College Mall Cinema I, II, III IV
2848 E. Third Street,
Bloomington,
IN
47401
2848 E. Third Street,
Bloomington,
IN
47401
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Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp., Kerasotes Theatres
Previous Names: College Mall Cinema II, College Mall Cinema I, II, III
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This theater was built by General Cinema as a twin, opening on November 21, 1969 with Ron Moody in “Oliver” & Burt Lancaster in “Gypsy Moths”. The two auditoriums were later both split in 1976 and 1983 for a total of four screens.
In 1988 theater was sold to Kerasotes along with five other theaters in Illinois and Indiana, and College Mall was required to make the deal. The sale of College Mall gave Kerasotes control of all theaters in Bloomington. It was closed on January 27, 2002 with “Jimmy Neutron”, “Life as a House”, “Shallow Hal” & “Behind Enemy Lines”.
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Well, as a movie-goer in Bloomington from 1993-1998, I can confirm that Kerasotes sucked from a consumer standpoint. The mall theater was a dump, slimy floors projection problems, etc. But I have fond memories of seeing Jurassic Park there my second night in town, and of Toy Story a few years later. The Indiana was my favorite place, but of course Kerasotes closed it down, leaving us with the run-down Von Lee. It looks like there are more options now and the Indiana has been restored. The mall cinema is no loss…perhaps someone will restore the Princess someday too?
Hello everyone. While I was at the Von Lee which was taken over by kreasotes much earlier I had to lock horns and battled just about all of the phoney baloney DM’s and sorts of imbicles in the chain. Kreasotes was basically built on brown nosing. No BN from me just good. The DM who put the “best Projectionist” was also married to. They met in Marion IL where he was the janitor and she was the candy. Well he BNd his way the quickly up the ladder, and along the way one of his theaters burned down. When he made DM they moved to Boomington and his wife ran the video rental next to the Indiana while the dirty dealing was going on I knew the wife wanted a theatre and when kreasote twisted GCCs arms enough. I Have a lot more to say. I’m happy to send more info and if anyone wants to know about what “the best projectionist” booth look like I’m happy to speak. Take care everyone
Sorry, my line saying no BN from me should no brown nosing from mw, just good work. And this alleged best projectionist was the candy girl in Marion. and I mean to make that statment condecending. Well, when S"“”“y got her big job at college mall everyone else in town totally enjoyed the havoc she was creating. Now remember kerasotes used home-made Potts platter and XL’s. The College Mall booth they turned her loose in was equipped with Century sound and and much more professional with platters from Christie. The Autowind 35 I think. They had two stacks of 5 platters to share between four. I was enjoying the kreasote ameuter from the Von Lee and when the college mall was dead in the water the DM came over and found normal stuff to can me for, but he offered me a last chance. I went over to the college mall and started to straighten the mess out. I have tons more to say and I’m glad I can. I need to turn in, take care everyone
General Cinema launched the GCC College Mall Cinema I & II November 21, 1969 with “Oliver” and “Gypsy Moths”. One twins was twinned in 1976 as the venue became the GCC College Mall Cinema I-II-III. In March of 1983, the other twin was twinned with the venue becoming the GCC College Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV.
Kerasotes took on the venue in 1988. It would later downgrade the operation to a discount house. The College Mall Theatre closed as a discount house on January 27, 2002 with “Jimmy Neutron,” “Life as a House,” “Shallow Hal,” and “Behind Enemy Lines.”