I grew up around Lancaster and was “movie going” in the late 60s to the early 80s. The Fulton Opera House Board of Directors at that time was adamant that the theater remain a live venue. The “Tadpole Players” plays for children theater productions were performed in the mornings on the weekends and some special film screenings would occasionally occur during the week. I first saw Disney’s “Fantasia” at the Fulton as well as “Monty Python’s Holy Grail” and “The Tales of Beatrix Potter” ballet film. A commenter above mentioned the tearing down of 4 movie Palaces in Downtown Lancaster. I’m not sure which ones they are referring to but the active theaters I frequented were: The King Theater on King Street, The Eric Pacific 4 Theater and Eric Twin At the Brunswick Hotel both on Queen Street as well as The Wonderland 4 Cinemas next to Dutch Wonderland on Lincoln Highway East and The Skinny Minnie Theater later called The Point of View Theater near Millersville University. Another theater located near Lititz Pike was the Eden Twin Theater. “The Comet Drive-in” Theater was located near Landisville and “The Sky Vue” Drive-in theater was on Lincoln Highway East near Dutch Wonderland. And that about covers it for the movie theaters I remember from Lancaster. Besides the Park City Mall twin theaters that first showed current films in both theaters and then switched to one screen regular movies and the other screen porno films.
I grew up around Lancaster and was “movie going” in the late 60s to the early 80s. The Fulton Opera House Board of Directors at that time was adamant that the theater remain a live venue. The “Tadpole Players” plays for children theater productions were performed in the mornings on the weekends and some special film screenings would occasionally occur during the week. I first saw Disney’s “Fantasia” at the Fulton as well as “Monty Python’s Holy Grail” and “The Tales of Beatrix Potter” ballet film. A commenter above mentioned the tearing down of 4 movie Palaces in Downtown Lancaster. I’m not sure which ones they are referring to but the active theaters I frequented were: The King Theater on King Street, The Eric Pacific 4 Theater and Eric Twin At the Brunswick Hotel both on Queen Street as well as The Wonderland 4 Cinemas next to Dutch Wonderland on Lincoln Highway East and The Skinny Minnie Theater later called The Point of View Theater near Millersville University. Another theater located near Lititz Pike was the Eden Twin Theater. “The Comet Drive-in” Theater was located near Landisville and “The Sky Vue” Drive-in theater was on Lincoln Highway East near Dutch Wonderland. And that about covers it for the movie theaters I remember from Lancaster. Besides the Park City Mall twin theaters that first showed current films in both theaters and then switched to one screen regular movies and the other screen porno films.