AMC Braintree 10
121 Grandview Road,
Braintree,
MA
02184
121 Grandview Road,
Braintree,
MA
02184
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This was the latest style of theater built by General Cinema. There has been a Braintree Cinema for a long time, since the 1960s, and I think this is a replacement of the original theater.
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I never met him, because Fred Tomeo was the Manager at the Drive In when I managed the Cinema. The name is familiar though, and I believe his daughter was an Assistant Manager at the Natick Drive In.
John Allen is here re-certifying our HPS 4000 houses right now! It’s awesome to see him do his work… he really knows his stuff. Houses 2,3,and 7 should sound superb once he is done. Still no THX in 5 or 6, but it’s always been the HPS 4000 for sound while I’ve been here. It’s just incredible.
Can anyone tell me the screen size of the largest auditorium? And does the said auditorium still have a 35/70 projector? I’m curious.
Screens 5 and 6 are the two largest (screens 1-5 are mirror images of 6-10 size wise); I’m guessing the screen is something like 45 feet wide. Screen 5 used to have 70mm capability I think; no idea if it’s still there. Not sure it matters though, I can’t imagine them ever using it again.
No THX? according to the THX website both 5 and 6 are still THX certified; last time I was there (been a year or so now though) the THX sign was still up outside both rooms.
They still have the Vic 8 there for 70mm but if I remember correctly the 70mm parts have been mostly stripped off and it is used exclusively for 35mm.
Braintree also recently installed their Sony 4K SXRD projector in Cinema 2. They can no longer show 35mm in that house. Currently they’re showing Avatar in 3D in that particular house.
Tom, I was at this theater a week ago, and didn’t see the THX sign outside Cinema 6. But they are still listed on the THX website.
I enjoyed my times at GCC.they worked the crap out of managers and that salary certainly never covered the long hours,but i think most of us never did it for the money.
Here’s a photo of the lobby of the old Braintree South Shore Plaza Cinema. The Saturday Night Fever standee makes me think it’s from 1977.
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Great photo Bob! I’m posting one of the front of the theatre from 1988.
Never been to the AMC cinema 10. Went to the old South Shore cinema several times. Saw Star Wars 5-6 there. Also saw Midway and Rollercoaster in Sensurround there. One of the few Boston areas to run Sensurround. Shoppers World was 1st and then the Saxon Downtown later. Living in Scituate most of my movie going was at the Scituate Playhouse under Lockwood and Gordon. Scituate was a beautiful 1930’s theatre which was kept up and always clean until L&G sold to Sonderling who the triplexed it which was not bad and then they made it a quad and let it deterioate. Then Hoyts took over and made it worse. Richard Smith(General Cinema boss)was the manager when I moved there and the wonderful Bud King replaced him and was there till it closed the 1st time. The theatre is gone and has been replaced by a very comfortable twin under South Shore Cinemas along with the Cameo in S. Weymouth. Also gone are the Marshfield Drive In, thee Marshfield twin. The Pembroke 4 and the Avon drive in.