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50sSNIPES commented about Pueblo Twin Theatre on Oct 22, 2025 at 5:29 pm

Closed on February 16, 1998. The Pueblo Twin managed to operate a little longer after the nearby Tinseltown’s opening.

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50sSNIPES commented about Pueblo Mall Cinemas on Oct 22, 2025 at 5:27 pm

The Pueblo Mall Cinemas is a triplex with three screens, with Cooper-Highland Theatres opening the theater in the mid-1970s. Commonwealth and United Artists are the later operators, and UA closed down the Pueblo Mall Cinemas on January 17, 2000.

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50sSNIPES commented about Opera House on Oct 22, 2025 at 5:11 pm

The former Opera House building later housed the Morgan Weaver Dry Goods Store from 1910 until 1919.

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50sSNIPES commented about Auditorium Theatre on Oct 22, 2025 at 2:29 pm

Movies are still shown at the Auditorium in 1922, so I’m very sure films are still running at the Auditorium in 1926 as well.

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50sSNIPES commented about Lyric Theatre on Oct 22, 2025 at 2:26 pm

According to sources of the Lakeland Evening Telegraph, it appears that the Star name didn’t revive after the March 8, 1912 closure of the Star.

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50sSNIPES commented about Star-Vue Drive-In on Oct 22, 2025 at 2:20 pm

Closed after the 1983 season, most likely on November 5, 1983 with “48 Hours” and “Student Bodies” plus an unnamed late-night adult show.

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50sSNIPES commented about Towne Theatre on Oct 22, 2025 at 2:18 pm

R/C Theatres once operated the Towne, but later independently operated during the early-1980s. It most likely closed around late-1983.

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50sSNIPES commented about Towne Theatre on Oct 22, 2025 at 2:17 pm

R/C Theatres once operated the Towne, but later independently operated during the early-1980s.

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50sSNIPES commented about Eagle Cinema 5 on Oct 22, 2025 at 2:14 pm

Owner Sam Brookes opened the Eagle Cinema 5 on February 27, 2004, but unfortunately he was killed in a vehicle accident nine months later. According to Brookes himself, he had been planning to build the 23,000-square-foot theater since January 2001, with work starting in June 2002. It was closed around late-2021 or early-2022 and was still abandoned as of today.

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50sSNIPES commented about Cinema Four on Oct 22, 2025 at 7:48 am

It appears that the building received a big remodel during the late-1990s before Advance Auto Parts took its place.

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50sSNIPES commented about Palace Theatre on Oct 22, 2025 at 6:03 am

This was later renamed Andrea Theatre in March 1965 after Hazleton resident Peter Magazzu took over as owner, named after his daughter.

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50sSNIPES commented about Plano Drive-In on Oct 21, 2025 at 1:03 pm

Opened with “Winning” and “House Of Cards”.

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50sSNIPES commented about Famous 4 Drive-In on Oct 21, 2025 at 9:53 am

It last operated with four screens.

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50sSNIPES commented about Palace Theater on Oct 21, 2025 at 9:16 am

The Palace Theatre did once had a one-year closure between May 1956 and August 1957 before former operator W.R. Petty reopened the Palace. Unfortunately this didn’t last long. The Palace would then continue operating as a special events house that also sometimes screens movies in rare occasions until 1961.

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50sSNIPES commented about Bowdoin Drive-In on Oct 21, 2025 at 7:21 am

Closed on October 2, 1982 with “Night Shift” and “Caddyshack”. Walmart now occupies the former drive-in site, which opened on October 12, 2005 as a replacement of an earlier Walmart that opened nearby on April 30, 1993 and closed the previous day.

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50sSNIPES commented about Eveningstar Cinema on Oct 21, 2025 at 6:46 am

Current functions are a mix of first-run, independent, and classic films.

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50sSNIPES commented about Brunswick Drive-In on Oct 21, 2025 at 6:42 am

Opened with “Untamed Breed” and “Give My Regards To Broadway” along with two unnamed cartoons. It was closed on September 9, 1984 with “The Karate Kid” and “Against All Odds”.

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50sSNIPES commented about Centerville Cinemas on Oct 21, 2025 at 6:29 am

1982, not 1987.

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50sSNIPES commented about Centerville Cinemas on Oct 21, 2025 at 6:28 am

Actual opening date is December 17, 1982.

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50sSNIPES commented about Famous 4 Drive-In on Oct 20, 2025 at 7:30 pm

This was known as Twin East & Twin West Drive-In, but was last known as Famous 4 Drive-In when two more screens were added for both theaters in June 1981. Famous Players was its operator at the time, and closed on September 2, 1989.

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50sSNIPES commented about Parkway 5 on Oct 20, 2025 at 7:22 pm

Closed on March 17, 2001.

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50sSNIPES commented about Odeon Theatre on Oct 20, 2025 at 7:21 pm

Closed on February 15, 1996 with “From Dusk Till Dawn”.

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50sSNIPES commented about Lakeland Opera House on Oct 20, 2025 at 6:19 pm

Question Vogan: Are the two Opera Houses both named Lakeland Opera House, or do they have different names?

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50sSNIPES commented about Plaza Cinemas on Oct 20, 2025 at 3:38 pm

Opened by Martin Theatres as a twin in August 1977 as a replacement of the Grand Theatre downtown, in which the downtown Grand would then reopen as the performing arts center the following month. Carmike took over the Plaza in 1985.

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50sSNIPES commented about Grand Theatre on Oct 20, 2025 at 3:35 pm

Closed in August 1977 as a movie house, most likely when Martin Theatres (who also operated the Grand Theatre at the time) opened their nearby Plaza Theatres. Although I cannot find the actual date, its last film screened at the Grand was “Silver Streak”. The Grand Theatre reopened as a performing arts center the following month.