Polar I,II,III

50sSNIPES on February 8, 2026 at 10:41 am

On August 8, 1983, a violent vehicle collision between a Datsun truck and a Ford Fiesta killed a 60-year-old man at the Polar’s parking lot. Alaska State Troopers reported that a 36-year-old man was making a left turn when he unexpectedly and accidentally smashed into the Datsun that caused the life of the 60-year-old man. The passenger of the Datsun, a 59-year-old woman, was taken to a nearby hospital in good condition.

50sSNIPES on June 8, 2025 at 5:53 pm

Opened on July 22, 1971 with Charlie Chaplin in “The Circus” and Walt Disney’s “Scandalous John” in Screen 1 and “The Andromeda Strain” in Screen 2. A third screen was added in 1982.

During the early-1980s, it was operated by Lathrop Co., who also operated the 4th Avenue, Fireweed, Denali, and Totem theaters. Act III was its last operator who closed the Polar on June 12, 1994.

• NOTE: The Polar is never an adult movie theater. It has been a normal mainstream movie theater throughout its history.

Mike Rogers on July 21, 2010 at 7:01 pm

June 7 1990 the Polar Triple was showing “HENRY V” , “FIREBIRDS” and a double feature of “MIAMI BLUES” and “WILD ORCHID” Saturday and Sundays Matinees. It was an ACT III Theatre.

rivest266 on December 21, 2009 at 7:42 pm

This opened on July 22nd, 1971 as a twin and a third cinema in 1982. It closed in 1994