Millcreek Mall Cinema 3

This theatre was called the Millcreek Mall Cinema 3 and was located at 800 Millbreek Mall.

I have this listed as being a Cinemark theatre. Is it possible it was closed when the Cinemark Millcreek Mall 6 (outside the mall) was opened?

I managed this Millcreek 3 in the mid 80's.

Millcreek Cimema 3 was build by General Cinema (GCC) when the Millcreek Mall was built in 1975. In the mid 1980's, the mall was expanding and GCC decided to build a free standing 6-plex in the rear of the mall and called it the Millcreek 6. It had a whole new GCC look with the new Oak trim panels and new concession stands. The Millcreek 3 remained with the older red carpet and white formica concession stand.

This made 9 screens in the mall. Actually, the Millcreek 6 was supposed to be the Millcreek 8 but at the last minute the screens were cut to 6 and there is now a parking lot in the rear where two theaters we cut out.

The Millcreek 3 remained for some time. It was the home of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and other midnight movies for a few years. GCC finally closed it I believe in the early 90's and kept the 6-plex in the rear.

Millcreek 3 was gutted by the mall and it is now a record/cd store.

Millcreek 6 was purchased from GCC by Cinemark in the early 90's? and then Cinemark built a Tinseltown 17 further up the road in the new developments.

Millcreek 6 remains as a 2nd run movie house. Cinemark does not keep it maintained well, as it is showing signs of neglect.

Tinseltown just got a new remodel and stadium seating.

The NOW manager of Tinseltown 17 actually started at the Millcreek 3 as my assistant in the 80's!

I'd love to hear from anyone with pictures or stories. I have fond memories of my days as a movie theater manager.

I can be e-mailed at
btzeigler@gmail.com

I saw Wierd Science here, the only movie I saw at this theatre. A few years later I <gag> Cowboy Way at the Milcreek 6. Recently I saw RV at the "Cinemark Milcreek Cinema 6". I thought it was a better theatre for RV than Cowboy Way. Then again, the tickets for RV cost a whopping $1. And the theatre was packed.

Looks like these theatres were Cinemark at closing, Thursday, March 20, 1997. And it looks like Tinseltown opened on June 28, 1996. I didn't even know about that theatre until 2001. I guess I am not as up on cinemas as I thought.

I wouldn't call some theater built in a shopping center since 1970 "classic", especially in a spectacle of urban spawl like the "Millcreek Mall"--I think theaters like the Warner or the Strand are what this site is after.

Millcreek Mall Cinema I-II-III during 1977 had a 26-week run of the original "Star Wars" concurrent with a booking at Cinema World.

Following its completion, there was a moveover run at Eastway, where "Star Wars" ran another 37 weeks for a total Erie run of 63 weeks. Pretty remarkable for a city the size of Erie.

Ah, so many fond memories of Rocky Horror. I can't believe they acutally let us throw hot dogs around the theater.