After 18 years of giving Montreal-area movie lovers wanting a cheap option to take in a flick, Dollar Cinema is closing for good.
A post on the cinema’s Facebook page said that owner (and 2017 mayoral hopeful) Bernie Gurberg will not be renewing the lease on the second-floor, two-screen theatre at the Decarie Square mall in Cote Saint-Luc.
“To all our regulars, old and new moviegoers…. it is with a heavy heart that Bernie let us know that our much loved Dollar Cinema is closing July 31st, 2022,” reads the post.
Gurberg ran for mayor of Montreal in 2017 and came fourth with 2,141 votes, ahead of four other candidates.
Those who pre-purchased tickets can use them until that time, and the cinema is working to get another cinema to honour them for a defined period of time after the doors are closed.
Dollar Cinema has been screening second (sometimes third or fourth) run movies for almost two decades for firesale prices.
A regular movie is $2.50, and popcorn and other snacks start at $1.
This weekend, Encanto, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Ambulance are screening.
The Showcase Forest Fair opened on December 21st, 2001 and renamed Showcase Cincinnati Mills in 2004 after the mall changed its name. Closed March 2010 after Rave did not want it.
This opened on June 28th, 1991, as Super Cinemas 8 - Biggs Center as Cincinnati’s most luxurious theatre. It was reopened by Danbarry Dollar Saver-Eastgate on November 22nd, 2002 and closed in 2014 ending its discount policy. It started its dine-in era as the Brew & View by Esquire theatres on November 15th, 2015 and closed in January 2018. Reopened as the RJ Cinema Distillery & Taproom 8 on June 24th, 2019. Grand opening ads posted.
ad:
General Cinema Western Woods Cinema opening 23 Dec 1966, Fri The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com
Closed 1979
Article:
The Vogue theatre opened with “The Daytime Wife” on October 11th, 1940. Grand opening ad. Closed 1967
Closed 1983
Opened July 17th, 1949. Ad:
Reopened as Uptown on December 20th, 1930.
Grand opening ad posted.
Closing July 31st, 2022 per:
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-iconic-dollar-cinema-closing-doors-for-good-1.5942859
After 18 years of giving Montreal-area movie lovers wanting a cheap option to take in a flick, Dollar Cinema is closing for good.
A post on the cinema’s Facebook page said that owner (and 2017 mayoral hopeful) Bernie Gurberg will not be renewing the lease on the second-floor, two-screen theatre at the Decarie Square mall in Cote Saint-Luc.
“To all our regulars, old and new moviegoers…. it is with a heavy heart that Bernie let us know that our much loved Dollar Cinema is closing July 31st, 2022,” reads the post.
Gurberg ran for mayor of Montreal in 2017 and came fourth with 2,141 votes, ahead of four other candidates. Those who pre-purchased tickets can use them until that time, and the cinema is working to get another cinema to honour them for a defined period of time after the doors are closed.
Dollar Cinema has been screening second (sometimes third or fourth) run movies for almost two decades for firesale prices.
A regular movie is $2.50, and popcorn and other snacks start at $1.
This weekend, Encanto, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Ambulance are screening.
Aerial photo posted.
ad:
The Showcase Forest Fair opened on December 21st, 2001 and renamed Showcase Cincinnati Mills in 2004 after the mall changed its name. Closed March 2010 after Rave did not want it.
2-page Grand opening ad (Click to zoom):
Showcase Cincinnati opening 22 Sep 1989, Fri The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com
The Royal theatre opened on June 9th, 1910 per:
The Roselawn theatre opened on November 15th, 1940, with “Young People” and a WSAI broadcast. Small grand opening ad posted.
This opened on November 20th, 1941. Grand opening ad posted.
This photo was used in the grand opening ad
The Ridge theatre opened on May 15th, 1941
Opened at the end of 1925 to January 1926.
Grand opening ad posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
5 screens on December 18th, 1974, 6 in 1983 and seven in 1988. Closed 2005.
live performances in 1940
1940_09_29_Cinti Enquirer_Page 80_History of Cincinnati Actors Guild 29 Sep 1940, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com
Renamed The Movies on February 26th, 1982. Another ad posted.
Reopened as Moviola on October 24th, 1980.
This opened on June 28th, 1991, as Super Cinemas 8 - Biggs Center as Cincinnati’s most luxurious theatre. It was reopened by Danbarry Dollar Saver-Eastgate on November 22nd, 2002 and closed in 2014 ending its discount policy. It started its dine-in era as the Brew & View by Esquire theatres on November 15th, 2015 and closed in January 2018. Reopened as the RJ Cinema Distillery & Taproom 8 on June 24th, 2019. Grand opening ads posted.