Redondo Beach Cinema 3
1509 Hawthorne Boulevard,
Redondo Beach,
CA
90278
1509 Hawthorne Boulevard,
Redondo Beach,
CA
90278
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At one time, this was actually three separate free standing buildings — each one a large, modern single screen theater.
The first, simply called the South Bay Theater when it opened in the 1960’s, was built close to Hawthorne Boulevard. Next to it were storefronts and a bowling alley. On the other side of the alley, Cinema 2 was built, another large, modern single screen house. A little further down, #3 was built which was the nicest of all and may have been equipped for 70mm.
Eventually, Cinema 2 was twinned, and then the original theater was tri-plexed in the 1980’s.
General Cinema later built a large multiplex in the adjacent shopping center and the two newer houses were closed.
The original theater operated as an independent, second-run triplex as the Redondo Beach Cinema 3 until it was closed in March 2010. It was demolished in summer of 2010
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I’ve visited this place around 15 or 20 times in the last 10 years or so and on only 2 occasions was there someone else in the theatre with me.
I did that once in Philly-a rainy Tuesday afternoon. I was the only one in the theater for the show.
Say goodbye to this one. I drove past today and the theater has been razed. Status should be changed to closed/demolished.
R.I.P. Redondo Beach Cinema 3.
Where do we go now to watch movies for three bucks?
Ray Milland story was good long with others.
I can also confirm this theater has been demolished. First the building and the street marquee within the past couple of months. Status should be changed.
Looks like they are building something on the site.
I hope I’ve positioned the street view accurately. Don’t have any photos yet. The theaters were just to the south of the (then) South Bay Galleria Mall, which is what I remember it being called in the 1980s.