Discount Cinema 150
2131 6th Avenue,
Seattle,
WA
98121
2131 6th Avenue,
Seattle,
WA
98121
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The design of this theater is credited to architect Vincent G. Raney in his listing in an edition of the AIA’s American Archtiects Directory.
No, Colin, it was my fault; I meant to use this link, which will bring the picture up directly: View link
Oops, my bad the drawing is there… you just need to scroll to photo #32.
CWalczak, that is a photo of the Admiral Twin Theater in West Seattle, not an Architect’s drawing of the UA Cinema.
Architect’s drawing of the theater: View link
Thanks Geepers, for that photo! I took my dad to see “2001” at that time. It was the last movie we saw together.
I thought it might have been released to larger cities and you guys might have been one. I don’t think it played Atlanta. I wanted to book it on a GCC Midnight show.Always stirrin'the pot.
Yeah you caught me.
YOu never saw “COONSKIN” did you. I remember reading in BOXOFFICE about the movie being pulled, No “Entertainment tonite” in them days.
Another great flick.
SO much to read might have missed it.But I noticed “COONSKIN” played there.It was highly racist satire that I thought was pulled very quickly from release.Either X or R cartoon.
I rescued about thirty of the theater seats, scores of wall sconces and a pair of silver-plated chandeliers from the UA150 just before it was demolished in 2002. They have all been sitting in storage since they were rescued and I would entertain selling to the right collector or for the right project. The seats, made by Heywood Wakefield, are extremely well-built and comfortable – they have high backs (maybe not by todays theater standard) and rock on hinged steel springs; they are pink. The sconces are fairly common mid-century wall sconces; they clean up nicely – I painted about ten of them and re-purposed them in my restaurant. The chandeliers are absolutely gorgeous when cleaned up (they had years of dust and popcorn grease accumulated on them). If interested in making a purchase, I can send along photos. Dave
Thanks Michael. Yes, as much as I would’ve loved for the film to have played round-the-clock, it just wasn’t the case back then. My best friend and I ALWAYS had to wait until 1:20, and later, 1:45pm. But “Jedi” or “Empire” however, may have played 24/7 when released?
And you’re right, there was an adjustment in showtimes in August when they upgraded to a 70mm print. I had forgotten about that! (I still have the ad “Now in 70mm” with new showtimes). I was never sure why. Perhaps to allow more time between shows to handle the ever-growing crowds?
Regarding the showtimes (as debated above) for the original run of “Star Wars”… I can’t say there wasn’t ever a period of time where the film played round the clock, but I doubt it. The industry just didn’t do that sort of thing back then. In pulling ad photocopies from my collection, I see the showtimes on opening day (May 25, 1977) were 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20 & 10:35. Other ads I have from dates in August and December ‘77 indicate the showtimes mentioned by Colin Marcoe in his comment of Sep. 20, 2005: 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 & 10:00.
I saw so many movies (well, including the Star Wars trilogy) so many times, I had my favorite seat. I’d run in there as fast as I could and sit e x a c t l y under the dome’s middle circle – claiming it to be the best seat. I remember not really liking the curvature of the screen though. It distorted the movies. Only months later did I see Star Wars on a flatter screen and realized the opening “crawl” wasn’t curved – like it looked on the UA 150’s screen.
On one occasion, some friends and I were there watching a movie (I can’t for the life of me remember which one) and a fight broke out in the upper tiers. The movie stopped, the lights came on, and the cops showed up and arrested the fighters! Everybody cheered. Then, I started to chant; “RE-WIND! RE-WIND! RE-WIND!” Most of the theater chanted with me, and when the chant winded down, I added: “AND THE PREVIEWS TOO!” generating a theater full of laughs. They didn’t rewind the movie (probably impossible with the tray system) but it was a funny moment that I’ll never forget. :)
“The first ‘Star Wars’ never ran 24 hours a day! I attended the film MANY times in ‘77/'78 and the showtimes were 1:45pm, 4:30, 7:15 and 10:00pm only. ”
So sorry, and I’m not trying to be insulting, but I’ll never forget that the Cinema 150 showed Star Wars “Round the clock” every three hours. 7:00(PM), 10:00(PM), 1:00(AM) 4:00(AM) 7:00(AM) 10:00(AM) 1:00(PM) 4:00(PM).
I saw this movie on my ninth birthday (June 1977) and was such a Star Wars freak, I would look up everything I possibly could on the subject. Including looking at my Dad’s newspaper every week just to see the showtimes. And again, they were as I showed above. For OVER a year.
Years later, they were showing “Star Wars” and “The Empire Strikes Back” across the street at the King Theater (now a church?) and my friends and I saw those two, then “Return of the Jedi” at the 150. Took all day! (With a break for lunch at the cool modern McDonalds) Ahh, the days.
