Mall Theatres 1 & 2

Opened April 30, 1971 and located inside the Diplomat Mall, unspectacular in many ways, these twin theatres were fair enough and ran first-run for most of their lifespan. I saw “The Deer Hunter” here and the film disturbed me so much I went back again the following week to try and fugure out why.

These theatres also had a pre-release test run of Steven Spielberg’s “The Sugarland Express” for whatever reason. It was closed in the early-1980’s.

Recent comments (view all 5 comments)

Al Alvarez on August 9, 2008 at 12:41 pm

The address was 1515 E. Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

Al Alvarez on September 11, 2011 at 10:18 pm

AKA, Diplomat Mall 1 & 2.

aeterna on January 17, 2016 at 7:04 pm

There was a plan to bring a six-plex discount house to this mall in the early 90s but it never came to pass. By the mid 80s, this mall was effectively dead with little foot traffic. IIRC, Diplomat 1 & 2 closed their doors in the early 80s.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-09-13/news/9002130790_1_movie-theater-modern-malls-miniature-golf

rivest266 on April 1, 2017 at 3:59 pm

This opened on April 30th, 1971. Grand opening ad in the photo section.

Article from aeterna:

Found on Newspapers.com

Al Alvarez on April 1, 2021 at 9:56 pm

Actually, it did not.