Northridge Cinema

957 E. Commercial Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334

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rivest266
rivest266 on March 5, 2017 at 2:11 pm

This opened as Old Time on February 6th, 1976 and reopened as Northridge on July 7th, 1978. Grand opening ad from 1978 in the photo section.

Louis of Pompano
Louis of Pompano on June 12, 2012 at 3:32 pm

I lived in the area during the 80s, and I don’t remember this theater. When you say tiny, how tiny is tiny? I used to frequent the Northridge Raw Bar nightly, and I never saw this theater, maybe it was the beer and I missed it!

sporridge
sporridge on July 18, 2010 at 3:01 pm

Harvey, thanks for that discovery! I remember many a time when every seat was filled in that tiny space. Shame that Old Tyme’s popularity didn’t last beyond two years, but it held on for most of a decade as the Northridge.

If anyone from CT sees this: the seat count was 189. Thanks.

Harvey
Harvey on April 27, 2010 at 10:57 pm

July 1976 Miami News article on the Old Tyme here.

sporridge
sporridge on August 24, 2009 at 3:03 pm

Old Tyme Movie has my enduring thanks for making quite a few classics available that had eluded South Florida TV at the time, particularly the MGM Marx Bros. features, Fred Astaire’s non-Ginger Rogers musicals, and what remains the strangest double bill ever: “Easter Parade” and “Freaks.” TV ultimately had the upper hand, but Old Tyme’s effort is fondly remembered here.

Northridge Shopping Center played a bit part in Jerry Lewis' 1980 feature “Hardly Working” — the parking lot melee sequence was filmed there (with some fleeing rabbits meeting their unfortunate demises in Commercial Blvd./Dixie Hwy. traffic).