It was on the east side of 90th Street, next to the Papio Creek. The address in the ad above is now an Aldi market. All of the businesses on that side of 90th were free standing buildings. Because of the Papio, that side of 90th was never as successful as other parts.
In later years, rather shop-worn, it became a 99-cent movie theater.
Wikipedia has more information about “Jerry Lewis Cinemas” on his page.
The Fox theaters were just north of JCPenney’s, where Dick’s Sporting Goods is now located. The Fox entrance was outside, and screens exited to the parking lot to the east, just north of Penney’s. To the west of Fox was the mall entrance, Boston Mall, which led to the Six West box office. Later, a small store was built north of AMC, housing a magic store and later selling t-shirts.
The Boston Mall hallway was AMC on the west, Fox and Penney’s on the east, and thus had nothing to see until you turned the corner, where Read All About It and Waldenbooks were located.
I saw the first Midnight premiere, Batman, there, as well as my first R-rated movie (The Fly). I also trekked through a snowstorm to see Disney’s Beauty and the Beast early Saturday morning. It had a newsreel!
Mann operated lots of theaters throughout Omaha, most of them a bit worn… I think most became 99-cent theaters before the discount chains moved in. (At one point, half of the screens in Omaha were discounted.)
I grew up near 94th and Western Avenue, so the Westroads was where we hung out. When it opened, Westroads was billed as the eighth largest shopping center in the world. There was even a grocery store!
The Fox Twin was located outside, next to JCPenney’s. That site is now covered by Dick’s Sporting Goods. It was where I saw the first Midnight premiere screening, Batman. The theater exited around the corner, on the east, to the parking lot north of the JCPenney’s entrance.
To the west was the mall entrance, which was a long hallway with the “Boston Mall” address seen above. Since both sides of that hallway were taken by movie houses and a department store, there wasn’t much to see, aside from movie posters for the Six West theaters.
Directly north of the Six West was a small add-on store, which housed a magic store, and later a t-shirt store.
Everyone exited to the fire exits behind the screens, which shared common hallways. One exit was to the mall, next to the Waldenbooks store if memory serves.
The Six West hosted midnight screenings of “Rocky Horror”, which did not have costumed performers, just people throwing stuff at the screen.
Six West also had a movie newsletter pamphlet.
A few summers, having eight screens to choose from, I would spend entire Fridays seeing multiple blockbusters, interspersed with lunch and playing video games at either JCPenney’s or Montgomery Wards (there was an arcade, but that cost money).
If memory serves, during it’s later days in the early 1980s, it screened “Popeye” for some forty weeks. Can someone check the newspaper microfiche?
It was on the east side of 90th Street, next to the Papio Creek. The address in the ad above is now an Aldi market. All of the businesses on that side of 90th were free standing buildings. Because of the Papio, that side of 90th was never as successful as other parts.
In later years, rather shop-worn, it became a 99-cent movie theater.
Wikipedia has more information about “Jerry Lewis Cinemas” on his page.
The Fox theaters were just north of JCPenney’s, where Dick’s Sporting Goods is now located. The Fox entrance was outside, and screens exited to the parking lot to the east, just north of Penney’s. To the west of Fox was the mall entrance, Boston Mall, which led to the Six West box office. Later, a small store was built north of AMC, housing a magic store and later selling t-shirts.
The Boston Mall hallway was AMC on the west, Fox and Penney’s on the east, and thus had nothing to see until you turned the corner, where Read All About It and Waldenbooks were located.
I saw the first Midnight premiere, Batman, there, as well as my first R-rated movie (The Fly). I also trekked through a snowstorm to see Disney’s Beauty and the Beast early Saturday morning. It had a newsreel!
Mann operated lots of theaters throughout Omaha, most of them a bit worn… I think most became 99-cent theaters before the discount chains moved in. (At one point, half of the screens in Omaha were discounted.)
I grew up near 94th and Western Avenue, so the Westroads was where we hung out. When it opened, Westroads was billed as the eighth largest shopping center in the world. There was even a grocery store!
The Fox Twin was located outside, next to JCPenney’s. That site is now covered by Dick’s Sporting Goods. It was where I saw the first Midnight premiere screening, Batman. The theater exited around the corner, on the east, to the parking lot north of the JCPenney’s entrance.
To the west was the mall entrance, which was a long hallway with the “Boston Mall” address seen above. Since both sides of that hallway were taken by movie houses and a department store, there wasn’t much to see, aside from movie posters for the Six West theaters.
Directly north of the Six West was a small add-on store, which housed a magic store, and later a t-shirt store.
Everyone exited to the fire exits behind the screens, which shared common hallways. One exit was to the mall, next to the Waldenbooks store if memory serves.
The Six West hosted midnight screenings of “Rocky Horror”, which did not have costumed performers, just people throwing stuff at the screen.
Six West also had a movie newsletter pamphlet.
A few summers, having eight screens to choose from, I would spend entire Fridays seeing multiple blockbusters, interspersed with lunch and playing video games at either JCPenney’s or Montgomery Wards (there was an arcade, but that cost money).