Hollywood Malibu Cinemas
3822 Cross Creek,
Malibu,
CA
90265
3822 Cross Creek,
Malibu,
CA
90265
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This twin movie house, which caters to the area’s rich and famous, is located in a strip mall along the Pacific Coast Highway. It opened in 1972 as a single screen cinema. In the past, Malibu’s film festival has held screenings here.
Hollywood Theaters reopened this twin movie house (following renovations)in November 2006.
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Here is a photo of the Malibu Cinemas.
Here is an earlier incarnation:
http://tinyurl.com/33hsyy
This is a recent close-up view. Compare it to the older b/w photo. Garden State Brickface works wonders.
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Here is the Hollywood Theaters website.
another close up view of the malibu cinemas. can been seen here
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The Malibu Cinema was a single screen originally, and was open during the 70’s. I would guess as far back as the early 70’s.
Brad is correct. Boxoffice Magazine of February 5, 1973, has an item saying: “Owner of the recently opened Malibu Cinema, a United General Theatres Franchise operation, is David O'Meara….” The house was still a single-screen theatre at least as late as early 1982, when the February issue of Boxoffice published a letter from David O'Meara in which he mentioned that the theater had 250 seats.
Insanely expensive ticket prices (on par with the Arclight in Hollywood), but also some of the most insanely comfortable theatre seats anywhere in Southern California.
Archives of the Malibu Times from November of 2006 say that the theater reopened on November 17 with ‘Casino Royale’ and ‘Happy Feet’. A third of the center was destroyed by fire, caused by an electrical short, on April 17, 2005. There were major technical, seating and decorative upgrades but the same intimate movie going experience was retained. Scott Wallace, CEO of Wallace Theaters, said “This has to be the first opening of a twin-plex anywhere in America in probably 20 years.” It’s not a strip mall anymore. Some of the dozens of neighboring shops include Ralph Lauren, 7 for all Mankind, Optical Shop of Aspen, John Varvatos and MAC Cosmetics.