Palms Theatre
4191 Park Boulevard,
Pinellas Park,
FL
33781
4191 Park Boulevard,
Pinellas Park,
FL
33781
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This opened on September 6th, 1961. Grand opening ad in the photo section. It switched to adult movies 1969 until it closed in 1976.
Just added photos of marquee and front of theatre building and ad for “The Bible” opening.
Just verified that “Star!” opened on December 19, 1968 and ran through March 19, 1969. Interestingly when “The Illustrated Man” played at the Palms, the ads contained a notice stating that no one under 18 will be admitted due to the previews of our next attraction. Since when does a theatre restrict admittance to under 18 because of previews? If the studio that released “The Illustrated Man” was aware of this they probably would have yanked the picture out of the Palms. The previews were for Russ Meyer’s “Vixen.”
It looks like the Park Cinema “n” Drafthouse was a different theatre. I just verified the address for the Palms Theatre which was at 4191 74th Ave. I think this is the site of the current storage facility. The Park Cinema ‘n’ Drafthouse had to have been across the street based on the address of 4110.
I remember driving past the Palms Theatre several times during the 1960s. It was on the right side of the road a short distance after coming down from the Highway 19 overpass into Pinellas Park. The Palms Theatre had the exclusive 70mm roadshow engagement of “STAR!” which opened around February 1969.
The address I found for the Park Cinema is 4110 Park Boulevard, which is more or less across the street. A Home Depot is at that location now.
Site now appears to be used as a storage facility.