Opened on June 29, 1948 with Dan Dailey in “Give My Regards To Broadway” (unknown if extras added). What’s very strange about its opening is that they don’t allowed children under the age of 12 only on its opening day.
Current function is first-run, but performing arts are also added in rare occasions.
General Cinema opened the Newington Cinema I & II on February 20, 1969 with “The Wrecking Crew” in Screen 1 and “Funny Girl” in Screen 2. A third screen was added on October 15, 1976 and Showcase Cinemas took over the theater in 1982. National Amusements last operated the theater who closed it on July 13, 1997.
Opened on July 19, 1917 with Mary Pickford in “A Romance Of The Redwoods” and Fatty Arbuckle in “The Butcher Boy” along with Albert Hay Malotte playing the Master Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit organ accompany by a quartet.
Fox West Coast Theatres opened the Sierra on June 22, 1934 with Chester Morris in “Let’s Talk It Over” and Bill Boyd in “Cheaters” along with a Universal Newsreel.
This closed on September 27, 1969 with Peter Lawford in “Hook, Line, and Sinker”, James Stewart in “Shenandoah”, and a bonus on its final day “In Enemy Country”.
The October 1946 fire happened on the early morning hours of October 28, 1946, which also destroyed a few other businesses that surround the theater. The fire also damaged a chunk of its business district including parts of its courthouse.
This opened with a major studio preview and a few unnamed shorts. The first attractions were screened the following day with “Johnny O'Clock” and “Sport Of Kings” along with an unnamed cartoon, comedy, and newsreel.
Opened on June 29, 1948 with Dan Dailey in “Give My Regards To Broadway” (unknown if extras added). What’s very strange about its opening is that they don’t allowed children under the age of 12 only on its opening day.
Current function is first-run, but performing arts are also added in rare occasions.
Current functions are a mix of first-run, second-run, classic, foreign, and independent.
It just reopened two days ago, screening back first-run.
Early 1988.
Larger than 3,000 TV sets? How big was it anyway?
Closed on July 6, 1984.
Actual closing date is October 1, 1972.
Later known as Bard Cinema, closed by Mid-State Cinemas on November 2, 1978 with the appropriate titles “Oh, God!” and “The Goodbye Girl”.
Opened on May 22, 1913.
Absher Enterprises, who also operated the nearby Weddington Theatre at the time, opened the Riverfill 10 on November 18, 1994.
Once operated by Absher Enterprises.
Once operated by Absher Enterprises.
Still operating as a movie house in the 1970s.
General Cinema opened the Newington Cinema I & II on February 20, 1969 with “The Wrecking Crew” in Screen 1 and “Funny Girl” in Screen 2. A third screen was added on October 15, 1976 and Showcase Cinemas took over the theater in 1982. National Amusements last operated the theater who closed it on July 13, 1997.
Once operated by Mann Theatres.
Actual closing date is December 19, 2003. Mann Theatres and Signature Theatres are their previous operators.
Opened with “Hellfighters”.
Opened with “Silver River” and “The Noose Hangs High” (unknown if extras added).
Opened on July 19, 1917 with Mary Pickford in “A Romance Of The Redwoods” and Fatty Arbuckle in “The Butcher Boy” along with Albert Hay Malotte playing the Master Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit organ accompany by a quartet.
This opened in 1931, although I cannot find its opening date.
Fox West Coast Theatres opened the Sierra on June 22, 1934 with Chester Morris in “Let’s Talk It Over” and Bill Boyd in “Cheaters” along with a Universal Newsreel.
This closed on September 27, 1969 with Peter Lawford in “Hook, Line, and Sinker”, James Stewart in “Shenandoah”, and a bonus on its final day “In Enemy Country”.
The October 1946 fire happened on the early morning hours of October 28, 1946, which also destroyed a few other businesses that surround the theater. The fire also damaged a chunk of its business district including parts of its courthouse.
This opened with a major studio preview and a few unnamed shorts. The first attractions were screened the following day with “Johnny O'Clock” and “Sport Of Kings” along with an unnamed cartoon, comedy, and newsreel.
Opened with “Class Of 44” in Screen 1 and “Man Of La Mancha” in Screen 2.