Cinema I & II
1277 Broadway,
Saugus,
MA
01906
1277 Broadway,
Saugus,
MA
01906
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da_bunnyman… Yes, that’s how I remember it as well. When driving past on Route 1, you could see the cinema through the break in between the two strip malls where they should have met a right angle. I recall it being a fairly big side building, with tall plate glass windows and a chandeliers in the lobby.
Before being rebuilt into the 2 floor mall the Hew England Shopping Center in Saugus had kind of a weird setup. Looking in from highway there was the parking lot and a big Sears on the left and then there were sort of 2 strip malls slanted like a “V” but not meeting to complete the letter. Between the strip buildings was a concrete walkway which led to another parking lot. This was the lot for the theater which was not visible from the highway.
1980 photo added via Larry Greenstein. marquee on far right.
I was an asst. manager when it was a single 1200 seats well run theater and with no problems this was in mid 1960’s
I found it interesting that after the Showcase Revere 10 (later 12 and later even more!) opened in 1982, this theater – just about 3 miles way was showing almost all 20th Century Fox films. RETURN OF THE JEDI played here – saw it twice. It was closed by early 1985.
This cinema and the Showcase cinemas in Lawrence both opened on June 23rd, 1965.
According to my wife, who spent a lot of her time here in her teen and tweens, the last movie to show here was “A View To A Kill”, so that puts the closing date somewhere in the summer of 1985, I believe…
I’ve searched high and low for a picture of this theater. I spent way too many hours there and would love an image from the 70’s if possible. Any recommendations?
General Cinemas Saugus was loctaed what was then called New England Shopping Center. It was located about where Dicks sporting goods is.
It only had 2 screens, Cinema I & II View link
I think it closed sometime after 1985, new mall opened fall of 1994