Opened on June 12, 1987 as the Kennedy Mall Cinema 6. General Cinema operated the theater for only a year until it was sold along with two other Iowa locations in a joint venture between Dubinsky Brothers & Essaness Theatres on May 12, 1988. This was followed by Excellence Theatres, Carmike, and finally Mindframe Theaters before Phoenix Theatres took it over.
Actual opening date is January 23, 1928, yes with William Holden in “West Point” along with the short “Monarch Of The Glen”, Pathe Topics, and Metro News.
The Grand Theatre closed as a normal first-run house on November 30, 1999 with “Double Jeopardy”, but ran its last movie on December 12, 1999 with a one-day showing of “It’s A Wonderful Life”. It was last known as “Grand Theatre Grille”.
On September 6, 1951, the Rigsby’s manager Bill Perry witnessed a 48-year-old suffered a massive fatal heart attack while walking between his car and the concession stand. He died on scene.
On June 12, 1981, deputies from the Richland County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the Midway Drive-In during the morning hours after a person discovered a white man found dead in his vehicle.
Its likely that this originally opened with three screens, but one screen closed later in its history for unknown reasons. It was closed during the late-2000s.
Edited from my September 30, 2021 (7:12 AM) comment:
The Lomaland closed for the final time on September 4, 1988. Screen 1 closed with “Short Circuit II” and “Like Father Like Son”, Screen 2 closed with “License To Drive” and “Blob”, and Screen 3 closed with “Coming To America” and “Eddie Murphy Raw”. It was immediately demolished afterward to build housing on the site.
Vanished by the early-1980s.
Actual closing date is October 21, 1999.
Opened on June 12, 1987 as the Kennedy Mall Cinema 6. General Cinema operated the theater for only a year until it was sold along with two other Iowa locations in a joint venture between Dubinsky Brothers & Essaness Theatres on May 12, 1988. This was followed by Excellence Theatres, Carmike, and finally Mindframe Theaters before Phoenix Theatres took it over.
Actual closing date is February 1, 1987, yes with “Crocodile Dundee” and “The Golden Child”.
Actual opening date is January 23, 1928, yes with William Holden in “West Point” along with the short “Monarch Of The Glen”, Pathe Topics, and Metro News.
The Grand Theatre closed as a normal first-run house on November 30, 1999 with “Double Jeopardy”, but ran its last movie on December 12, 1999 with a one-day showing of “It’s A Wonderful Life”. It was last known as “Grand Theatre Grille”.
Still listed in the 1977 topo.
Gone by 1983, as that year’s aerial shows the drive-in without its screen.
Current functions are classic movies, family movies, and live performances. Its 1987 relaunch only lasted throughout much of that year.
This actually most likely closed in late-September 1996.
This actually closed on January 15, 1989 with “My Stepmother Is An Alien”.
On March 30, 1972, a man from Troy, Michigan was found dead inside his car at Montgomery’s Jet Drive-In from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
On September 6, 1951, the Rigsby’s manager Bill Perry witnessed a 48-year-old suffered a massive fatal heart attack while walking between his car and the concession stand. He died on scene.
Security First Bank purchased the building on December 3, 1959.
Still listed in the 1981 topo, but I’m very sure it was already closed and demolished by then.
On June 12, 1981, deputies from the Richland County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the Midway Drive-In during the morning hours after a person discovered a white man found dead in his vehicle.
First operated by Mr. Henry Workman, who also helped constructing the theater.
Still open in 1986, but may’ve closed by 1991 judging by its condition from that year’s aerial.
I cannot find the drive-in anywhere. The earliest aerials date back to 1968 and it appears that it may’ve closed and demolished beforehand.
Still visible in the 1974 topo, but the screen was gone by 1983.
Not listed in the 1965 topo, and was already vanished by 1984.
I think the name Brad came from an owner’s family member, that’s my guess.
Still intact in the 1976 aerial view.
Originally a Spanish house.
Its likely that this originally opened with three screens, but one screen closed later in its history for unknown reasons. It was closed during the late-2000s.
Edited from my September 30, 2021 (7:12 AM) comment:
The Lomaland closed for the final time on September 4, 1988. Screen 1 closed with “Short Circuit II” and “Like Father Like Son”, Screen 2 closed with “License To Drive” and “Blob”, and Screen 3 closed with “Coming To America” and “Eddie Murphy Raw”. It was immediately demolished afterward to build housing on the site.