Jantzen Beach Theater
1458 N. Hayden Island Drive,
Portland,
OR
97217
1458 N. Hayden Island Drive,
Portland,
OR
97217
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Previously operated by: Act III Theatres, Tom Moyer Luxury Theatres
Previous Names: Tri-Cinema Theatre
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This was a tri-plex in the Jantzen Beach Mall. It opened on December 8, 1972. I remember the Sunday kiddie matinees when I was a kid in the early-1970’s. It was operated by Tom Moyer Luxury Theatres followed by Act III Theatres from April 30, 1989. It was closed on June 1, 1995.
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If I recall correctly, it was where the middle block of stores now stands, behind the mall and north of the Home Depot.
Opened as “Jantzen Beach Tri-Cinema” by Tom Moyer’s “Luxury Theatres” firm and absorbed by Act III in the late 1980s. Layout was similar to that of the Cascade Park 4 in Vancouver, with a second large auditorium where the latter’s two smaller ones would be. (See blueprint sketch on the Cascade Park 4 page.) Closed around 1995ish and bulldozed when the shopping complex underwent its first major wave of redevelopment, which also involved demolishing a large portion of the mall.
Today, the only physical evidence that there was ever a cinema at Jantzen Beach is the marquee billboard which (I think, since I don’t make it down that way very often these days) still stands along the southbound side of I-5 behind the Denny’s restaurant, a short distance south of the onramp.
December 8th, 1972 grand opening ad in photo section.
Closed in 1995.
Actual closing date is June 1, 1995.
Act III took over the theater on April 30, 1989. However, United Artists originally planned to take over the theater by June 5, 1988 but was immediately scrapped by Tom Moyer’s Luxury Theatres before the deadline that April.