Crown Cine
3 Eagle Road,
Danbury,
CT
06810
3 Eagle Road,
Danbury,
CT
06810
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Previously operated by: Brandt Theaters, Crown Theatres LLC
Previous Names: Brandt Cine
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- Jun 18, 2010 — "Jaws"... Happy 35th!
- May 14, 2010 — Please Post Today, May 14 --- "Jaws," Happy 35th
The Brandt Cine was opened on June 18, 1970 and was capable of screening 70mm films. A second screen was added on October 14, 1976. The original auditorium was split in two on November 2, 1979.
This theater was destroyed in September 1999, as I remember the last movie I saw posted up on the board was “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”. The sign stood in a Wachovia Bank parking lot, across from Walmart.
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This excerpt was from the June 10 issue of the News-Times “Do You Remember?” feature.
25 Years Ago (June 5, 1982)
Over the weekend 6.3 inches of rain fell in Danbury, which resulted in flooded roads and parking lots throughout the area. About 280 people were evacuated from the Trans-Lux Cine theater on Eagle Road in Danbury by Fire Department officials after a portion of the rain-soaked tile ceiling fell on a young boy during a showing of “Star Trek II.”
My dad is the owner of All Star Welding and Demolition. I remember when he tore down the theater. I was in third or fourth grade when it happened and i recall sitting in my dad’s lap and him letting me help to knock down part of it and then my brothers also got turns. I don’t remember going there very often when it was open.
I really hope they leave the sign up. It’s almost like a historical landmark. So what if the theater isn’t there anymore? The sign is in such bad shape that anyone who actually thought there was still a theater that went with it would probably figure that the theater was in bad condition also and not bother looking for it.
The News-Times did a story about the sign in 2005. It’s confusing because nobody (including the city) knows who the sign belongs to. There’s a crack/loophole that it fell into and now it’s just going to be up for a while.
Amazing — the theater has now been closed for just over ten years (in was flooded by Hurricane Floyd in September 1999 and never reopened), was demolished and replaced by a chain hotel, but the sign at the edge of the road is still there in 2009!
I just posted a pic on this page from the Danbury News-Times microfilm as it was being built.
The signs still stands as of December 2012.
I think the sign referred to in some of the above comments can be seen on this theater’s page at CinemaTour.
Wachovia Bank doesn’t exist anymore
The Brandt Ciné opened on June 18th, 1970, featuring 70mm projection (Most likely unused). Grand opening ad posted.
Second screen added on October 14th, 1976, and the largest screen split up and reopened on November 2nd, 1979. Grand opening ads posted.