Springs 3 Theatre
3318 E. Silver Springs Boulevard,
Ocala,
FL
34470
3318 E. Silver Springs Boulevard,
Ocala,
FL
34470
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Featured in color on the front cover in November, 1970: Boxoffice
Described in this 1970 trade article: Boxoffice
The sale was made in 1985, but the name change didn’t take effect until later. Some of the theaters involved in the sale kept using the Plitt name as late as 1988.
I have uploaded the grand opening ad to this theatre’s photo page.
Ezry Kimbrell was managing this theatre on June 3 1983. A Plitt Theatre.
It was also advertised as a “ROCKING CHAIR THEATRE” in the late and early seventies,with a new name the NEW SPRINGS.
Joe, those dates are indeed correct. I still worked for them at the time.
A number of published sources I’ve seen, including Douglas Gomery’s 1992 book “Shared Pleasures: A History of Movie Presentation in the United States” say that Henry Plitt sold his theater circuit to Cineplex Odeon in 1985, not 1987. Gomery says that Cineplex took over operation of the former Plitt houses in August, 1985.
The book also notes that Plitt bought ABC-Paramount’s Northern division theaters in 1974 and the circuit’s Southern division houses in 1978.
Here are some pictures I took in August 2010.
< ABC was followed by Plitt Theatres in 1973, Cineplex Odeon in 1986 >
Wrong again, Chuck! Per research from the Ocala Star-Banner, Plitt ownership began in 1978; Cineplex Odeon in 1987. At least you got the grand-opening and multiplexing dates right.
Also, “Springs 1 & 2” ought to be added as an alternate/former theater name since it was a twin for a four-year period.