AMC Classic Uniontown 6
1372 W. Main Street,
Uniontown,
PA
15401
1372 W. Main Street,
Uniontown,
PA
15401
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Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas, Manos Amusement Inc.
Architects: Edgar A. Kwalwasser
Previous Names: Twin 40 Cinema, Quad 40 Cinema, Cinema 6
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This theater was once part of the old Manos theater circuit of Greensburg. It was built at the Uniontown Mall. When it opened by Manos on May 23, 1973, it had two screens and was named the Twin 40 Cinema (located on Route 40). The four additional screens were added on December 17, 1983 and it was renamed Quad 40 Cinema. It was taken over by Carmike Cinemas in 1993. Two more screens were added in May 1995 and it was renamed Cinema 6. It was closed by AMC on July 18, 2021.
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An October 7, 1975, Boxoffice item about the plans of the Manos circuit to build a quad in Altoona mentions the Twin 40 Cinema at Uniontown. It had been designed by the same architect who was handling the Altoona project, Edgar Kwalwasser. The Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania, architect had also designed the circuit’s Laurel 30 at Greensburg Pennsylvania and Twin Cinema at Elkins, West Virginia.
In 1978, Kwalwasser was the architect for a Manos triplex in Kittanning (Boxoffice, April 17, 1978), and designed a two-screen addition to the Laurel 40, originally a single-screener (Boxoffice of March 20.) In 1970, Kwalwasser had designed a 470 seat house for Manos at Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Uniontown’s Twin 40 was opened in 1973. According to the item about the opening in Boxoffice of June 4, the first movies shown were “Class of ‘44” in Cinema 1 and “Man of la Mancha” in Cinema 2.
I’ve been unable to discover when the Twin 40 was expanded to six screens. The Manos chain had 19 theaters with a total of 80 screens when it was absorbed by Carmike in 1993.
Twin 40 I & II grand opening ad from May 23rd, 1973 with picture in photo section.
Now the AMC Classic Uniontown 6.
Closed for good July 18th, per mall security. Took pics.
Manos Amusement opened the “Twin 40 I & II” on May 23, 1973. On December 17, 1983, the twin theater was converted into a quad and was renamed “Quad 40 Cinema”. The theater remained as a Manos theater until being purchased by Carmike in 1993. Two more screens were added in May 1995 and became the Cinema 6.