Village Cinema
12102 US-49,
Gulfport,
MS
39503
12102 US-49,
Gulfport,
MS
39503
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Located in the Norwood Village Shopping Center. The twin screen theatre was originally built as a Jerry Lewis Cinema, opening on July 19, 1973 with the animated feature “Charlotte’s Web” & Raquel Welch in “Kansas City Bomber”. Name was changed to Village Cinema before construction was completed. Two new small auditoriums were added on December 12, 1980, bringing it to four screens.
A local independent owner operated the theatre into the 1990’s before closing it after purchasing the larger eight screen Hardy Court Cinema. It operated as a nightclub for a short time before it was demolished. A Wendy’s hamburger restaurant now stands on the site.
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Wayne Saucier
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This theatre was never actually known as Jerry Lewis Cinema. Before construction was completed on the theatre it was decided to call it the Norwood Village Cinema. It was locally known as just the Village Cinema. This was one of the best maintained and operated theatres in this area. It was family owned and operated.
A Wendy’s Hamburger Restaurant now occupies the old site of the Village Cinema.
Opened on 19/7/1973 on cinema 1 with “Charlotte’s web”, and cinema 2 with “Kansas City bomber”.
4 screens on December 12th, 1980
Carroll Max Briggs and Rose Mary Triggs incorporated in 1972 to open this venue. It ran 15 years before closing up on January 19, 1989 with revenue falling from $385,000 to $222,000 between 1985 and 1988. The Triggs closed with “Rain Man,” “My Stepmother is an Alien,” “Hellraiser II,” “Naked Gun,” and “Land Before Time.”