Barstow Cinema 1 & 2

W. Main Street,
Barstow, CA 92311

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Coate
Coate on May 24, 2012 at 10:01 am

“Twinned in the early-1980’s”

This theater was twinned several years before the early 1980s.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on May 23, 2012 at 5:09 pm

There are two pictures of the theater as a single screen operation on this webpage

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 23, 2012 at 4:53 pm

Probably opened in 1946, or soon after, the Barstow Theatre was located on the south side of W. Main Street (Route 66) where it curves in the block west of 1st Avenue. The house had been twinned by July, 1982, when this photo at American Classic Images was taken.

By January, 1988, the house was showing double features on both screens, as seen in this night shot from ACI. This ACI photo, dated June, 1988, shows the marquee vacant, so the house must have been closed during the first half of that year.

The site of the Barstow Theatre is now part of the very large parking lot of the New Life Foursquare Church. The church is at 134 W. Main Street, so the theater must have been right around 140-150 W. Main.