United Artists Movies 4
1001 Brea Mall,
Brea,
CA
92821
1001 Brea Mall,
Brea,
CA
92821
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This United Artists was a typical mall cinema, which opened on December 30, 1977. The biggest thing to ever happen there was on August 1, 1990 when two ski-masked bandits, who apparently waited in theater until closing time, held it up. The Orange County Register said they knocked two employees down, blindfolded and tied them up. But the bad guys did something worse! Adding insult to injury, they took one of the employees 1968 Mustang and drove away in the darkness with $3,200 in cash. The employees, after freeing themselves, called the police. It is not known if the felons were ever apprehended or if the 68 Mustang was ever returned to its owner. The theater closed sometime in April of 2000, way past its expiration date.
Glen Ivy Day Spa, located between Sears and Nordstrom, now occupies the space.
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Ron Pierce
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First theatre I was a manager at. Creepy theatre to open first thing in the morning.
I just remember how sub par the equipment was here. 2 mono houses, 1 dolby surrond ( not digital) and a kintech. Seemed like once a week the tech was out helping us with something. Best thing was the deals we had with some of the mall stores doing trade outs. Also for a while there was talk about making this a discount house only to be shot down because the mall felt it would attract the wrong quality of people. In the end Edwards Brea killed both this theatre and the marketplace across the street.
“The Rocketeer” was presented at the United Artists Movies in 35mm Dolby Stereo beginning on Friday June 21, 1991.
December 30th, 1977 grand opening ad in photo section.
Used to see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” here back in 1980/1981.
So mall management at the time felt making this place a dollar show would attract the “wrong quality of people”? Sounds like they should have taken action against UA Theaters for building this place the way they did, because that was the real reason this theater attracted NO people!!! I went there once back in 1991 to see The Rocketeer (should make Logan 5 happy) and found dirty carpet, corrugated metal walls, and noises (people knocking against the metal walls, mostly) that interfered with watching the movie. Hard to believe a somewhat upscale place like Brea Mall would allow such a lousy theater to be built.