Riverdale Plaza
5617 Riverdale Road,
Riverdale,
MD
20737
5617 Riverdale Road,
Riverdale,
MD
20737
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I saw a double feature of FRIDAY THE 13th parts one and two there.
Does anyone know who currently owns this building?
I use to go to this movie theater long time ago back in the day when I was 1 yrs old I was with my mother my father & my older brother at the time back then they would only cost 1$ to see a movie wish they was still around and never went out business been going to movie theater for a long time as I’ve been around.
Tom Laughlin selected this theater for a test screening of “The Trial Of Billy Jack” in 1974, and the crowds were huge.
When this was a single screen theater, I believe I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as a double feature (late ‘84) either here or at the now closed Carrollton (not the AMC Carrollton 6). The theater was huge, of course, but don’t recall if it had stereo of any sort. Sightlines were good as the seating arrangement was somewhat raked.
As I sometimes drive through Riverdale Rd to go home, I still see the place sitting high at the top of the shopping center there. As Jack’s pictures show, it looks like its ready to show movies anytime someone opens the doors.
This theatre has not operated since May 2001. The “Kingdom†on the inside marquee is short for Kingdom Come staring Jada Pinkett Smith which opened in April that year. The Joe Dirt poster on the left wall was an April release picture that year as well.
Here are photos from April 2008 of the vacate Riverdale Theatre: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6