Cortez Twin
3633 Cortez Road,
Bradenton,
FL
34205
3633 Cortez Road,
Bradenton,
FL
34205
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The Cortez Twin was located at the far end of the old Woolco (later Wal-Mart) shopping center on Cortez Road across from DeSoto Square Mall. I’m not sure exactly when it opened, but it was probably in the early to mid-1970’s. I went on my first "date" (age seven) to the Cortez Twin to see "Pete’s Dragon" in 1977. By the late-1980’s/early-1990’s it was showing second run movies and eventually closed sometime in the 1990’s, and left vacant.
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Tim Fankell
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Tim,“Pete’s Dragon” was a Disney Christmas release in 1977.
Cinematour shows the address as 4425 14th St W
PLEASE ADD ADDREESS:
4425 14TH STREET WEST
AKA
JERRY LEWIS CINEMA
Open 1971-1997?
Owners:
1973-1978 Suncoast Cinemas?
1978-1980 Cobb?
1980-1988 Plitt Theaters?
1990 Floyd Theaters of Haines City, Fla.? In 1967 Carl Floyd was President and had 40 theaters all in Florida.
Anyone have more info or photos?
Pets Mart is listed at the 4425 14th St. W. Aaddress now.
The address Cinematour gives is not accurate. That address is indeed for PetSmart, but that’s not where the theater used to be. PetSmart is in the Cortez Plaza, an entirely different shopping center. The correct address for the Cortez Twin is 3633 Cortez Rd.
That right, In the Cortez Plaza EAST. It opened as Jerry Lewis Twin Cinema on Christmas day, 1971 and renamed in 1973 when the Jerry Lewis franchise fell apart.