Serramonte Plaza Twin
315-317 Gellert Boulevard,
Daly City,
CA
94015
315-317 Gellert Boulevard,
Daly City,
CA
94015
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The Plaza Twin opened its doors on Christmas Day 1971 with “Straw Dogs” in Screen 1 and “Star Spangled Girl” in Screen 2.
It was first operated by ABC Theatres Of California, followed by Plitt and lastly Cineplex Odeon. The Plaza Twin closed for the final time on July 25, 1996 with “Harriet The Spy” in Screen 1 and “Striptease” in Screen 2.
The Plaza was one of my favorite theaters. My earliest memory of the theater is seeing Disney’s “The Shaggy D.A.” on one side while my mom saw “The Enforcer” on the other screen. I remember seeing “Escape from Alcatraz”, “Tron”, “Chariots of Fire”, and a re-release of “The Empire Strikes Back” at this theater.
Said UlttaVision is what I saw Firefox and Top Gun on!
THE place to be in DC in the 70’s and 80’s!
Forget the ugly purple and brown decor! THE MOST COMFORTABLE SEATS EVER! Staggered not stadium seating 4 all! 😇😇😇
Century what? AMC WHO? UA never hesrd of them! Cineplex treated you right! 💋💋💋
One of the rare cinema outside of the Southeast to have an Ultra-Vision screen.
This opened on December 25th, 1971. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
The Serramonte 6 entry on CT can be seen here.
I saw The thing,Ghostbusters,Thief, great theater and always had the best sound,does anybody out there remember Serramonte 6?
This Theatre was never known as Serramonte Plaza, First it was ABC Plaza Twin, then it was PLITT ’s Plaza Twin, then it was Cineplex_odeon Plaza Twin, never was it called Serramonte Plaza Twin
Plitt Theatres really new how to make weak theatres perform.i did not like the way they tended to close Downtown theatres.
I remember watching TRON, Blue Thunder, Star Trek 3 and Ghostbusters 1 and 2. The Funny thing I remember was when they remodeled it, One theater had the crappy seats (Theater 1) and the Second theater had the recliners. Cursed with Funny memories. Pls correct me if I’m wrong.
I worked at the Plaza in the late ‘70’s and early 80’s when Plitt still owned it. It was really big for a twinplex – 700 seats on one side, and I believe the other side was the same or bigger. Compared to the Serramonte Six, it was considered up-scale. We made gigantic, paper mache frog legs for the premier of The Muppet Movie. Bob Wilkins from the KTVU Creature Features show was on hand for that. When Animal House ran, we had a giant pyramid of beer cans. And for the re-release of the The Exorsist, we had a bed in the lobby that bounced up and down.
I was the District Manager for this theatre when Cineplex Odeon bought Plitt Theatres this was a dump until Cineplex completely remodeled and put the neon in the lobbies and marble flooring. It was a Top Grossing theatre for Cineplex, We had always played all of Paramounts and Columbia Pictures, so the theatres were busy year round. what a shame all of the dollars spent on this theatre only to be torn down, just the the Hilltops in Richmond, the Northpoint, SF and the St Francis Twin downtown, also the Capri in Concord. that was the District I covered
The Plaza Twin was actually quite a good theater in it’s time. Saw “The Toy” and “Beverly Hills Cop” when those first opened there. Really good sound system also.
The retail buildings that stand now on the former grounds are Party City and Petsmart. But these buildings are more to the east side of the Plaza Twin. Right now a large parking lot is what is left of the theatre.
Yesterday, I went to the Serramonte Plaza in Daly City. That made me think about the Plaza Twin. How big was the theatre when it existed, and where did it stand? Also which retail building stands now on the former theatre grounds?
Plitt ran this theater for years prior to Odeon buying out Plitt Theaters.