Showcase Cinemas Dedham
950 Providence Highway,
Dedham,
MA
02026
950 Providence Highway,
Dedham,
MA
02026
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Previously operated by: National Amusements
Previous Names: Showcase 1-2-3
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Redstone’s National Amusements chain opened this theatre as a triple on November 23, 1973, and it was one of their most popular locations, competing with the General Cinema in the South Shore Braintree and the General Cinema in Chestnut Hill. The building is across a parking lot from the Showcase Home Office. A 4th screen was added in 1977 and a 5th was added in 1978. Three more screens were added in 1979. Two more screens were added in 1984 and another 2 screens were added in 1991 making a total of 12-screens. The Showcase Cinemas Dedham was closed on April 10, 2008. It was demolished in May 2008.
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Should this theatre’s status be changed back to ‘Open’ or should we have a new entry for it?
My vote is for a new seperate Page, because it is a new building and is probably not on the exact footprint of the demolished cinema. And the new name is slightly different. Otherwise, there will be a situation like that of the Beacon Theater in downtown Boston where one Cinema Treasures page covers 2 different theaters, both with the same name, and both on the same approximate site.
OK then, could one of you who has actually visited this theatre create a new page for it? (I’ve never been to either the old or new one.)
I’ll come up with the page. I’m doing research on it now.
A piece of trivia: “Annual attendance (at the Dedham Showcase) has declined from more than 1 million in the late 1970s to about 400,000” in the 2000s. (Boston.com) That would put the old Dedham Showcase in its prime in the same league as Randolph Showcase is now. It was quite a powerhouse in its day.
Supposedly, in the early days, Sumner Redstone would walk over from National Amusements' headquarters to see how the box office was doing.
The Cinema de Lux Legacy Place page is now up. Dan, would you like to repeat your long ‘review’ comment over there?
This opened on November 23rd, 1973. Grand opening ad uploaded here.
Opened on November 23, 1973 as the Showcase Cinemas 1-2-3. A fourth screen was added in 1977, followed by a fifth screen in 1978, and three more in 1979 bringing a total to eight. Two more were added in 1984 bringing a total to ten, and the final two screens were added in 1991 bringing the grand total to twelve screens.
Three more screens were added in 1979 which brought a total to eight screens.
In March 1991, the Showcase Cinemas Dedham became national headlines following two stabbing sprees that left two people injured in connection of the nationwide crackdown over “New Jack City” protests. One of the stabbings happened inside the theater, when a man was stabbed inside the theater’s lobby on March 8, 1991.