Eric Twin Theatre
5024 Edgemont Avenue,
Brookhaven,
PA
19015
5024 Edgemont Avenue,
Brookhaven,
PA
19015
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I was a District manager for Sameric,which ran the theater. Great memories of Francis Potter and Joanne Teofilak. I don’t believe this theater closed before Sameric sold. The theaters to UA. I left the company in Aug 87. My other theaters included Ardmore, Wynnewood,Barclay Sq,Pilgrim Gardens, Clifton Heights, McDade,TriState, The Terminal, Frazer, West Goshen,Concordville and of course Brookhaven. None of which exist today.
If this twin didn’t open until February 19th, 1972, there must have been some sort of construction delay. The August 23, 1971, issue of Boxoffice reported that the Eric Brookhaven Theatres I and II were expected to open around Thanksgiving (early November.) The auditoriums were each to seat about 700.
This opened on February 19th, 1972. Grand opening ad in photo section.
Evil Dead 2 played here in Spring of 87. right before its closing.. I think it would be the last horror movie to play here..
Closed in May of 87. Last 2 movies here were Gardens of stone and Blind Date…
dennis. i think you are right about that… On another theater site. it has a sign for it. saying sameric. I will try and link it.
If this theatre was called the Eric Twin, would it not have been a Sameric Theatre???? Sameric Theatres were taken over by United Artists about the time this theatre closed if my memory serves me correctly at which time a number of Eric Theatres were closed.
Private school with phoebe cates played here in July of 1983..
in April of 84, Friday the 13th, the final chapter was shown there…
In 1970 and a company builds a Twin Theatre,must have been one of the last BIg twin theatres built.Don’t get me wrong,I wish that would have been as large as theatres got.A 20 plex? Don’t like “walmart moviegoing”.
I also saw Splash and a movie called D.A.R.Y.L. there too..
how will i link or upload the pictures. i may try and take em tommorrow..?
Google doesn’t like the address in the map link for some reason. Try this one instead:
5042 State Road 352, Brookhaven, PA 19015 United States
Also, in 1980 a horror movie called THE CHILDREN played here…
Yes, thats it!!!!! iam going to take some pictures of the poster frame and walk way. How do i link them here though???
PLEASE ADD TO THE ADDRESS:
5042 EDGEMONT AVENUE.
Thanks, SilconSam, I think it’s the building behind the building with the white roof?
From the descriptions above, this is more than likely it. It’s a beer distributor in Brookhaven, attached to the North end of Plaza 352 Shopping Center, Bing calls it Cambridge Square…..
5042 Edgemont Avenue
http://superbeveragewarehouse.com/
henry/ronnie21, could you please get the beer places address?
These theater were owned by Sameric Corporation.
I seen many movies here. Here’s a few that played here.
Private school 1983.
Slumber Party Massacre 1982.
Friday the 13th part 2 1981.
The last movie i saw here was in august of 1986, Friday the 13th part 6. Jason Lives..
Its a beer distributor now, when inside, you can see the little window that was once the projection booth.. It’s been closed since may of 1987. I think of of the last movies shown here was called Outrageous Fortune…