Cinema I & II
1277 Broadway,
Saugus,
MA
01906
1277 Broadway,
Saugus,
MA
01906
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Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp.
Architects: William C. Riseman
Firms: William Riseman Associates
Previous Names: Cinema
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The Cinema opened June 23, 1965 with Jerry Lewis in “The Family Jewels”. Designed in an early-1960’s contemporary architecture style which followed General Cinemas corporate architecture. It was initially a 1,200-seat single screen theatre. It was later twinned, and was closed in 1985.
Situated as satellite to large shopping plaza in near-northern suburb of Boston, MA.
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General Cinemas Saugus was loctaed what was then called New England Shopping Center. It was located about where Dicks sporting goods is.
It only had 2 screens, Cinema I & II View link
I think it closed sometime after 1985, new mall opened fall of 1994
I’ve searched high and low for a picture of this theater. I spent way too many hours there and would love an image from the 70’s if possible. Any recommendations?
According to my wife, who spent a lot of her time here in her teen and tweens, the last movie to show here was “A View To A Kill”, so that puts the closing date somewhere in the summer of 1985, I believe…
This cinema and the Showcase cinemas in Lawrence both opened on June 23rd, 1965.
I found it interesting that after the Showcase Revere 10 (later 12 and later even more!) opened in 1982, this theater – just about 3 miles way was showing almost all 20th Century Fox films. RETURN OF THE JEDI played here – saw it twice. It was closed by early 1985.
I was an asst. manager when it was a single 1200 seats well run theater and with no problems this was in mid 1960’s
1980 photo added via Larry Greenstein. marquee on far right.
Before being rebuilt into the 2 floor mall the Hew England Shopping Center in Saugus had kind of a weird setup. Looking in from highway there was the parking lot and a big Sears on the left and then there were sort of 2 strip malls slanted like a “V” but not meeting to complete the letter. Between the strip buildings was a concrete walkway which led to another parking lot. This was the lot for the theater which was not visible from the highway.
da_bunnyman… Yes, that’s how I remember it as well. When driving past on Route 1, you could see the cinema through the break in between the two strip malls where they should have met a right angle. I recall it being a fairly big side building, with tall plate glass windows and a chandeliers in the lobby.