Cinadome Theatre
405 Sixth Street,
Hawthorne,
NV
89415
405 Sixth Street,
Hawthorne,
NV
89415
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The Cactus opened in the 40s, a Quonset-hut style movie house that could seat just over 300. Mainly a second-run house for much of its life, the Cactus did show action, kung-fu and “blaxploitation” films during the 70s.
One of its most successful screenings ever was in 1972 when it became only the second theater in Nevada to show the pornographic hit, “Deep Throat”. Towards the end, ironically, the Cactus played a lot of Disney fare. It closed in 1997. The theater is in operation again, as the Cinadome Theatre.
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Bryan Krefft
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Here is part of an article from the Reno Evening Gazette dated 8/30/57:
HAWTHORNE â€" Mrs. Elizabeth Bearden, owner of the Cactus and Desert theaters in Hawthorne, recently purchased the Mineralite Drive-In Theater and the lease on the Babbitt Theater and will assume active management of these two theaters on Sept 1.
The sale was made by Charles Leonard who has operated the Babbitt theater since 1949 and who constructed the Mineralite Drive-In, Hawthorne’s only drive-in theater, in 1953. Mrs. Bearden has announced that her Desert theater will be closed on Sept 1 and that the Babbitt theater, which has been closed during the summer months, will re-open on Sunday, Sept 1.
I just read that somewhere.
February 2009
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Anyone know where in town the Mineralite Drive-in was? I assume there are no traces left, but in an area that unpopulated, you never know.
The Mineralite Drive-In is listed on Cinema Treasures at the link below:
/theaters/16114/
I know. No address listed on that page, though.
Here are two more photos:
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Very colorful little place. http://tinyurl.com/2udxbao
Looking at the pictures you gotta be kidding Me!
Its different alright,I kind of like it,not a movie palace though.