The address maps properly in Reedley, CA. The company I worked for in 1994 (Silver Screen Amusements) operated the Drive-In at the time and they used Reedley as their address.
The grand opening ad for Cinema City says that it was built on the site of the old York Drive-In which suggests to me that the drive-in was already in existence when Cinema City opened, but it just was not operating for the season.
The Century Plaza and Burlington Plaza cinemas are two entirely separate businesses. In 1983 the Burlington Free Press shows both cinemas operating at the same time with ads placed right next to each other showing entirely different films.
This was never operated by United Artists. Syufy/Century the entire time. Also — can we do something about the Century Circuit categorization? That was a different company altogether than Century Theatres.
An article in the 8/17/1975 edition of the Dayton Daily News puts the address as 6151 Far Hills Ave which would make the theatre map on the other side of the street.
An article in the 1/30/1986 edition of the Manhattan Mercury stated the Westloop Twin would close after business that night. It was part of an agreement with the landlord of the newer Westloop 6 in the same shopping center. These were two separate theatres.
An article in the 2/11/1971 Fitchburg Sentinel touting the gala opening of Sack Cinemas 3 and 4 states “The two new movie houses were packed to capacity. Parking lots in front and in the rear of the new building as well as the one adjacent to Cinema 1 and 2 were also filled.”
Is it possible the original 1-2 and 3-4 were in separate buildings? In 1971 it wasn’t uncommon for theatres to be build near each other but not share lobbies etc.
That grand opening add is such a lie. There is nothing magnificent about this theatre. While it has its charm, it may be one of the worst places to see a movie in northern California. That being said, I love it for what it is.
This theatre though similar to the Century SSF in layout is more similar to the Century Ventura as it had the corrugated metal roofing/octagonal domes whereas SSF had the more rounded shingle domes. Otherwise, all three theatres were nearly identical and all three started out as 8-plexes that were added onto. (Pinole & SSF to 10 buy adding a 2-screen box to the end of the building, and Ventura to 16 by adding an 8-screen stadium addition).
The address maps properly in Reedley, CA. The company I worked for in 1994 (Silver Screen Amusements) operated the Drive-In at the time and they used Reedley as their address.
The Charles stopped appearing in the Montgomery Advertiser after 3/21/1974.
Hoyts appeared to have operated this for a time in the 90s.
Reviewing the Jackson Clarion-Ledger the last mention I can find for this theatre was as a UA, last appearing on 6/24/1993.
Theater opened as the North 4, later changing to the Newmarket Mall 4.
The grand opening ad for Cinema City says that it was built on the site of the old York Drive-In which suggests to me that the drive-in was already in existence when Cinema City opened, but it just was not operating for the season.
This bodes well for the longevity of this location.
Yes. The southern screen had suffered damage from a storm. Since it faced the screen that was used only for the flea market, it was torn down.
Oh that sideways N would drive me nuts.
The Century Plaza and Burlington Plaza cinemas are two entirely separate businesses. In 1983 the Burlington Free Press shows both cinemas operating at the same time with ads placed right next to each other showing entirely different films.
This was never operated by United Artists. Syufy/Century the entire time. Also — can we do something about the Century Circuit categorization? That was a different company altogether than Century Theatres.
4 years too late — but my guess is that the mall operated it on their own.
An article in the 8/17/1975 edition of the Dayton Daily News puts the address as 6151 Far Hills Ave which would make the theatre map on the other side of the street.
I’m usually in favor of AMC streamlining a theatre’s look… but wow. That’s a giant red stamp of BLAH.
An article in the 1/30/1986 edition of the Manhattan Mercury stated the Westloop Twin would close after business that night. It was part of an agreement with the landlord of the newer Westloop 6 in the same shopping center. These were two separate theatres.
Google street views from 2016 indicate this theatre was demolished.
An article in the 2/11/1971 Fitchburg Sentinel touting the gala opening of Sack Cinemas 3 and 4 states “The two new movie houses were packed to capacity. Parking lots in front and in the rear of the new building as well as the one adjacent to Cinema 1 and 2 were also filled.”
Is it possible the original 1-2 and 3-4 were in separate buildings? In 1971 it wasn’t uncommon for theatres to be build near each other but not share lobbies etc.
The address for this is 2 Florence Ave, Anniston, AL.
That grand opening add is such a lie. There is nothing magnificent about this theatre. While it has its charm, it may be one of the worst places to see a movie in northern California. That being said, I love it for what it is.
Can we reset the map to not be centered on the Century Hilltop 16 which is on the entire opposite side of the freeway from where this theatre was?
This theatre though similar to the Century SSF in layout is more similar to the Century Ventura as it had the corrugated metal roofing/octagonal domes whereas SSF had the more rounded shingle domes. Otherwise, all three theatres were nearly identical and all three started out as 8-plexes that were added onto. (Pinole & SSF to 10 buy adding a 2-screen box to the end of the building, and Ventura to 16 by adding an 8-screen stadium addition).
It’s on the border of Sonoma and Marin counties. A lot of stuff in Petaluma was Sonomarin because of this.
Surprisingly, AMC operated this theatre after Weis and likely did so until it closed in the mid/late 80’s.
Cineplex Odeon opened this theare on 4/10/1987 and operated it until Carmike acquired their theatres in 1995.
This was later expanded into the Sarno 6 Cinema, opening on 8/6/1993