Ritchie Cinemas 1-2-3
6637 Governor Ritchie Highway,
Glen Burnie,
MD
21061
6637 Governor Ritchie Highway,
Glen Burnie,
MD
21061
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Durkee, F.H., Enterprises
Architects: Peter D. Paul, Donald B. Ratcliffe
Functions: Restaurant
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The Richie Cinemas 1-2-3 was opened October 24, 1973 in the Governor Plaza Shopping Center. It was operated by the Rappaport Management, Inc. chain headed by M. Robert Rappaport. In 1985 it was taken over by the F.H. Durkee Enterprises chain. It was closed on January 31, 1988 and is currently a Chuck E. Cheese.
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Closed in 1988, to be exact. I believe it was run by F.H. Durkee Enterprises in its last days.
The Marley Station and Glen Burnie Towncenter theaters put Richie Cinemas and Harundale Cinemas out of business as everyone flocked to the fancy new theaters. I remember Richie playing a lot of trash movies in the end like Blood Diner and Meatballs 3.
Ritchie was also just about the only place on Earth to play the locally-produced “Blood Circus,” a wrestling movie. After the first week the title was changed to “Wrestling Circus,” no no avail. Marley and GBTC also affected Jumpers Hole 7 down the road a ways.
Wow, this was probably my favorite theater growing up. Ghostbusters, Temple of Doom, Rocky III, we saw everything there. A friend and I were actually at the very last screening there, they were showing Night of the Creeps (called “Homecoming Night” when it screened there) and we were the only people there. The seat cushions were all ripped up and there was a hole in the ceiling where water was pouring down in front of the screen because it was raining. Ahhh, good times.
This opened on October 24th, 1973. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
The Chuck E. Cheese’s on the former site of the Ritchie Cinemas 1-2-3 opened on November 7, 1990.
Closed on January 31, 1988 with “The Running Man” in Screen 1, “Dirty Dancing” in Screen 2 (which had a very long engagement at the Ritchie), and “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” in Screen 3. It was then converted into a Chuck E. Cheese’s, which opened on November 7, 1990, and remains as of today.