Valley Plaza 6
6355 Bellingham Avenue,
Valley Plaza,
Los Angeles,
CA
91606
6355 Bellingham Avenue,
Valley Plaza,
Los Angeles,
CA
91606
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Previously operated by: Regal Cinemas, Regency Theatres, United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.
Previous Names: UA Movies, UA Valley Plaza 6
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This was a kind of mall six-plex without a mall. It was opened in December 17, 1976 and operated by United Artists. Damaged by the Northridge earthquake, the theater closed for a while, then reopened in on July 1, 1994, but never got back the business it had before. Competition from the Sherman Oaks Galleria and the AMC Burbank was too much for it to handle.
It was closed on September 23, 2004. Taken over by the Regency Theatres chain, it reopened in late-October 2010. It was closed on March 17, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It never reopened.
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I have been to the Valley 6 twelve times since 11/12/10. At first business was slow , but it has really picked up, even on weekdays, and of course on $1.50 Tuesdays. Some movies that falter at the box office quickly move to this theater, including “Larry Crowne.”
$1 hot dogs are a bargain and the kids combo(no age restriction)costs only $5 for a drink, popcorn and small candy. I agree that Regency knows how to run a bargain venue as I admire their running of the Academy.
I only live 1-½ miles from the Valley 6 and use it as a backstop to catch a missed movie or when I am too tired to go in to L A.
I have attended this venue 13 times in 2011; the 12/20 evening showing of “In Time” drew 180 patrons. Unbelievably you can see a 3D movie like the recent Captain America for only a $2 surcharge(as low as $3.50 for Tuesdays). This may be the lowest 3D price in America. Compare that to Grauman’s Chinese price increase now gouging a top price of $19 for 3D!
I think the opening date for this theater is not right.I was in Junior High when this theater opened.Sun Valley Junior High,BTW.It was a really big deal for all the kids in that area.I want to say spring or summer of 1976.It couldnt have been much earlier than that.The idea of not having to wait for a movie to come to one of the big older theaters,like the Magnolia,or the Lankershim or the Cornell(which was just about done by that time) was really something.If you went a little farther out,you could go to the Americana multiplex in Panarama City.
December 17th, 1976 grand opening ad in photo section.
This theatre shows up prominently in the 2013 romcom “Don Jon”. There is an auditorium scene and long tracking shot down the entrance corridor and concession stand area.
This theater is commonly seen in movies and TV; besides “Don Jon”, it is featured in “Captain Marvel”, “Searching” and “American Crime Story: The Murder of Gianni Versace”.
UA held a reopening on July 1st, 1994. Grand opening ad posted.
Opened on 17/12/1976 on different screens with “The enforcer”, “King Kong(Fay Wray original version or Faye Dunaway remake version?)”, “Voyage of the damned” and “The adventures of the Wilderness Family”. Reopened on 1/7/1994 on different screens with “Baby’s day out”, “The Shadow” and “Little big league”
Please update, CLOSED, off Regency Theatres website. The new Regal NoHo and Cinemark locations now open, the old Valley Plaza couldn’t compete anymore. Never reopened after Covid-19
Before this was a movie theater it was an Alexanders Supermarket. A local grocery store chain like Ralphs.This was one big open space divided up into 6 screening rooms. I remember the two front screens were larger and I know at least one of the screens was capable of showing 70mm prints. When they converted it to a movie theater I remember there were support poles for the ceiling in some of the smaller theaters. You had to pick your seat to be sure a pole was not in the center of your view of the screen. It is very sad to see how this area declined. I grew up in Burbank and Valley Plaza was the place to go for everything. Department stores like Sears, Penneys, May Company Ice Skating , restaurants and more. Valley Plaza started in 1051, It was the best place to shop and probably the only large outdoor mall in the San Fernando Valley in the early 60’s. The area is full of boarded up buildings, street vendors, and homeless encampments. Very sad we allowed it to end up this way.