Hicksville Twin Theater

i remember this one , kind of on a side street . nice twin never did great bsns because of the mall theater

this was a ua house.........

i think this theater had a fire inside in the late 90s

One of only 32 theaters that booked Star Wars on opening day, May 25, 1977.

star wars played in the hicksville north and south in the mall not at this theater.

This theatre is located on East Marie Street across from the Fire Department. The one you all are thinking about is located on Broadway that was a twin and then converted to a six-plex in 1984. That one was called the Hicksville RKO Century Twin before 1984 and Mid-Plaza Sixplex after 1984, until it closed, sadly, in September 1989.
The famous thing about the UA Hicksville Twin on East Marie Street is that is played the Rocky Horror Picture Show for many, many years on Fridays and Saturdays at Midnight. In the late 1990s, this theatre played exclusively Indian movies.

Yes this theater was the old movie theater across from the fire station. The first movie I seen in my life was the Ten commandments.
Next to the theater was a underground stairway the went under the building to a back parking lot. A few doors down was the "Hicksville trading post". I new the owner "Sam" kind of an old crabby man.

what was the XXX Theater that was in Hicksville?

Worked here in the sixties before UA twinned it. Was still a Prudential Theater. The manager was a cigar smoking drunk I think his name Mr Pinkingham, spent more time in the bar down the street than at the theater. I remember Ray Wheeler was the regular projectionist there for many years. Many happy times then. Anybody remember when they had a live stage show there called "Weekend at the Apollo"?. Have many great memories there.

I remember the Hicksville Twin Theater was were I first saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" in either 1968 or '69, I can't recall which as I was only 8 and 9 years old then. I also recall seeing a double feature of "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and "The Reluctant Astronaut" there in 1969 or '70, and later "Tora! Tora! Tora! and much later "Star Wars" on opening day in 1977.

Even back in the late 60's and early 70', this place was considered a "dump". But it was cheap - one of the first, if I recall correctly, that offered double features for a dollar. My friends and I rode bikes over there, and used to chain them to the stairs behind the theater. I saw so many great movies in this house (and I'm talking about before it was "twinned"): They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; Pretty Poison; a double bill of Thunderball and You Only Live Twice; Live and Let Die (paired with a forgotten spy film called Scorpio, with Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon); Barry Lyndon; The Night Porter (well, that was a stinker - but I do remember seeing it here).

Last time I was there was for My Cousin Vinnie, I think .

XXX theatre you are thinking of was not Hicksville, it was in westbury called the Salisbury. Played skin flicks for as long as I remember

Am looking for first hand accounts of seeing The Night Porter at this theater in connection with film history research i am engaged in. Anyone with memories of The night Porter, please feel free to get in touch. mail@curious.orangehome.co.uk

Sorry for the misinformation I gave about three years ago. limovies is totally correct. Star Wars opened at the Hicksville Fox Plaza North and South. Sources list it as a Mann Theater at the time.