Lincoln Mall Cinemas
622 George Washington Highway,
Lincoln,
RI
02865
622 George Washington Highway,
Lincoln,
RI
02865
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp.
Functions: Retail
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News About This Theater
- Jun 18, 2010 — "Jaws"... Happy 35th!
- May 14, 2010 — Please Post Today, May 14 --- "Jaws," Happy 35th
Opened on June 25, 1975, the Lincoln Mall Cinemas were a twin cinema which was run by General Cinemas in this suburban mall. They often played programs which day/dated with the Garden City Cinemas in Cranston or the Warwick Mall Cinemas in Warwick. The theatre has closed on March 28, 1999, and shops replace it at the mall.
It was replaced by the Cinemaworld Lincoln Mall 16, which opened in November 2005 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
Contributed by
Gerald A. DeLuca
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Recent comments (view all 15 comments)
Lincoln Mall Cinema was my first destination with my first car, a 1966 Catalina. I went to see Jaws with two friends.
Why I remember this, I’ll never know.
it will be interesting to see how this new Cinemaworld competes with the various Showcase Cinemas in the area. I bet within 5 yrs you will see the owners of Showcase buy this theatre they did end up purchasing Prov Place and Apple Valley a few yrs after it was opened. Showcase is such a big player in this area and they don’t like the competition moving in on there area.
The new Cinemaworld, a 16-screen multiplex, opened in November, 2005 at Lincoln Mall, near where the Lincoln Mall Cinemas used to be.
Today in History 1978 shown on the four screens 1. If ever i see you again 2. Thank God its Friday 3. Castaways 4.An unmarried woman every day before 2:00 all seat $1.50 phone 333-2130 General Cinema Owned and operated
I wrote in my log about going to see at film at the “new” Lincoln Mall Cinemas in July 1975. So the place had to have opened in the summer of 1975. The first film I saw there, shortly after opening, was Jaws. I described the decor as being “bomb shelter” style.
Gerald…I have a photocopy of an ad from the June 20, 1975 issue of The Providence Journal announcing the June 25 grand opening of the Lincoln Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV.
“Jaws,” “Bambi” (re-issue), “The Eiger Sanction” and “What’s Up, Doc?” were the debut attractions.
It’s unclear if this was a true grand opening or if it was a grand re-opening/expansion of what had previously been a single-screener or twin.
I saw JAWS there the week the cinema opened. That makes me feel so old. I saw quite a few films there. LOGAN’S RUN, FUTUREWORLD, a four-film Barbra Streisand festival, THE DEVIL’s RAIN, and a very bizarre double-bill (from Disney no less) of DR SYN ALIAS THE SCARECROW and another feature, can’t remember the name of the second one.
$2 movies late 70s. Me and my buddy would ride bikes six miles from our homes, then purchase PG tickets. We
d then sneak into an R rated one! The most memorable for us 13 and 14 year old's, Midnight Express! (you know the scene Im talking about)Opened on June 25th, 1975. Grand opening ad posted.
Closed March 28th, 1999 as everyone went to Showcase.