Cinema 4
105 N. 1st Street,
Central City,
KY
42330
105 N. 1st Street,
Central City,
KY
42330
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Previous Names: Towne Theatre, Towne Cinema, Cinema III
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This cinema was opened in 1971 as the Towne Theatre. In the mid-1970’s it was twinned and renamed Towne Cinema. It became the Cinema III in 1990. A fourth auditorium was added by 2007. The theatre features digital projection and DTS digital sound. Big time features at small town prices.
It was closed February 1, 2015.
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Status should be closed. According to their Facebook page, it closed on February 1, 2015 after 25 years in business.
Given its downtown location it is quite possible that this was an older theater that was triplexed and renamed Cinema III in 1990. In 1971, Central City had a house called the Towne Theatre, but I’ve only ever found one mention of it, in the June 21 issue of Boxoffice, and I haven’t been able to find out anything about it.
For a long time the main (and perhaps only) theater operating in Central City was the State, opened in 1921 as the Selba Theatre, but announcements of its construction say it was to be 70x112 feet, and the Cinema 4 looks no more than forty feet wide. Also the State was listed in the 1950 FDY with 878 seats, so quite a bit larger than Cinema 4.
This has to be the “once known” as Towne Theatre, which later became the Towne Cinema after the original auditorium was twinned in the mid-1970s.
This opened as the Towne Cinema on January 15, 1970 with “The Sundance Kid” on a 20-year leasing agreement. It was a single screen venue with 351 seats at launch. It was twinned in 1976 becoming the Towne Cinema I & II.
The venue received new operators and a new 25-year leasing agreement in 1990. It closed for a refresh in December of 1993. It reopened as the Cinema III in 1994. On July 29, 2005, it became Cinema 4. It closed at the end of lease on February 1, 2015 with “American Sniper,” “Penguins of Madagascar,” “Annie” and “Night at the Museum 3.”
This opened as the Towne Cinema on January 15, 1970 with “The Sundance Kid” on a 20-year leasing agreement. It was a single screen venue with 351 seats at launch. It was twinned in 1976 becoming the Towne Cinema I & II.
The venue received new operators and a new 25-year leasing agreement in 1990. It closed for a refresh in December of 1993. It reopened as the Cinema III in 1994. On July 29, 2005, it became Cinema 4. It closed at the end of lease on February 1, 2015 with “American Sniper,” “Penguins of Madagascar,” “Paddington,” “Annie” and “Night at the Museum 3.”