Parkway Theatre

4211 27th Street,
Moline, IL 61265

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Previously operated by: ABC Theatres

Architects: Henry George Greene

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Parkway Theatre

The Parkway Theatre was a large single screen movie house located next to the Southpark Mall. It was opened March 20, 1970 with Gregory Peck in “Marooned”. It was closed on September 13, 1992 with Harrison Ford in “Patriot Games”.

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Recent comments (view all 12 comments)

JeffAdamson
JeffAdamson on May 29, 2012 at 12:06 am

For years, the Parkway Theater had the best sound and screen. You would hope the movie you really wanted to see would opened there first.

dustyalldaylong
dustyalldaylong on August 8, 2012 at 2:34 am

I saw Return of the Jedi at the Parkway Theater. I couldn’t remember the name of the theater until I found it on this site. Hopefully someone will post a picture.

Darrin64
Darrin64 on May 10, 2013 at 9:07 pm

I worked/managed at 5 different Quad Cities theatres from 1982 – 2010, and I think this one was my favorite of them all.

Coate
Coate on May 23, 2013 at 11:00 am

What company operated the Parkway during the early 1980s?

filmfanperspective
filmfanperspective on August 16, 2014 at 12:43 pm

I’ve added a pic from 1983 when I saw Return of the Jedi. It happened to be the same night as a balloon night nearby. I do miss this theater.

rivest266
rivest266 on July 2, 2017 at 5:27 am

This opened on march 20th, 1970. Grand opening ad in photo section. Article https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12071097/parkway_theatre_article/

TimReed
TimReed on April 24, 2020 at 3:46 pm

The Parkway opened with 35MM, 70 was added by moving (2) JJ2 Centurys from the closed Times 70 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

rivest266
rivest266 on May 3, 2022 at 5:09 pm

Posted another ad that is not cut up.

MSC77
MSC77 on August 9, 2023 at 2:01 pm

A chronology of the Quad Cities region’s 70mm presentations history has recently been published. Parkway gets several mentions in the article.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on June 15, 2024 at 7:15 am

A March 16, 1970 Boxoffice article about the Parkway Theatre said that it would have 736 seats. They were of the rocking chair type, upholstered in deep blue with black accents.

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