“The first ‘Star Wars’ never ran 24 hours a day! I attended the film MANY times in ‘77/'78 and the showtimes were 1:45pm, 4:30, 7:15 and 10:00pm only. ”
So sorry, and I’m not trying to be insulting, but I’ll never forget that the Cinema 150 showed Star Wars “Round the clock” every three hours. 7:00(PM), 10:00(PM), 1:00(AM) 4:00(AM) 7:00(AM) 10:00(AM) 1:00(PM) 4:00(PM).
I saw this movie on my ninth birthday (June 1977) and was such a Star Wars freak, I would look up everything I possibly could on the subject. Including looking at my Dad’s newspaper every week just to see the showtimes. And again, they were as I showed above. For OVER a year.
Years later, they were showing “Star Wars” and “The Empire Strikes Back” across the street at the King Theater (now a church?) and my friends and I saw those two, then “Return of the Jedi” at the 150. Took all day! (With a break for lunch at the cool modern McDonalds) Ahh, the days.
the website fromscripttodvd.com does a great job of detailing 70mm engagements and where they played.
I wish they’d devote some attention to Seattle. There’s no shortage of venues and events.
yes please. Format as well (dolby, 70mm etc)
Ron, Wow! That’s an impressive list! It would also be interesting to see a list of all the films which played AFTER 1976 as well. (Several, of course we already know).
also UA 150
03/03/71 Doctors' Wives (inadvertantly omitted)
UA 70
10/01/69 3 into 2 Won’t Go
10/08/69 The Libertine
10/29/69 The Sterile Cuckoo
12/17/69 Viva, Max!
02/25/70 They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
05/13/70 Fellini’s Satyricon
08/19/70 The Passion of Anna/Persona
09/09/70 Barefoot in the Park/The Odd Couple
09/16/70 Hotel
10/07/70 Joe
07/21/71 Summer of ‘42
01/26/72 The Last Picture Show
06/21/72 Cisco Pike
07/05/72 Red Sun
07/19/72 Little Big Man/A Man Called Horse
07/26/72 The Other
09/20/72 Marjoe
10/25/72 Bad Company
11/01/72 A Separate Peace
12/20/72 The King of Marvin Gardens
01/10/73 They Only Kill Their Masters
01/31/73 Sounder
05/23/73 Slither
06/27/73 Scarecrow
09/19/73 Visions of Eight
10/03/73 Walking Tall
10/24/73 Jimi Hendrix
12/05/73 The Betty Boop Scandals of 1974
12/19/73 Ash Wednesday
01/30/74 The Seven Ups
02/20/74 Sounder
02/27/74 A Touch of Class
03/27/74 The Three Musketeers
10/02/74 Conrack
11/06/74 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
11/20/74 King of Hearts
12/18/74 The Godfather, Part II
02/12/75 Murder on the Orient Express
06/25/75 The French Connection 2
08/20/75 At Long Last Love
09/17/75 The Happy Hooker
10/01/75 Fantastic Planet/Dark Star
10/08/75 (Ali-Frazier Fight)
10/15/75 Coonskin
10/22/75 Camelot
11/12/75 The Human Factor
11/26/75 Capone
12/17/75 The Sunshine Boys
03/24/76 I Will, I Will…For Now
04/28/76 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
05/26/76 The Blue Bird
06/30/76 Silent Movie
11/24/76 Murder by Death/Murder on the Orient Express
12/22/76 Silver Streak
Sorry, I didn’t mean to hit “Submit” twice – it was taking a long time.
Listed Below are the films which played at the UA 150 Theater in Seattle from their opening through December 31, 1976. Research is from Variety and microfilms of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The date listed is the Wednesday of the week that the film opened. There may be a few instances where second run bills were played or films moved over from UA 70 which are not listed.
UA 150
10/01/69 Easy Rider
12/24/69 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
03/18/70 Marooned
05/27/70 Rider on the Rain
06/10/70 Goodbye, Columbus/True Grit
06/17/70 Too Late the Hero
07/01/70 The Strawberry Statement
07/15/70 Getting Straight
08/12/70 Tell Me You Love Me, Junie Moon
09/16/70 Performance
11/04/70 I Walk the Line
11/18/70 Five Easy Pieces
12/23/70 The Owl and the Pussycat
03/17/71 Husbands
04/07/71 Waterloo
04/28/71 Lawrence of Arabia
05/26/71 A Man Called Sledge
06/09/71 The Racing Scene
06/16/71 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice/Cactus Flower
06/23/71 Summer of ‘42
07/21/71 The Anderson Tapes
08/18/71 The Love Machine
09/15/71 Around the World in 80 Days/West Side Story
09/29/71 My Fair Lady
10/20/71 Gone With the Wind
11/03/71 Doctor Zhivago
12/08/71 2001: A Space Odyssey
12/22/71 The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
01/19/72 The Hellstrom Chronicles/On Any Sunday
01/26/72 Summer of '42
05/24/72 The Possession of Joel Delaney
06/21/72 What’s Up, Doc?
