Aldine/Viking/Cinema 19/Sam’s Place Twin Theatre is also still standing, with a CVS/pharmacy inside the building.
That theatre that was a block over was probally the World Theatre
Trans-Lux had 1 theatre in the Philadelphia area. They sold this theatre to the Sameric chain in 1974, and renamed that theatre as “Eric’s Place Theatre”
Rave Motion Pictures is slated to acquire this theatre, as well as The Bridge: Cinema De Lux, and 33 other National Amusements locations.
What I’ve noticed is that National Amusements is keeping 2 theatres in New Jersey, the Edgewater Multiplex Cinemas, and the Town Center Multiplex Cinemas.
The Magic Johnson Theatre in Harlem, NY is also open as well.
It’s also unique that the 309 cinema still has the “Cinema” in cursive, just like it’s former sister theatres Plymouth Cinema and Ellisburg Circle Cinema.
Today, at AMC Neshaminy 24, they are installing a third digital projector. This is one of the new Sony 4K projectors. This, along with the Christie projector, and the Digital IMAX, will make moviegoing even better.
From the pictures I’ve seen of the current 309 Cinema 9, it look like the 1980 addition was to the left of the original Budco 309 Cinema Theatre building. The 1982/83 addition was to the right of the building, but I could be wrong about which side was added first.
The final addition that turned this theatre from a 4-plex to a 9-plex has the one back screen and two front screens built next to the left of the 1980 addition, and the other 2 front screens across from the 1982/83 addition.
The Fox Theatre in Levittown, PA (known as Eric i-95 Twin Theatre in late 1980’s) was owned by Steve and Remy Fox, until they sold the theatre in the mid to late 1980’s to Sameric Theatres.
The Fox Theatre, located at 16th & Market Street, in Philadelphia was owned by William Fox, then Alexander Boyd, then Warner Brothers Inc. (operated through their Stanley Warner theatre chain), then finally by Milgram Theatres.
National General/Mann Theatres sold their New York City theatres (aka Fox Eastern Theatres) to RKO Century Warner Theatres in the early 1980’s.
From what I gather, Budco twinned the Midtown sometime after June 15, 1979, which was the day ROCKY II opened there. The Philadelphia Inquirer had the theatre listed that day as “Budco Midtown”
None of the big theatre chains (AMC, Regal, Cinemark), as well as National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) likes the ideal of having the film rentals taxed, and are going to fight to stop it.
When this theatre closed, it closed as AMC Loews Paramus Route 4 Tenplex. Other names that this theatre was known as includes Cineplex Odeon Route 4 Tenplex, RKO Century’s Route 4 Sevenplex/Tenplex and Stanley Warner’s Route 4 Theatre.
From what I have seen on Live maps, the old “Route 4 Cinema”, which was to the right of the AMC Loews (RKO Stanley Warner’s) Route 4 Theatre, was demolished and replaced by either Toys R Us or the stores that is built next to the closed tenplex.
The additional screens that’s to the left of the original building, as well as the expanded lobby, looks like were added when RKO Century turned the theatre into the sevenplex.
There is a different roofline to where the last two screens were added over when Screens 6-8 and the expanded lobby area was added by RKO Century.
Correction, It was the lower theatre that was split into two by 1977. My mistake.
AwfulAgent, the upstairs balcony was already divided into two theatres by 1977, when the original “Star Wars” came to rKO stanley Warner’s Route 4 Threeplex. It was already a sevenplex when Return Of The Jedi played at the RKO Century’s Route 4 Sevenplex in 1983.
Does anyone know if the Community Theatre at Barclay Farms was of similuar shape and design to the long-gone Budco Theatres' Doylestown Barn Cinema/AMC Barn 5 Theatre?
If anyone knows, but how far back did the back wall of “The Silo” (aka Budco/AMC Barn Theatres Houses #4/5) and the addition that became Barn Cinema #1 go to in relation to the original back wall of “The Barn Cinema” (aka Doylestown Barn Cinema-Budco/AMC Barn Theatres Houses #2/3)?