Bank Cinemas I & II
307 4th Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
307 4th Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
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Grand opening ad at View link
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July 1980 is unknown.
August – December 1980:
08/01 Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Brubaker
08/08 Close Encounters of the Third Kind; The Final Countdown
08/15 Caddyshack; Dressed to Kill
08/22 The Big Red One; Dressed to Kill
08/29 The Big Red One; Middle Age Crazy
09/05 All That Jazz; Middle Age Crazy
09/12 Headin' for Broadway; Middle Age Crazy
09/17 When a Stranger Calls; Middle Age Crazy
09/26 When a Stranger Calls; Battle Beyond the Stars
10/03 Somewhere in Time; Coast to Coast
10/17 Somewhere in Time; Times Square
10/24 The First Deadly Sin; Somewhere in Time
10/31 The First Deadly Sin; The Stunt Man
11/14 The Stunt Man; Private Benjamin
12/05 Private Benjamin; Resurrection
12/19 The Mirror Crack’d; Private Benjamin
12/25 The Mirror Crack’d; First Family
January – June 1980:
01/09 And Justice for All; The Prize Fighter
01/25 The Electric Horseman; The Prize Fighter
02/01 The Electric Horseman; Dr. Zhivago
02/15 Jaws 2; Dr. Zhivago
02/22 Norma Rae; Gone with the Wind
02/29 Just Tell Me What You Want; Gone with the Wind
03/07 Just Tell Me What You Want; 2001: A Space Odyssey
03/14 The Silent Partner; 2001: A Space Odyssey
03/21 2001: A Space Odyssey; Hide in Plain Sight
03/28 HIde in Plain Sight; Nothing Personal
04/04 Nothing Personal; Nijinsky
04/11 Nijinsky; Kramer vs. Kramer
04/25 Kramer vs. Kramer; Love at First Bite
05/02 Kramer vs. Kramer; Little Darlings
05/09 Kramer vs. Kramer; Every Which Way but Loose
05/16 The Long Riders; The Hollywood Knights
06/13 Don’t Answer the Phone!; Bronco Billy
06/20 Brubaker; Bronco Billy
July – December 1979:
07/01 Bloodline; The In-Laws
08/03 Hot Stuff; Moonraker
08/10 More American Graffiti; Hot Stuff
08/17 More American Graffiti; Hot Stuff
08/24 Sunburn; More American Graffiti
08/31 The Villain; Breaking Away
09/14 Rocky II; Breaking Away
09/28 Breaking Away; The Legacy
10/05 Wifemistress; The Legacy
10/12 The Muppet Movie; The Legacy
10/19 The Muppet Movie; Meteor
10/26 Skatetown USA; Meteor
11/09 “10”; Meteor
11/16 In Search of Historic Jesus; “10"
12/07 "10”; The Onion Field
12/19 And Justice for All; “10"
12/25 Scavenger Hunt; And Justice for All
January – June 1979:
01/01 Every Which Way but Loose; Brass Target
01/10 Every Which Way but Loose; In Praise of Older Women
01/26 Every Which Way but Loose; Ice Castles
02/16 Every Which Way but Loose; An Unmarried Woman
02/23 Every Which Way but Loose; Heaven Can Wait
03/02 Fast Break; Heaven Can Wait
03/16 Fast Break; The China Syndrome
04/06 Coming Home; The China Syndrome
05/04 Last Embrace; The China Syndrome
05/11 Silver Streak; The China Syndrome
05/18 Silver Streak; The Champ
05/25 The Champ; Blazing Saddles
06/15 The Champ; The In-Laws
06/29 Bloodline; The In-Laws
July 20, 1977 – December 31, 1978:
07/20/77 Star Wars (both screens)
12/21/77 The Goodbye Girl; Star Wars
06/30/78 Bad News Bears Go to Japan; Star Wars
07/19/78 International Velvet; Star Wars
08/16/78 The Cheap Detective; Star Wars
08/30/78 Foul Play; Star Wars
09/06/78 Foul Play; Coming Home
09/13/78 Network; Foul Play
09/20/78 Foul Play; The Bottom Line
09/29/78 Semi-Tough; Somebody Killed Her Husband
10/04/78 Interiors; Somebody Killed Her Husband
10/18/78 Interiors; Heaven Can Wait
10/25/78 Interiors; Comes a Horseman
11/17/78 Heroes; Interiors
12/01/78 Interiors; Take All of Me
12/08/78 Interiors; Unknown Powers
12/13/78 Interiors; Cat & Mouse
12/22/78 Every Which Way but Loose; Brass Target
These titles played here in 1977:
12/25/76 Carrie
12/25/76 Cousin, Cousine
01/07/77 Pipe Dreams
01/14/77 Robin and Marian
02/02/77 The Clockmaker
02/16/77 Seven Beauties
02/23/77 The Enforcer
02/25/77 In Search of Noah’s Ark
03/09/77 Car Wash
03/09/77 Silver Streak
03/16/77 Pink Panther Strikes Again
03/25/77 All the President’s Men
04/01/77 Nasty Habits
04/01/77 Rocky
05/04/77 Annie Hall
05/25/77 Fun With Dick & Jane
06/08/77 Wizards
06/22/77 The Gumball Rally
06/29/77 Valentina
07/06/77 Young Frankenstein
07/13/77 Island of Dr. Moreau
07/20/77 Star Wars
12/21/77 The Goodbye Girl
The last day of operation was August 28, 1986 with the titles “Aliens” and “Manhunter”. I am working on compiling a list of all the titles that played here.
The cinemas were all but hidden on the second floor of a building at 307 Fourth Avenue that was well off the beaten path of Downtown moviegoers.
I think it’s fair to say that the great majority of Pittsburgh area film patrons never did figure out where Bank Cinemas was located. The grosses always reflected the lack of traffic there.
The auditoriums were not quite shoe boxes, but though they were clean and nicely maintained, they were small (281 seats and 261) and lacked the grandness of the theaters that once drew people Downtown.
The opening attractions were a moveover of “Carrie,” which already had played at the larger nearby Warner, plus the French hit “Cousin, Cousine.”
The owners tried to put Bank Cinemas on the map by playing “Star Wars” on both screens in the summer of 1977. The move certainly helped attendance by forcing a lot of new patrons seek out the new theater, but the epic sci-fi film hardly played to maximum advantage on the smallish screens.
Manager Paul Fleming was exceptionally cordial, but the cinemas always had a sense of being temporary tenants, and finally Point Park College took over the site. One auditorium was maintained for that purpose, but apparently for lectures and meetings rather than as a cinema. The other auditorium was converted to another use.
Has anyone a date when the cinemas closed?
The Bank Cinema was on the second level of what was a converted bank.The building was quite large,it also housed some shops and restaurants.I remember seeing Star Wars there
I may be wrong, but I think this is now a travel agency?