Gables Triple
Coral Way and SW 33rd Avenue,
Miami,
FL
33145
Coral Way and SW 33rd Avenue,
Miami,
FL
33145
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Previously operated by: ABC Theatres, Plitt Theatres
Architects: Robert C. Broward
Previous Names: Twin Gables Theatre
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Opened with much fanfare on March 13, 1970 by Larry King, the luxurious Twin Gables Theatre was actually located in Miami and named after the more prestigious nearby community of Coral Gables. Originally planned to be called the University Twin, a change of heart was prompted by the fact that the University of Miami was also nowhere near it.
A huge success from day one, the Twin Gables Theatre had two large plush rocking chair screens with 900+ and 700+ seats and “high fidelity” sound. The large parking lot (oceans of space) and prime location made the land more valuable than the theatres in due course and caused it’s innevitable closing. On May 14, 1980 the larger twin was sloppily split for the third screen. Opening features were “Jenny” and “Zabriskie Point”. The Twin Gables Theatre lived up to all the hype.
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Al Alvarez
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I got hold of a Plitt Memo from Charlotte naming Al Panetz naming him one of the top five sellers of Reduced Admission Ticket seller selling $5,400 for May 1983.
I think this was the theater where my folks would take me to see the various Disney re-releases such as “Lady and the Tramp” and “Song of the South” when we lived in Miami for a year from 1971 – 1972. One of the two apartments we lived in during that time was on Coral Way somewhere, and I know we attended films at the Coral Theatre as well as the Tropicaire, Dixie and Coral Way drive-ins. Been pillaging the google online editions of the old Miami News from around that time to pinpoint some of the titles and theaters we went to. Great fun, but can really suck all the time out of your day! Thanks to AlAlvarez for leading me to that great resource!
I guess catching people is fun.
I seem to remember where the Twin Gables used to be in 1962, there was first a Stevens and an Eckerds, then a Publix and an Office Depot and a Citgo service station on the corner, now a Winn-Dixie Marketplace and a Staples and the service station on the corner is Mobil. If somebody remembers it more accurately, please let me know.
Guarina, it opened in 1969 and is now a Winn Dixie location.
OK, I was off by several blocks. I would have sworn that Sears was next door, but I’m obviously wrong.
Well, seeing that one of the opening films was “Jenny” with Marlo Thomas, I looked it up, and watched it on YouTube. Not terribly significant, but very much of its time period. It was produced by ABC, and “That Girl” was on the network at the time. Not a coincidence, I’m sure.
I found a way of posting the opening day ad in the photo section although now I can’t figure out how I did it. Hmmm.
The Twin Gables theatre opened on March 13th, 1970. Grand opening ad posted.
Became Triple Gables on May 14th, 1980 with no fanfare. No ad found.