Wow! the building still stands…great old theatre! Called the Peace Palace in the early 70’s-showed some real off the wall stuff. Think it closed in ‘87. I have a photo from then with it showing “La Bamba”/ called the Center Theatre then.
I had relatives in Utica when I was a kid and I saw many films here- It started out as six screens in the late 70s and added three screens on the opposite side in the mid 80’s. They used to have Cheddar Cheese popcorn- it was so good! They had enormous ads in the Utica Daily Press Newspaper. Wish I took pictures!
SAD TO HEAR… I like how Santa Monica still has the theatres on the Promenade and the Broadway marquee looks nice there…giving it the old downtown feel. The Laemmle there is nice also. Soon it will be one big ugly multiplex and a movie will be $16-20.
I always loved this theatre in the 90’s- saw tons of great art house films here while I was in college. Sundance renovated it and made it even better-glad it’s back. Great theatre.
I hope a new theatre won’t close the Broadway or the current AMC…Santa Monica Promenade is one of the few places that still has this main street movie theatre effect. Do we really need another movie theatre in a mall?
I hope you’re right Robert and I agree- it’s a shame Arclight snags everything from them-sure would be nice to see Skyfall there. I’ve seen many Bond films there!
One of the last remaining “in the corner of the mall” theatres…hope the renovations bring some much needed business back to this mall. I remember how nice it was in the nineties…anybody remember Hess’s Dept. Store??
I agree dtrigubetz. Good news socal09. So glad someone saved it. Great memories here. Saw tons of great arthouse films here in the 90’s during college, then hung out downstairs at Virgin Megastore and eating at Wolfgang Pucks! The Archlight is nice, but seriously, $16.00 for a movie?
A beautiful theatre inside and out. Glad to see it’s still open. Went to the movies here alot when I lived in the area in the early 2000’s. Nice area too…near Hershey and lot’s of antiquing. Cant ever imagine it being an x rated theater…a very nice community.
A_Mclean/Stan Malone, according to my film ad archives, the Buckhead Art Cinema was located at 3073 Peachtree Road at Corner of E. Paces Ferry. I have ads from 1990.
Glad Sundance Cinemas is taking over. Hopefully they have decent prices. I like to see two to three movies a week and can’t afford $16.00 a pop at Archlight. I don’t care how great the projection is.
Added some photos from when I was there twenty years ago.
Nice!😊Thanks for sharing.
Thanks 50sSNIPES- id like to see photos of the Kingston Triplex… so glad I drove out to Kingston back in ‘92 to take the pictures above.
Added two photos when I visited in 1996.
Wow! the building still stands…great old theatre! Called the Peace Palace in the early 70’s-showed some real off the wall stuff. Think it closed in ‘87. I have a photo from then with it showing “La Bamba”/ called the Center Theatre then.
I remember this theatre in the early 90’s- believe it was a two screen art house theatre. I saw “Indochine” here in ‘92.
Congrats to everyone at the HI-POINTE! I’ve visited this theater every time I’ve been to St. Louis and had a wonderful experience!
I had relatives in Utica when I was a kid and I saw many films here- It started out as six screens in the late 70s and added three screens on the opposite side in the mid 80’s. They used to have Cheddar Cheese popcorn- it was so good! They had enormous ads in the Utica Daily Press Newspaper. Wish I took pictures!
It would be great to have this theatre back in it’s original venue. Just went by and took pictures a few months ago!
That’s a shame… is this the former Midtown theatre? I remember walking by there in 1994 they had The Lion King.
Nice theatre! Stopped in Ardmore once to go antiquing when I was coming back from Oklahoma City to Dallas.
SAD TO HEAR… I like how Santa Monica still has the theatres on the Promenade and the Broadway marquee looks nice there…giving it the old downtown feel. The Laemmle there is nice also. Soon it will be one big ugly multiplex and a movie will be $16-20.
Two remain in Los Angeles- the Tiki and the Studs. I lived n Baltimore in 2001 and remember hearing about the Apex but didn’t know anyone who went.
I always loved this theatre in the 90’s- saw tons of great art house films here while I was in college. Sundance renovated it and made it even better-glad it’s back. Great theatre.
Resembles the Jerry Lewis theatres or a General Cinema.
I hope a new theatre won’t close the Broadway or the current AMC…Santa Monica Promenade is one of the few places that still has this main street movie theatre effect. Do we really need another movie theatre in a mall?
I hope you’re right Robert and I agree- it’s a shame Arclight snags everything from them-sure would be nice to see Skyfall there. I’ve seen many Bond films there!
Only if the theatre owners have the thousands of dollars to convert. It’s very costly.
One of the last remaining “in the corner of the mall” theatres…hope the renovations bring some much needed business back to this mall. I remember how nice it was in the nineties…anybody remember Hess’s Dept. Store??
I agree dtrigubetz. Good news socal09. So glad someone saved it. Great memories here. Saw tons of great arthouse films here in the 90’s during college, then hung out downstairs at Virgin Megastore and eating at Wolfgang Pucks! The Archlight is nice, but seriously, $16.00 for a movie?
Glad to hear it’s being used again. It’s in such a beautiful area. I used to pass this theatre on the way to Laguna Beach in the 90’s.
A beautiful theatre inside and out. Glad to see it’s still open. Went to the movies here alot when I lived in the area in the early 2000’s. Nice area too…near Hershey and lot’s of antiquing. Cant ever imagine it being an x rated theater…a very nice community.
A_Mclean/Stan Malone, according to my film ad archives, the Buckhead Art Cinema was located at 3073 Peachtree Road at Corner of E. Paces Ferry. I have ads from 1990.
Anyone have photos looking up or down Broadway when the Ritz Theatre was Cinema I and II? Thanks
Glad Sundance Cinemas is taking over. Hopefully they have decent prices. I like to see two to three movies a week and can’t afford $16.00 a pop at Archlight. I don’t care how great the projection is.