Pruneyard Dine-In Cinemas

1875 S. Bascom Avenue,
Campbell, CA 95008

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 18, 2024 at 2:47 pm

The Pruneyard Cinemas was opened by United Artists on December 25th, 1969. Grand opening ads posted.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on June 9, 2019 at 8:25 am

Just to clarify, the theater portion opened in 1964. The rest of the complex opened in 1970.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on June 8, 2019 at 8:58 pm

1969 photo and below history added via Bob Emerson:

PRUNEYARD SHOPPING CENTER. San Jose.

It features three office towers built in 1970, one of which is the tallest building in the area outside downtown San Jose.

In the Center, there is an inn, many shops and a movie theater built in 1964 and renovated in 1994 and 2018.

stevenj
stevenj on May 30, 2019 at 8:06 am

Not so odd a name davidcoppock to longtime Bay Area residents who remember that the Santa Clara Valley was covered with orchards before it was covered with concrete and sprawl starting in the 1950’s. Prunes were one of the local crops and Santa Clara County had the largest prune growing area of the state.

nobodyimportant
nobodyimportant on December 27, 2018 at 10:44 pm

It’s fully reopened now.

GaryParks
GaryParks on September 3, 2014 at 11:41 am

Before its remodeling, this was the UA Pruneyard, a triplex, with large auditoriums which had open beam ceilings.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 10, 2014 at 5:23 am

The web site of Seattle architectural firm The Henry Architects lists the Pruneyard Cinema 7 as one of their projects. There is one photo of it on their slide show.