Cinemas West 4

9035 W. Central Avenue,
Wichita, KS 67212

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on April 6, 2021 at 5:02 am

Cinema West closed on September 28, 2003. GracePoint Church took on the venue in 2009.

kwilkin1962
kwilkin1962 on September 11, 2013 at 8:11 pm

Cinemas West opened on February 11, 1977. It had 4 auditoriums. Two of them opened with “The Sentinel” and the others had “Fun With Dick and Jane” and “Bugsy Malone”.

kwilkin1962
kwilkin1962 on January 13, 2013 at 1:49 pm

What I remember about this theatre was the large mural behind the concession stand with images of Hollywood stars. It can be seen at the Boxoffice link that Tinseltoes generously provided.

Keith Wondra
Keith Wondra on January 7, 2013 at 2:16 pm

Mike,
The Pawnee 4 and Cinemas West 4 were two individual theaters.

The Pawnee 4 Cinemas was on Pawnee Street in Southwest Wichita. Cinemas West 4 was located near Central & Tyler in northwest Wichita.

Keith Wondra
Keith Wondra on August 4, 2012 at 9:44 pm

Mike,
What are the names of the theaters? If you don’t mind I will do some research on them and get back to you on what I find out.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 3, 2012 at 4:00 pm

I have a Wichita paper with a bunch of theatres not listed on Ct,I wonder if some had the name changed,.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 3, 2012 at 3:49 pm

Could this have been the PAWNEE 4 Cinemas, I see them listed in the May 15 1974 paper.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on November 21, 2009 at 11:44 pm

Here’s an article about the church’s acquisition of the theater, including a small picture showing some of the theater’s exterior.
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