Standish Plaza Cinemas
Route 44 and Route 3,
Plymouth,
MA
02360
Route 44 and Route 3,
Plymouth,
MA
02360
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The theater first opened as the Plymouth Cinema I & II in 1972. The theater changed its name to the Standish Plaza Cinemas in November 1974 (although sometimes The Boston Globe leaves the previous names as errors).
The Standish Plaza Cinemas remained as a twin until the Spring of 1985 when it became a quad. Its closing date hasn’t been found yet, but was still running into the late 1980s.
I won’t say I saw a LOT of films there – we’d drive to Kingston and the Kingston Drive-In – but I did see a few.
I spent my summers growing up in nearby Manomet and saw many films there. I saw Star Wars for the first time (of many) here, in July 1977, when it was a two screen theater.
Off the top of my head, I know I saw the following films during my years growing up here: The Empire Strikes Back, Cujo, Wargames, Octopussy, Back To The Future, Mad Max-Beyond Thunderdome, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Die Hard and The Dead Pool.
I also worked for one day as a projectionist-trainee in the early Summer 1987 when they were showing Dragnet. They had a platter system.