Channel Islands Cinema

111 W. Gonzales Road,
Oxnard, CA 93036

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Previously operated by: CinemaCal Enterprises, Loews, Pacific Theatres, SRO Theaters

Firms: Tucker, Sadler & Bennett

Previous Names: Carriage Square Theatre

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Carriage Square - Oxnard, CA

The Carriage Square Theatre was opened by Statewide Theatres Circuit Inc as a 900-seat single-screen cinema on February 18, 1966. Opening program was a Walt Disney double bill:Dean Jones in “The Ugly Dachshound” and the animation feature “Winnie, the Pooh and the Honey Tree”. It was twinned in 1974. Three extra screens were added, opening on January 13, 1984 as the Channel Islands Cinema.

Per Los Angeles Times, 6/25/2004: “Five-screen theatre closing today after 39 years, leaving Oxnard without any movie theatres until early-2005 when a 14-screen, 4,000-seat complex is completed in downtown Oxnard”.

Contributed by G.E. Nordell

Recent comments (view all 13 comments)

William
William on October 4, 2006 at 11:20 am

In 1969 it part of the Loew’s Chain.

COACHJOE
COACHJOE on February 22, 2008 at 11:03 am

I began working at the Cinema Carriage Square in the summer of 1973. At that time it had a single screen seating capacity of about 1200. The loge seats occupied the last dozen or so rows of the auditorium, were padded and slightly larger than the standard seats, and they gently rocked. They also added 50 cents to the regular admission price of $2.50. Users armed with flashlights would escort guests to their seats. During the winter of ‘73, the theater closed for remodeling and reopened in early '74 as a “Twin Cinema”. Not really twins, one theater had 750 seats and the other 300. The final film shown on the original single screen, was fittingly, “The Way We Were” with Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on November 30, 2010 at 1:17 pm

Very nice looking theatre,until the other screens were added.

MagicLantern
MagicLantern on March 22, 2011 at 4:21 am

Completely demolished as of March 20, 2011.

rivest266
rivest266 on August 7, 2011 at 6:08 am

This opened on February 18th, 1966 with one cinema. 2 screens in 1974 and five on January 13th, 1984.

DKwheels
DKwheels on January 31, 2013 at 7:36 am

In the late 1960s, my grandparents lived in a retirement community in Port Hueneme, and I remember coming here as a young kid with my grandmother while staying with them one weekend. We saw a double-feature of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Yours Mine and Ours” (Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda). That building struck me as very modern and ritzy, especially since the rest of the surrounding area was either agricultural or harbor-y at the time. Sadly, I drove past it a couple of years ago, long closed and somewhat vandalized, waiting to be torn down for the new shopping center to be built.

rivest266
rivest266 on December 1, 2019 at 4:56 pm

Grand opening ads posted.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on July 31, 2020 at 8:08 pm

The “Winnie The Pooh” Film That They Showed During Its Opening Day Is Called “Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree”.

4everventuragirl
4everventuragirl on August 22, 2021 at 12:57 pm

I saw The Eyes Of Laura Mars at this theater, in 1978. That movie was awful! I was 7, maybe 8 years old; traumatized me! I couldn’t stand to look at Faye Dunaway or Tommy Lee Jones for decades…

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on August 17, 2024 at 11:50 am

Once operated by CinemaCal Enterprises.

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