Broad Street Cinema I & II
5410 W. Broad Street,
Richmond,
VA
23230
5410 W. Broad Street,
Richmond,
VA
23230
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Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Durkee, F.H., Enterprises, Transcontinental Theaters
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The Broad Street Cinema 1 and 2 was first multi-screen venue constructed in the Richmond area. This Transcontinental Theatres chain movie theatre opened on August 21, 1970 with Barbra Streisand in “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” in Cinema I and Clint Eastwood in “Two Mules for Sister Sara in Cinema II. The theater had a seating capacity of 790 (600/190). The cinema closed by Cineplex Odeon in 1990 and was later demolished.
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PREVIOUSLY OPERATED BY:
1975 Durkee Theatres
1980-1985 Glenmar Cinestate, Inc.
1990 Cineplex Odeon
Info for the address here is incorrect. The theater was past Willow Lawn, across the street from what is now a shopping center featuring a Target and a Barnes and Noble…NOT in the Fan. It was not the prettiest of theaters… very much in the slick modern 70’s style with lots of plastic and shiny surfaces. The downstairs theater did have an impressively large and slightly curved screen. Upstairs was tiny but did offer the Richmond premieres of many art films including DAY FOR NIGHT, LAW OF DESIRE, HESTER STREET, and even a showing of BIRTH OF A NATION.
Thanks for fixing the location. It was right next to the Baskin Robbins shop.
I remember a Sat a buddy and I started watching Star Wars around 2pm and watched one showing after the other. They never made us leave. That would have been around 1979 just before Empire was released. Only saw one film as I recall upstairs and that was a re release of American Graffiti around same time. I recall theatre having a bit of a birdhouse feel to it by the mid 80s.
Sorry “grindhouse”
opened by Robert Lippert’s Transcontinental theatres on August 21st, 1970.
Cineplex closed it in 1990.