I saw an animated Disney film at this theater in the early-to-mid-1970s. I remember the Times-News Burlington newspaper ads from circa the late ‘70s being for the “Cinema Blue,” an X-rated theater featuring a weekly “Live Amateur Night." I actually saw "Seems Like Old Times,”(US release date December 19, 1980) there and it was the Janus. By the mid-'80s the two auditoriums were indeed different sizes, one being considerably smaller than the other.
*The Janus continued showing first run films at this location at least as late as October 1988, as I saw Alien Nation first run there.
Note: I consider this comment a correction of any contradictory info on this page.
I worked at the Terrace from May 1983 to January 1987. When I started, the theater still featured the two large screens only and was a Plitt Theater. The week before RETURN OF THE JEDI was released we showed BLUE THUNDER and BREATHLESS. As Plitt employees we wore red vests. Sometime before I left the job, Cineplex Odeon purchased the showplace and both houses were split, making a total of four screens. Under the new ownership, each associate sported a black vest and a black clip-on bow tie, both of which I still have in addition to one or more name tags. I can’t recall if the additional house splits occurred before or after my departure. Also in my possession is the “THEATRE” portion of the “AN ULTRA-VISION THEATRE” section of the marquee that I salvaged when the building was demolished. Unfortunately the rest of the sign had broken into many pieces due to a combination of the violence of the demolition and its brittleness from age.
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I saw an animated Disney film at this theater in the early-to-mid-1970s.
I remember the Times-News Burlington newspaper ads from circa the late ‘70s being for the “Cinema Blue,” an X-rated theater featuring a weekly “Live Amateur Night."
I actually saw "Seems Like Old Times,”(US release date December 19, 1980) there and it was the Janus.
By the mid-'80s the two auditoriums were indeed different sizes, one being considerably smaller than the other. *The Janus continued showing first run films at this location at least as late as October 1988, as I saw Alien Nation first run there.
Note: I consider this comment a correction of any contradictory info on this page.
I worked at the Terrace from May 1983 to January 1987. When I started, the theater still featured the two large screens only and was a Plitt Theater. The week before RETURN OF THE JEDI was released we showed BLUE THUNDER and BREATHLESS. As Plitt employees we wore red vests. Sometime before I left the job, Cineplex Odeon purchased the showplace and both houses were split, making a total of four screens. Under the new ownership, each associate sported a black vest and a black clip-on bow tie, both of which I still have in addition to one or more name tags. I can’t recall if the additional house splits occurred before or after my departure. Also in my possession is the “THEATRE” portion of the “AN ULTRA-VISION THEATRE” section of the marquee that I salvaged when the building was demolished. Unfortunately the rest of the sign had broken into many pieces due to a combination of the violence of the demolition and its brittleness from age.