Biscayne Twin

12760 Biscayne Boulevard,
North Miami, FL 33161

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Functions: Gymnasium

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The Biscayne Twin was a pretty short-lived theatre, I recall. It was located close to NE 127th Street. It was opened on June 13, 1980 with Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins” & Meat Loaf in “Roadie”. I don’t have much memory of it, other than I saw a re-release of “Song of the South” there. Closed in the early-1980’s and became a Kauffman and Roberts appliance store.

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Harvey
Harvey on June 20, 2008 at 12:19 am

Address was 12760 Biscayne Blvd.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on May 30, 2009 at 1:08 pm

The Biscayne Twin operated in 1980-1981 as a first run location. I remember seeing a weird little movie called “HAPPY BIRTHDAY,GEMINI” which starred Madeline Kahn and Rita Moreno and had its exclusive Miami run here.

I also remember The theatre failed to provide the advance required for “FLASH GORDON”, their Christmas 1980 film, and Universal did not deliver their print.

jeffsfonts
jeffsfonts on March 29, 2010 at 2:54 pm

The theater was built inside the building that once housed a Polly Davis/St. Clair’s/David’s cafeteria. It later was Kaufman and Roberts. Kaufman and Roberts were a clone of the popular “Kennedy and Cohen” appliance stores – and used a similar marketing strategy of one Jewish and one Irish name as supposed “partners”.

When that firm went under, a gym opened up inside the building.

Prior to the theater, an Italian restaurant called “The Spaghetti Bowl” was planned, but never opened.

sporridge
sporridge on March 29, 2010 at 3:04 pm

Google Maps still indicates it’s a gym — the same fate as the former 170th Street in Sunny Isles.

aeterna
aeterna on December 18, 2015 at 10:21 pm

This theater did eventually get its print of “Flash Gordon” I saw it there repeatedly and this location was not a bad venue for a bargain house albeit a very short lived one.

rivest266
rivest266 on February 15, 2020 at 1:23 pm

The Biscayne Twin cinema opened on June 13th, 1980 with “Mary Poppins” and “Roadie”. Grand opening ad posted.

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