Litchfield Cinemas
301 N. Berkeley Boulevard,
Goldsboro,
NC
27534
301 N. Berkeley Boulevard,
Goldsboro,
NC
27534
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Opened in 1985 as one of the first multiplex cinemas in Goldsboro that was owned and operated by Fairlane-Litchfield Corporation,which also operated several movie theatres throughout the Carolinas during the 1970’s and part of the 1980’s.
The theatre was located on Berkeley Boulevard near the Goldsboro Promenade and not very far from the Berkeley Mall. Fairlane-Litchfield operated the Litchfield 4 from 1985 until 1991.
In 1991, Fairlane-Litchfield folded and from there was acquired by United Artists Theatres until 2002. Regal Cinemas took over the Litchfield Cinemas' operations until its closing in 2005.
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According to this website, the Litchfield Cinema was going to be demolished and replaced by an Ashley Furniture store. The only Ashley Furniture store that I found in Goldsboro is located at 301 North Berkeley Boulevard.
Fandango lists the UA Litchfield 4 at 301 N. Berkeley Blvd. I report….You decide!
Unless this theatre and the UA Cinemas are the same, there is something wrong with the address. Both Theatres had the same address and both are now an Ashley Furniture Stores. Both operated by UA and Regal and closed in the same year, 2005.
Fairlane-Litchfield Corp sold most of their screens to United Artists in the mid-late 1980’s. Their corporate management began operating and rebuilding a new company called Litchfield Theatres LTD, going in to markets they had not been in… Nashville, the Atlanta area, and Florida, and a few other locations. I worked for them, helping to open the Courtyard 8 in November of 1988.
Foster McKissack was the main man at the Litchfield organization. Ulmer Eady was head of operations. Originally located in Easley, SC… the operation later moved to Litchfield’s resort on the SC coast, Litchfield By The Sea.
McKissack was killed in a plane accident at the small airport there. The plane overshot, and landed in the ocean. I was told his body was never recovered. Shortly after that, Litchfield’s screens were bought by Regal… who also later bought United Artists.
McKissack would whip out his white gloves when he came to one of his theatres for a visit. And, yes, he used them.
So why isn’t Litchfield listed in the ‘chains’ listing?
there was Litchfield Cinemas in Rome,Georgia a Triple I think,but I guess it went UA Too,GMNash.Litchfield i guess should be listed even though they did not last long.
The UA Litchfield 4 was one of two theaters east of Raleigh to run the infamous NC-17 bomb “Showgirls”. The other theater was the Southgate Cinema 6 in New Bern. Most of the other Eastern North Carolina theaters were owned by Carmike, who banned “Showgirls” from its entire chain.
The location where Ashley Furniture is now located is the exact location where Litchfield was at. I remember when the movie theatre was built. It was a very nice theatre and suprised it closed. It was the newest theatre in Goldsboro at this time. The last time I remember seeing a movie there was in 1989. Then it closed and sit for many years abandoned before it was demolished.