This opened as the Fare 4 by Cobb Theatres on May 26th, 1971. In 1987, Ambarish Keshani, the director of real estate for Cobb theatres buys this theatre and starts Ajay theatres. It was expanded to 8 screens on September 18th, 1992 and renamed Cinema Showcase, which expanded to 12 screens in 1994. It was renamed Star Cinema 12 on October 22nd, 1999 and closed in 2002. It reopened as the Palace Cinema with 10 screens on June 27th, 2003. Grand opening ads posted.
Grand opening ad posted. It opened as Capitol on March 7th, 1940.
Grand opening ad:
Dutch Square Twin opening 15 Feb 1973, Thu The State (Columbia, South Carolina) Newspapers.com
The Century 12 Abilene opened on August 18th, 1998. Grand opening ad posted.
Cineplex Odeon closed it in early May 1988. Article posted
The Plitt Park Central Six Cinemas was opened by Cineplex Odeon on May 23rd, 1986. Toronto-designed grand opening ad posted.
Closed at the end of June, 1982.
Newspaper listings as The Movies! ended in 1980 and reopened as Showplace on December 27th, 1981, by Noret Theatres. Grand opening ad posted.
This opened as UA Cinema 6 on March 16th, 1979. Grand opening ad posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
Grand opening ad:
Park Drive-In opening 16 Dec 1949, Fri Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas) Newspapers.com
opened as Gem on March 15th, 1933. Grand opening ad posted.
June 27th, 1943 grand opening ad:
Star theatre opening 27 Jun 1943, Sun Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas) Newspapers.com
closed August 20th, 1995 by Movie One. Article posted.
Grand opening ad:
Paramount theatre opening 18 May 1930, Sun Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas) Newspapers.com
Photo posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
Closed as a cinema in 1993.
The Cineplanet 16 is opened by Ambarish Keshani (who owned Ajay theatres) on July 7th, 2006. Grand opening ad and newspaper with some history posted.
This opened as the Fare 4 by Cobb Theatres on May 26th, 1971. In 1987, Ambarish Keshani, the director of real estate for Cobb theatres buys this theatre and starts Ajay theatres. It was expanded to 8 screens on September 18th, 1992 and renamed Cinema Showcase, which expanded to 12 screens in 1994. It was renamed Star Cinema 12 on October 22nd, 1999 and closed in 2002. It reopened as the Palace Cinema with 10 screens on June 27th, 2003. Grand opening ads posted.
Closed in 1992 and rebuilt and reopened by Malco on July 4th, 2001. Another ad posted.
Opened on June 15th, 2001 as America’s Most Beautiful Movie Theater. Grand opening ad (full-page) posted.
The Malco’s Cordova Cinema opened on November 2nd, 2001. Grand opening ad posted.
This reopened as Cinema Malco showing movies in Spanish on October 20th, 2000, and closed on November 2nd, 2000. Another ad posted.
Closed 1998
The Desoto Cinema opened on May 12th, 1999. Grand opening ad posted.