11/22/72 Rage
12/06/72 Blacula
12/13/72 Savage Messiah
12/20/72 Travels With My Aunt
01/24/73 Avanti
02/14/73 Cabaret
03/07/73 The Heartbreak Kid
04/18/73 Sleuth
07/04/73 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
08/01/73 The Last of Sheila
08/29/73 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
09/19/73 Happy Mothers Day, Love George
10/03/73 I Could Never Have Sex With Anyone Who Wasn’t My Husband
10/24/73 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
11/14/73 (Russian Ballet Film Festival)
11/21/73 Walking Tall
12/19/73 The Seven Ups
01/30/74 The Laughing Policeman
02/27/74 The Last Detail
05/22/74 Zardoz
07/03/74 The Parallax View
07/31/74 Christina
08/07/74 Pink Floyd – The Movie
08/28/74 2001: A Space Odyssey
10/30/74 Harry and Tonto
12/18/74 The Godfather, Part II
03/19/75 The Four Musketeers
06/25/75 The Wind and the Lion
08/20/75 The Happy Hooker
09/17/75 Singin’ in the Rain
10/08/75 Yessongs
10/22/75 Gone With the Wind
11/05/75 Royal Flash
11/26/75 Mr. Quilp
12/03/75 Enter the Dragon
12/24/75 Lucky Lady
04/14/76 The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
05/26/76 Mother, Jugs, and Speed
06/23/76 The Omen
10/20/76 Alex and the Gypsy
11/24/76 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
12/08/76 The Shootist
12/22/76 All This and World War II
UA 70
Listed Below are the films which played at the UA 150 Theater in Seattle from their opening through December 31, 1976. Research is from Variety and microfilms of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The date listed is the Wednesday of the week that the film opened. There may be a few instances where second run bills were played or films moved over from UA 70 which are not listed.
UA 150
10/01/69 Easy Rider
12/24/69 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
03/18/70 Marooned
05/27/70 Rider on the Rain
06/10/70 Goodbye, Columbus/True Grit
06/17/70 Too Late the Hero
07/01/70 The Strawberry Statement
07/15/70 Getting Straight
08/12/70 Tell Me You Love Me, Junie Moon
09/16/70 Performance
11/04/70 I Walk the Line
11/18/70 Five Easy Pieces
12/23/70 The Owl and the Pussycat
03/17/71 Husbands
04/07/71 Waterloo
04/28/71 Lawrence of Arabia
05/26/71 A Man Called Sledge
06/09/71 The Racing Scene
06/16/71 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice/Cactus Flower
06/23/71 Summer of ‘42
07/21/71 The Anderson Tapes
08/18/71 The Love Machine
09/15/71 Around the World in 80 Days/West Side Story
09/29/71 My Fair Lady
10/20/71 Gone With the Wind
11/03/71 Doctor Zhivago
12/08/71 2001: A Space Odyssey
12/22/71 The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
01/19/72 The Hellstrom Chronicles/On Any Sunday
01/26/72 Summer of '42
05/24/72 The Possession of Joel Delaney
06/21/72 What’s Up, Doc?
11/22/72 Rage
12/06/72 Blacula
12/13/72 Savage Messiah
12/20/72 Travels With My Aunt
01/24/73 Avanti
02/14/73 Cabaret
03/07/73 The Heartbreak Kid
04/18/73 Sleuth
07/04/73 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
08/01/73 The Last of Sheila
08/29/73 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
09/19/73 Happy Mothers Day, Love George
10/03/73 I Could Never Have Sex With Anyone Who Wasn’t My Husband
10/24/73 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
11/14/73 (Russian Ballet Film Festival)
11/21/73 Walking Tall
12/19/73 The Seven Ups
01/30/74 The Laughing Policeman
02/27/74 The Last Detail
05/22/74 Zardoz
07/03/74 The Parallax View
07/31/74 Christina
08/07/74 Pink Floyd – The Movie
08/28/74 2001: A Space Odyssey
10/30/74 Harry and Tonto
12/18/74 The Godfather, Part II
03/19/75 The Four Musketeers
06/25/75 The Wind and the Lion
08/20/75 The Happy Hooker
09/17/75 Singin’ in the Rain
10/08/75 Yessongs
10/22/75 Gone With the Wind
11/05/75 Royal Flash
11/26/75 Mr. Quilp
12/03/75 Enter the Dragon
12/24/75 Lucky Lady
04/14/76 The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
05/26/76 Mother, Jugs, and Speed
06/23/76 The Omen
10/20/76 Alex and the Gypsy
11/24/76 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
12/08/76 The Shootist
12/22/76 All This and World War II
UA 70