Barstow Station Cinema is D'Place
1503 E. Main Street,
Barstow,
CA
92311
1503 E. Main Street,
Barstow,
CA
92311
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Official grand opening: August 8th, 1985 with unofficial opening on the 2nd. Barstow Station Cinemas opening 08 Aug 1985, Thu Desert Dispatch (Barstow, California) Newspapers.com
The Barstow Station Cinema opened with four screens on August 2, 1985. The debut bookings were “Back to the Future,” “Mad Mad Beyond Thunderdome,” “Pale Rider” and “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.”
“The Rocketeer” would’ve played here in mono. The theater was not Dolby-equipped at the time.
“The Rocketeer” was presented at the Barstow Station in 35mm Dolby Stereo beginning on Friday June 21, 1991.
Theater evacuation in August 2009:
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a 2001 photo of this six-plex cinema . can be seen here
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This theater opened as a four-plex during the summer of 1985. I worked at this theater during the timeframes of 1988-90 and 1993-95.