Hi Vito.. If you remember me I worked with you at Mid-Plaza Sixplex. If you recall, theatre #6 and theatre #4 opened up first after the “cutting” up the south theatre just before Christmas 1984 with STARMAN in theatre #4 approx 280 seats and Dune 70MM in theatre #6 with 596 seats. After Christmas 1984 the other theatres opened up with the theatre #2 and #5 opening last approx March 1985. Theatre#5 was 160 seats and theatre #2 was the smallest with 98 seats. The other theatres I recall were theatre #3 was 303 seats and theatre #1 with 598 seats.
Also if you remember, Sid and Sy (the owners of Town&Country) owned the actual building, and leased the land. They actually owned it even when RKO sub-leased it from them previous to 1984; but a contractual problem develop everything reverted back to Town & Country. When that happened in November 1984, the owners of the Babylon Southbay theatre (called the Miller Brothers) who were also builders became the silent partners of the Mid-Plaza Sixplex. The Miller Brothers did the chop-shop construction at the Six-plex. As you know Sid and Sy renewed their 30 year lease a second time in 1986, so when the Broadyway Mall came into existence, the owners of the Mall (the Udell brothers at the time)wanted IKEA to come into the Mall, so in order the “buy-out” that lease in the summer of 1989 they had to pay Town & Country 30 million dollars for that lease (which bankrupt the mall six months later and the Mall corporation was no longer controlled by the Udells). Now when you walked around IKEA you are actually standing on theatre grounds
— Peter
This theatre is located on East Marie Street across from the Fire Department. The one you all are thinking about is located on Broadway that was a twin and then converted to a six-plex in 1984. That one was called the Hicksville RKO Century Twin before 1984 and Mid-Plaza Sixplex after 1984, until it closed, sadly, in September 1989.
The famous thing about the UA Hicksville Twin on East Marie Street is that is played the Rocky Horror Picture Show for many, many years on Fridays and Saturdays at Midnight. In the late 1990s, this theatre played exclusively Indian movies.
I remember back in the 80’s it was a Town & Country theatre and a twin
Hello, is the Elwood theatres still under Town & Country theatres? and is Sid the owner (back in the 80’s) still doing well?
By the way, theatre #4 and #6 were the only 70MM theatres
Hi Vito.. If you remember me I worked with you at Mid-Plaza Sixplex. If you recall, theatre #6 and theatre #4 opened up first after the “cutting” up the south theatre just before Christmas 1984 with STARMAN in theatre #4 approx 280 seats and Dune 70MM in theatre #6 with 596 seats. After Christmas 1984 the other theatres opened up with the theatre #2 and #5 opening last approx March 1985. Theatre#5 was 160 seats and theatre #2 was the smallest with 98 seats. The other theatres I recall were theatre #3 was 303 seats and theatre #1 with 598 seats.
Also if you remember, Sid and Sy (the owners of Town&Country) owned the actual building, and leased the land. They actually owned it even when RKO sub-leased it from them previous to 1984; but a contractual problem develop everything reverted back to Town & Country. When that happened in November 1984, the owners of the Babylon Southbay theatre (called the Miller Brothers) who were also builders became the silent partners of the Mid-Plaza Sixplex. The Miller Brothers did the chop-shop construction at the Six-plex. As you know Sid and Sy renewed their 30 year lease a second time in 1986, so when the Broadyway Mall came into existence, the owners of the Mall (the Udell brothers at the time)wanted IKEA to come into the Mall, so in order the “buy-out” that lease in the summer of 1989 they had to pay Town & Country 30 million dollars for that lease (which bankrupt the mall six months later and the Mall corporation was no longer controlled by the Udells). Now when you walked around IKEA you are actually standing on theatre grounds
— Peter
This theatre is located on East Marie Street across from the Fire Department. The one you all are thinking about is located on Broadway that was a twin and then converted to a six-plex in 1984. That one was called the Hicksville RKO Century Twin before 1984 and Mid-Plaza Sixplex after 1984, until it closed, sadly, in September 1989.
The famous thing about the UA Hicksville Twin on East Marie Street is that is played the Rocky Horror Picture Show for many, many years on Fridays and Saturdays at Midnight. In the late 1990s, this theatre played exclusively Indian movies.