This single-auditorium theater, part of an otherwise undistinguished strip mall (Giant Food, Kemp Mill Records, etc.), showed first-run movies on a wide screen during the 1970s and early ‘80s. In its heyday, it was one of five theaters in the Washington metro area to show 70mm prints. (The others were the Uptown, Cinema, and MacArthur in DC and one of the screens in the multiplex at Springfield Mall in Virginia). As a child, I saw quite a few films there, including at least one of the Superman flicks and a James Bond one.
Further note: I believe it was part of the Showcase chain for much of its lifetime.
This single-auditorium theater, part of an otherwise undistinguished strip mall (Giant Food, Kemp Mill Records, etc.), showed first-run movies on a wide screen during the 1970s and early ‘80s. In its heyday, it was one of five theaters in the Washington metro area to show 70mm prints. (The others were the Uptown, Cinema, and MacArthur in DC and one of the screens in the multiplex at Springfield Mall in Virginia). As a child, I saw quite a few films there, including at least one of the Superman flicks and a James Bond one.