Arbor Square Cinema

Joe Vogel on June 27, 2012 at 3:00 pm

The Arbor Theatre was opened as a 196-seat, single-screen house in May, 1980, by Jack and Janice Smith. As told in this article from the Lodi News-Sentinel of July 16, 1981, the house opened with standard Hollywood fare, but low attendance led the Smiths to begin programming Spanish language movies in December, 1980. The new policy proved a success.

The Arbor Square Theatre closed in 1995, and was later converted into a church.