Northwest Dollar Movies

rivest266 on January 25, 2017 at 9:53 pm

dallasmovietheatres, the opening date that you provided is wrong. It opened on September 26, 1969. here is the ad below.

Found on Newspapers.com

dallasmovietheaters on January 22, 2017 at 2:46 pm

The Northwest Plaza Shopping Center opened theatreless in 1956/7. General Cinema Corp. (GCC) built a single screen, 950-seat theater on a 20-year lease. The lobby had an art gallery featuring artwork for sale by Ball State students. Following an open house showing short subjects from September 19-21, 1968, the Northwest Plaza Cinema launched September 26, 1968 with “The Christmas Tree.”

On December 23, 1971 GCC expanded with an additional 276-seat theatre to increase seat count to 1,226 becoming the Northwest Plaza Cinemas I & II. “Star Wars” was a big hit for the main theatre in 1977. But in 1979, the main screen was twinned with the complex becoming the Northwest Plaza Cinemas I, II & III. Fortunes slid in 1987 when matinees were dropped and labor costs were a factor in GCC’s decision not to renew its lease.

The next operator was Kerasotes which hired non-union projectionists which led to a picket upon its opening March 18. 1988. Kerasotes expanded the theatre on July 21, 1989 to eight screens renaming the theatre the Northwest Plaza Cinema 8.

Kerasotes dropped the theatre and Teicher Theaters became its last operator converting it to a short-lived Dollar Movies at Northwest Plaza. The theater closed as Dollar Movies at Northwest Plaza (and should be its official name here) on April 5, 2007. In June of 2007, the theatre was demolished for a proposed project involving multiple restaurants. In 2014, Teicher Theaters would shutter its other remaining locations.

cvolosin on June 25, 2013 at 8:47 pm

Again Teicher lost his lease to the theater for development. He still runs the Drive in seasonally.