Olympic Theatre
107 North Olympic Avenue,
Arlington,
WA
98223
107 North Olympic Avenue,
Arlington,
WA
98223
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Box Office:
360.435.3939
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News About This Theater
- Mar 18, 2014 — What's next for the Olympic?
- Feb 3, 2014 — Olympic Theatre faces final curtain
- Mar 7, 2011 — Naro Expanded Cinema builds loyal fan base
- Mar 7, 2011 — Olympic Theatre in Arlington is a distinctive survivor
The theater is a beautifully restored single-screen theater with its own digital sound system. It was closed in July 2014 and has been purchased by a church who are fundraising to purchase a digital projector, with a planned reopening in 2015.
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Ken Layton
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During the Fifties it was called the Olympic Theatre,later to be cahnged to the NEW OLYMPIC THEATRE.Often they would give out free candy and Balloons to kids under 12.hopefully, they gave the Balloons out AFTER the movie.Like most small towns you could count on a Double feature.Dec.5 1957 has “QUANTEZ”,“FIRE DOWN BELOW”,“BLACK KNIGHT”.“BAILOUT AT 43,000 FEET”,“3:10 to YUMA” and “GUN GLORY”. In the Sixties THE NEW OLYMPIC THEATRE was showing this Double feature,“SIGN OF THE GLADIATORS” and “SPOILERS OF THE FOREST”.Saturday matinee started at one in the Afternoon.
During the Fifties it was called the Olympic Theatre,later to be changed to the NEW OLYMPIC THEATRE.Often they would give out free candy and Balloons to kids under 12.hopefully, they gave the Balloons out AFTER the movie.Like most small towns you could count on a Double feature.Dec.5 1957 has “QUANTEZ”,“FIRE DOWN BELOW”, with"BLACK KNIGHT".“BAILOUT AT 43,000 FEET”,“3:10 to YUMA” and “GUN GLORY” playing the following week. In the Sixties THE NEW OLYMPIC THEATRE was showing this Double feature,“SIGN OF THE GLADIATORS” and “SPOILERS OF THE FOREST”.Saturday matinee started at one in the Afternoon.
An article about the theater and the remarkable lady who keeps it going: View link.
Great little Story.enjoyed the read.
The survival of this theater is in doubt due to the studios' abandonment of 35mm film: View article
The studios/distributors simply do not care about small town theaters any more because they don’t gross enough money.
How very sad I hope it survives
The Olympic closed in July 2014 with owner Norma Pappas retiring and not wanting to convert to digital. The Lifeway Foursquare Church has bought the theater and will reopen in 2015. They have raised over $80,000 in Kickstarter funds to buy a new projector. The screen will light up again soon when renovations are complete.
In addition to using the space for Sunday morning services, the adjacent cafe will be a new coffee house with proceeds helping out local charities.
Their Facebook page shows a movie being shown on June 11. Now called the Olympic Theater and Café. Website: http://olympictheatercafe.com/
Fred Thibodeau was also the longtime owner of the Skyline Drive-in Theater in Shelton, Wash.