UA Hardy Street Cinema 2

dallasmovietheaters on July 20, 2021 at 9:13 pm

Gulf States announced this venue in February of 1967 shortly after purchasing the Rebel Theatre elsewhere in town. It was built as an “upscale shopping center theater” with 750 rocker lounger seats and large screen. It launched as The Cinema Theater August 22, 1967 with Walt Disney’s “The Gnome Mobile.” The theatre was twinned beginning on June 12, 1981.

On March 5, 1982, Gulf States renamed the venue as the Hardy Street Cinemas 2. United Artists Theatre Circuit purchased Gulf States Theatres Inc. and its 52 theaters in December of 1986. United Artists officially took over the venue on February 12, 1987 as the UA Hardy Street Cinema 2 (often truncated in ads to the UA Hardy 2). United Artists closed the venue permanently on August 13, 1992 likely at the end of a 25-year leasing agreement with John Lithgow in “Raising Cain” and Geena Davis in “A League of Their Own.”

The facility became an auto dealer location the next year and later was a gaming venue known for laser tag. (BTW: The theater was never called the Hardy Court Twin which was a Plitt location in Gulfport.)