Litchfield Cinemas
301 N. Berkeley Boulevard,
Goldsboro,
NC
27534
301 N. Berkeley Boulevard,
Goldsboro,
NC
27534
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Adamwork, did you ever find the name of the song from the Litchfield bumper/policy trailer? I’ve been looking for that trailer for decades! Most bumper/policy trailers are on YouTube but the beautiful and highly memorable Litchfield Theatres policy trailer, with the two reeds blowing in the wind while the waves crash in the background, seems to be lost forever :(
The fifth and sixth screens of this cinema were added sometime after “Showgirls” played here in 1995; at the time “Showgirls” ran here it was known as the UA Cinema 4. The final name of this cinema was UA Cinema 6, as Regal did/does not use its own name simultaneously with the United Artists brand on any of its cinemas (unlike AMC and its former Loews locations – now AMC Loews).
David Dymond and NightHawk1: The Mission Valley Cinemas in Raleigh opened as an twin theater under Fairlane-Litchfield(later simply Litchfield)in 1973,and 10 years later Litchfield expanded the Mission Valley from two to five screens,and it has been five screens since. Neither UA(United Artists) nor Ambassador have added a sixth screen. The only six-screener that United Artists had in Raleigh was the Imperial Cinemas in Cary.
As for the Litchfield Cinemas in Goldsboro,it opened under Litchfield Theatres as a four-screen operation around Christmas of 1983,and later on was brought out by United Artists in 1991 which in turned expanded this theatre from four to six screens. Regal kept this theatre as a six screener until it closed in 2005.
can anybody tell me the name of the song that would play at the beginninng when the litchfield beach scene would play for a little while and would display the logo? i have been trying to find that song since 1989
DavidDymond: The Mission Valley Cinemas in Raleigh opened as an independent twin and were later bought by Fairlane-Litchfield (later simply Litchfield). Litchfield expanded Mission Valley to five screens and it has been only five screens since, neither UA nor Ambassador have added a sixth screen. Rivest266: The owner of the Premiere Theatres 12 in Goldsboro is UEC (United Entertainment Corp.), not UGC. UEC also owns multiplexes in Kinston and Rocky Mount, NC.
Litchfield operated a small 6 plex in Raleigh, North Carolina called Mission Valley. It was very nice but later United Artists Theatres took it over!!
raysson, “UGC-Premiere” ? UGC (Union générale cinématographique) is based in France and has no cinemas outside of Europe.
By the mid-1990’s this theatre expanded from four to six screens in order to compete with the neighboring theatres like Berkeley Mall Cinema 4 and the Eastgate Twin Theatres(which at the time was showing second-run films at discount prices in order to stay afloat under Carmike Cinemas)on that stretch of Berkeley Boulevard. By the early-2000’s,this theatre got muscled out of the competition when UGC-Premiere Theatres built a huge 12-screen multiplex cinema with digital sound and all stadium seating located on the opposite side of Goldsboro that put this theatre out of business by 2002.
Opened on December 16,1983 under Litchfield Theatres as the Litchfield Cinema 4. Expanded from 4 to 6 screens by the mid-1990’s in order to compete with the neighborhood cinemas like the Eastgate Twin and the Berkeley Mall 4.
Opened on December 16,1983 as Goldsboro’s newest theatre and the first quad screen cinema East of Raleigh under Litchfield Theatres.
The opening attractions were:
Al Pacino in SCARFACE [ID required]
Jack Nicholson in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Irene Cara and Mr. T. in DC CAB
The location where Ashley Furniture is now located is the exact location where Litchfield was at. I remember when the movie theatre was built. It was a very nice theatre and suprised it closed. It was the newest theatre in Goldsboro at this time. The last time I remember seeing a movie there was in 1989. Then it closed and sit for many years abandoned before it was demolished.
The UA Litchfield 4 was one of two theaters east of Raleigh to run the infamous NC-17 bomb “Showgirls”. The other theater was the Southgate Cinema 6 in New Bern. Most of the other Eastern North Carolina theaters were owned by Carmike, who banned “Showgirls” from its entire chain.
there was Litchfield Cinemas in Rome,Georgia a Triple I think,but I guess it went UA Too,GMNash.Litchfield i guess should be listed even though they did not last long.
Fairlane-Litchfield Corp sold most of their screens to United Artists in the mid-late 1980’s. Their corporate management began operating and rebuilding a new company called Litchfield Theatres LTD, going in to markets they had not been in… Nashville, the Atlanta area, and Florida, and a few other locations. I worked for them, helping to open the Courtyard 8 in November of 1988.
Foster McKissack was the main man at the Litchfield organization. Ulmer Eady was head of operations. Originally located in Easley, SC… the operation later moved to Litchfield’s resort on the SC coast, Litchfield By The Sea.
McKissack was killed in a plane accident at the small airport there. The plane overshot, and landed in the ocean. I was told his body was never recovered. Shortly after that, Litchfield’s screens were bought by Regal… who also later bought United Artists.
McKissack would whip out his white gloves when he came to one of his theatres for a visit. And, yes, he used them.
So why isn’t Litchfield listed in the ‘chains’ listing?