Polar I,II,III
6200 Ashwood Street,
Anchorage,
AK
99507
6200 Ashwood Street,
Anchorage,
AK
99507
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Previously operated by: Act III Theatres, Lathrop Co.
Functions: Grade School
Previous Names: Polar I & II
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Originally built and operated by Lathrop Co. as the Polar I & II, opening on July 22, in 1971 with Charlie Chaplin in “The Circus” & Brian Keith in “Scandalous John” in Screen I and James Olsen in “The Andromeda Strain in Screen II. It was triplexed as the Polar I, II, III in 1982. After it closed in 1994, the theater was converted (and enlarged) in 1994 into a grade school.
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This opened on July 22nd, 1971 as a twin and a third cinema in 1982. It closed in 1994
Saw the original Star Wars there in 1978 (I think it was second run, buck flicks, or something like that)
June 7 1990 the Polar Triple was showing “HENRY V” , “FIREBIRDS” and a double feature of “MIAMI BLUES” and “WILD ORCHID” Saturday and Sundays Matinees. It was an ACT III Theatre.
A chronology of Anchorage’s 70mm presentations history has recently been published. The Polar gets some mentions in the piece.
Opened on July 22, 1971 with Charlie Chaplin in “The Circus” and Walt Disney’s “Scandalous John” in Screen 1 and “The Andromeda Strain” in Screen 2. A third screen was added in 1982.
During the early-1980s, it was operated by Lathrop Co., who also operated the 4th Avenue, Fireweed, Denali, and Totem theaters. Act III was its last operator who closed the Polar on June 12, 1994.