GCC Northeast 4
Roosevelt Boulevard and Welsh Road,
Philadelphia,
PA
19115
Roosevelt Boulevard and Welsh Road,
Philadelphia,
PA
19115
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General Cinema built many theaters with the same basic layout in the ‘60’s and '70’s.
There is a website you can download the GCC candyband but I’ll have to try to find it again. I’ll also try to find the trailer before candyband that was in the mid ‘80’s.
The GCC Northeast is gone? I dated a girl in the Northeast and saw quite a few films at this complex, including The Verdict and Monty Python’s Meaning of Life. There was a happening bar close by, the name of which I can’t recall. There was also a very good Jewish deli near the theater, which is probably gone as well.
Is this place for sale and if so how do I find this out??
This theater was closed for some time when it was gutted by fire last summer (2004).
Originally, the Cinema I & II N.E. consisted of two full-sized/sizeable auditoriums on opposite ends of each other, separated by a common lobby and concession stand. It also boasted of having two giant screens and quality projection and sound. It had multi-aspect ratio (including CinemaScope) capabilities. Films were shown in 35mm only. It was not a 70mm-equipped theater, however. It was very popular in its day.
The Cinema I & II N.E. was hailed (back in late 1965) as Pennsylvania’s first twin theater. It was built as a twin (not part of any conversion from a full-sized entitity. Ironically, later, as noted above, it fell too, to that ultimate fate when it became G.C.C. I, II, III, and later yet, in its final “converted” form as G.C.C. I, II, III, IV.).
The Cinema I & II N.E. (located in the Northeast Shopping Center, also referred to, at the time, as the Korvette’s Shopping Center) by General Cinema Corporation, opened in 1965, not 1955, as posted originally, above. If I’m not mistaken, it opened on Christmas Day, 1965, and its opening attractions were “Do Not Disturb” starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor in Cinema I and “Pinnochio In Outer Space” for children shown in the afternoon and late-afternoon in Cinema II. For the two evening shows in Cinema II (app. 7:30 and 9:30 P.M.), a more adult offering (obviously) was presented. That film was Hitchcock’s “Marnie” (Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery).
I doubt it , given that GCC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was then acquired by AMC. But to be sure, you shouldn’t ask us, you should ask a stockbroker.
My father ownes 101.3654 as 10/3187. Are the shares of any value
Here is a picture of how this theatre looks today
http://img214.exs.cx/img214/5880/jpggccne0pi.jpg
That AMC purchased GCC had at least one interesting consequence in South Jersey. At the Deptford Mall, up until the purchase there was the AMC multiplex and a short distance away the GCC. Now, they are listed as the AMC Deptford 8 and the AMC Deptford Mall 6
Actually this theatre isn’t demolished, it’s still standing barely, looks in really bad condition after some people felt like setting fire to the front, and it just sits there, it hides BEHIND the shoppin center, they SHOULD tear it down, and maybe built a new one.
Yeah, but I doubt it. AMC is snooty enough, I don’t think they’d keep something like that. I tried to find a website that had it, but failed :–(
I miss GC like a thorn in my side. The local GC, which I have such fond memories of, still sits empty and abandoned today. They’re gonna turn it into a fitness center, which pisses me off beyond comprehension.
That brings back memories! I’m sure AMC has it in their archives … at least I hope they do.
Remember that candy band feature presentation thing they showed before each movie at GCC? Is there a website where you can download it?
General Cinema was purchased by AMC.
So GCC is 100% gone now? No chance of ever coming back? I found on Yahoo a page that said generalcinemas.com is under construction, and I didn’t know if that meant they were making a comeback or not.
AMC Theatres purchased what was then the 66-theatre, 621-screen General Cinemas chain during bankruptcy court proceedings in 2002.
So does this mean GCC doesn’t exist anymore? I’d like to know.