Smith Haven Mall Theatre
15 Smith Haven Mall,
Lake Grove,
NY
11755
15 Smith Haven Mall,
Lake Grove,
NY
11755
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Please update, theatre closed May 16, 2002
Please update, theatre open May 27, 1969
Also uploaded the Cineplex Ad from December 22nd, 1989.
The Century’s Smith Haven Mall opened on May 27th, 1969, Grand opening ad posted.
The theatre was never a twin, just uploaded a cineplex odeon ad few years before it was renovated.
Please update, never a Twin. Single to Quad the Cineplex Odeon style.
Searched “Cineplex Smith Haven” in newspapers.com, I was able to pin down the opening date of the quad. December 22nd, 1989.
when did it open as a quad. can’t locate grand opening. Saw one movie there With Honors
And also the location was Lake Grove not Smithtown. The Zip Code, however, is correct.
When Century first opened this theater it was simply the “Mall”. Only took on the full moniker of “Smith Haven Mall” later when malls started to pop up all over Long Island.
There used to be a Pathmark at Smith Haven Mall back in the day? How come I dont remember it?…. Forever 21 is where the movie theater used to be along with Baskin Robbins and Mrs. Fields lol. God I miss those days
I was just in the mall the other day. I forget what store is where the theater was, but I did note a long exit hallway which I recall being next to the theater entrance. If I’m right, the location is on your right in the first corridor as you walk toward the center of the mall from the food court. I think it’s a very large womens' clothing store.
I was here several times but my favorite memory was when I went alone to see Heaven’s Prisoners. Had to have been pretty shortly before it closed. Once it was quadded the theaters were really small. I was the only person in the theater. Literally the only one. The size of the theater made it feel like a private screening in some really rich dude’s home.
O.K.
What stores in the mall now fill in the space where the theatre used to be? Anyone remember?
Does anyone know which store now occupies the space of the theater? I remember the theater so well, but the mall has changed so much, that I can’t remember what store is there now.
I enjoyed Midnight Maddness 3 Stoodges Movies in the 80’s at the Mall Theater…
QUESTION: I remember this mall did not open up until 1975 or so. Am I wrong? Some of the posts go back further than that date! Best flick I had seen there: the 1978 “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”! UA always showed Pink Panther cartoons before their features…this was a lost art by the late 1970’s with other chains, but UA kept doing it. Does anyone recall “Featurettes”…short films shown before the features. The RKO Twin in Commack often had these……
bway true only thing left is the pylons
You can’t even tell this theater existed in the mall anymore. I went by some weeks ago in the mall, and had trouble even locating where it was!
No. Pathmark’s old parking lot opens up into the Smithhaven parking lot, but not the mall itself. Seperate buildings and shopping centers.
I hate to keep harping on the PathMark question, but didn’t the PathMark open up into the mall area?
I worked there as an usher from its opening day till about a year or so later. Lived within walking distance and this being my second theatre position. I previiously worked at the All-weather diagonally across form the Mall.
We had uniforms then and there even was a matron for the weekend to keep the kids in line.
Opeing night, after al the big wigs left, I accidently shut the door to the employee dressing room, locking all our street clothes till the proper keys arrived a few days later. The manager never had a compplete set, Creates a good impression on the first day of work
doesnt it?
The door man, a very nice gentlemann , work for many years there, I remember seeing him when visiting the mall where I was employeed later.
Ah yes, right next to/near Ben’s “Kosher” Deli….or whatever it’s called now…
Was there a PathMark in the Smith Haven Mall at one time?
Vince;
It’s exactly like the current presidential race (LOL). Only some movies have substance. However, you do get dogs like Mean Girls.