AMC Andorra 8 Theatre

Seen a picture of the original single screen Andorra Theatre when it was Acme Markets. William Goldman Theatres acquired the building from Acme Markets Inc when they built the current Acme Markets building. Rest is history.

Went to see movies here many times growing up in Chestnut Hill. I remember once arriving with my mother and brothers who went down to check out a Christmas tree that had been placed beside the screen. Immediately a manager came running down the aisle because he assumed two preteen boys couldn’t be trusted. It seemed like such a huge theatre and it was since that visit preceded the 1976 twinning. The last movie I remember seeing there was “Dances With Wolves” while on a Christmas visit home in 1990. My parents switched to the Regal Plymouth Meeting because the parking was much easier and it offered stadium seating.

I lived in the apartment complex across the street from the Andora Shopping Center in the early 70’s, and we much enjoyed the theater, grocery store, steak house, etc. William Martin was the manager of the theater at the time……….does anyone know his whereabouts now? Best regards and thanks for the memories………Loren Martin, Big Cabin, OK

Here is the link to the page in the 4/6/1964 Boxoffice Magazine about the Andorra Theatre: http://www.boxoffice.com/the_vault/issue_page?issue_id=1964-4-6&page_no=73#page_start

I was manager of the Andorra (87-88) for AMC after the Budco purchase. It was an interesting time. Is anyone out there who also was there?

does anyone know if theare are pictures anywhere of the long-gone William Goldman’s (Budco/AMC) Andorra 8 Theatre?