Howard Twin
1301 Quentin Road,
Lebanon,
PA
17042
1301 Quentin Road,
Lebanon,
PA
17042
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Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas, Trans-Lux Movies Corp.
Previous Names: Trans-Lux - Lebanon Plaza Shopping Center, Trans-Lux Twin Theatres
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Built by Trans-Lux Theatres of New York, the Trans-Lux in the rear of the Lebanon Plaza Shopping Center opened on February 6, 1968 with Dustin Hoffman in “The Graduate”. A nice shopping center theatre with about 800 seats, the projection booth had 2 Cinemecanica Vic 8’s.
On November 7, 1975 it was twinned and renamed Trans-Lux Twin Theatres. On June 23, 1978 the theatre was sold to Fox Theatres of Reading, PA who changed the name to the Howard Twin (named after Dick Fox’s deceased grandson). Fox proceeded to let this nice theatre deteriorate.
In 1996 Fox sold all its theatres (including the Howard Twin) to Carmike who proceeded to run what was left of the Howard Twin completely into the ground. The Howard Twin reverted back to operating by Trans-Lux in 1997 and was closed on October 1, 1998 with Mel Gibson in “Lethal Weapon 4” & Eddie Murphey in “Dr. Dolittle”. By which time the roof was leaking so badly the interior side walls were stained. The Howard Twin sat empty until 2003 when it was demolished.
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The Trans Lux in Lebanon was actually twinned by Trans Lux corporation around 1975 long before it was sold to Richard Fox.
According to the John and Drew Eberson Architectural Records Archive Project Index the twinning of this theatre/remodel is listed as Drew Eberson as Project 2002-A. This was done at roughly the same time as the twinning of both the Trans Lux in Harrisburg PA and York PA (both of which were also done by Drew Eberson).
Higher quality grand opening ad from February 5th, 1968. It opened on the 6th.
Trans-Lux theatre opening Mon, Feb 5, 1968 – 18 · The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States of America) · Newspapers.com
Reopened as the Trans-Lux Blue and Gold on November 7th, 1975.
This was renamed Howard on June 23rd, 1978 and was taken over by Carmike Cinemas in 1996 and back to Trans-Lux in 1997, who closed it in 1998.
Trans-Lux closed the Howard Twin on October 1, 1998 as a sub-run discount house playing Mel Gibson in “Lethal Weapon 4” and Eddie Murphy in “Dr. Doolittle.”