The 110 closed for the final time on July 20, 1976 with “Food Of The Gods” and “The Land That Time Forgot”. The theater’s flea market also closed that same day.
The Kingston was twinned as early as November 1983, and indeed it had stereo sound in both auditoriums. It was tripled in June 1989, and became a five-screen theater in Spring 1993.
It was announced that Spring Hill Mall will be closing permanently on March 22, 2024, according to owners. The good news is that there are some exceptions, as both the Cinemark and the Kohl’s there will remain open.
The Starlight opened its gates on July 27, 1952 with “Blossoms In The Dust” along with a marathon of cartoons, and was owned by Paul D. Neal. It was still open in the mid-1980s.
Throughout portions of the mid-1980s, the Westgate Cinema was listed as a major burglary hotspot.
On August 31, 1984, its scheduled run of “Gremlins” was cancelled due to the manager reporting an unknown person snuck into the projection booth and destroyed the entire print.
On February 21, 1985, two unidentified men allegedly stole a carton of assorted cigarettes worth $300 from the Safeway Supermarket before going straight to the Westgate Cinema while it closed for the night before stealing a metal box containing more than $600 in cash.
On June 14, 1985, more than $400 were robbed after an unknown person hid inside the auditorium after an unknown movie was finished and waited until all employees left for the night. He took the theater’s cash box and fled afterward.
The Movies 14 officially became McKinney’s first operating movie theater since the closure of the Westgate Cinema in February 1986, which left moviegoers to travel onto Highway 75 to see movies in Plano or else they’ll wait for the feature to come up on cable.
When it first opened as McKinney Movies 10, they already had enough room for four additional screens to be added, which it did. Four more screens were added during the second week of November 1995 and was renamed the “Cinemark Movies 14”. At the time, the entirety of DFW’s population immediately exploded like dynamite.
The actual opening date is July 5, 1972 with George C. Scott in “The Hospital”.
The Westgate Cinema closed for the final time in late-February 1986, leaving McKinney without a movie house until the launch of Cinemark’s Movies 10 (now Movies 14) in June 1994.
The Ritz Theatre was built on the site of a blacksmith shop and later a department store that was burned down in early 1928.
When the Westgate Cinema opened on July 5, 1972, both the Ritz and the McKinney Drive-In were trying to keep both theaters alive. At the time, the Ritz was operated by the Texas Cinema Corporation alongside the McKinney Drive-In.
The McKinney Drive-In closed in 1974 and the Ritz was still operating when first-run features gain more popularity at the Westgate. That same exact year, ads for the Ritz Theatre no longer appear in the Courtier Gazette meaning that it is very hard to tell on when the Ritz ended its life as a full-time movie house. It appears that the Ritz closed in 1975 and sat abandoned for a time.
The Ritz briefly made a surprise comeback on April 10, 1980 by independent operators Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Rosales. They managed to show English movies by any genre on Thursdays and Fridays, and a Spanish feature on Saturdays as well as live entertainment during the weekends. Unfortunately this did not last pretty long at all. Lasting for several months, the Ritz closed again that same year.
The actual opened date is February 14, 1973 with “What’s Up Doc” at Screen 1 and “Doctor Zhivago” at Screen 2. It originally opened with 600 seats (with 300 in each auditorium). The original manager of the theater is Farmington resident Bill Hickman.
Screen 1 features all red draperies with red seats while Screen 2 features black and red draperies with black seats and red aisle carpeting. Some original installations include Cinemeccanica projection and Xenon lamps (both installed by the Ringold Cinema Equipment Company) as well as Altec-Lansing stereo sound equipment. The lobby area is also paneled with wainscoted paneling in both auditoriums. The building itself is completely fireproof and contains a total of 6,000ft of space.
The original Grand Theatre building was destroyed by a fire on September 5, 1914. It was rebuilt and the Grand Theatre reopened on March 15, 1915. One of the original proprietors of the theater is Charles A. Miller.
The Grand Theatre throughout most of its later years was once operated by Fox Midwest Theatres, who operated the theater for three decades in total. It was once known as the Fox Grand Theatre.
Last operated by the National Theatres chain, the Grand Theatre closed for the final time on February 9, 1960 with James Garner in “Cash McCall”. It comes one month after the announcement of J.C. Penney planning to relocate to the Grand Theatre building, which it did.
One of its last managers of the Grand Theatre is A.H. Pekarek, who had been managing the Grand since May 1957 before moving to Topeka, Kansas to work as the manager for the Jayhawk Theatre in January 1960.
The DeGraw Opera House was named after the theater’s owner, Dr. Hamilton DeGraw, and opened its doors on December 1, 1905. Fred Dickinson was the local manager and the building was owned by Frederic Lehman, who was the father of Mrs. George Zeihr and Fred Lehman who at the time went to Riverside, California for unknown reasons.
The DeGraw Opera House was renamed the DeGraw Theatre several years later. Silent films were screened there and was followed by installations of Western Electric sound on June 3, 1929. The DeGraw Theatre was then renamed the Fox DeGraw Theatre the following year after it was taken over by the Fox Midwest Theatres chain.
The Fox DeGraw Theatre was remodeled on September 26, 1940 reopening with Bing Crosby’s “Rhythm On The River” (unknown if any extras were added).
Information about the Fox DeGraw Theatre as of 1940 goes as follows: Compared to the original and the 1940 remodel once you open the doors, it featured an updated box office in the foyer instead of being at one-sided which was where the doors were formerly located and was glass incased. To the left of the foyer is the office for Steve Souttar, who was the manager of the Fox DeGraw, and to the right is the concession stand. There are three entrances to the first floor proper. The main entrance is in the center and the entrances to each side of it. To the left is the men’s lounge and smoking room and to the right is the powder room for the women. The cushioned rugs are draped in salmon pink. To the side of the entrance to the balcony with broad stair casing with deep rugging.
As of 1940, the DeGraw had a capacity of 750 seats, with 550 seats in the main auditorium and 200 seats for the balcony. The back walls of the stage are shutoff by huge drapes, the ceiling was dipped in Nu-wood and there are two large exits that will make it possible to empty the theater in a very few minutes in case of any emergency located to both the left and right of the auditorium. On each side and in the lower ceilings are fluorescent indirect lights, and the projection room is in its original south wall spot in the back of the balcony and is entirely in fireproof being of reinforced concrete and steel. And lastly, to each side of the stage proper are the automatic air conditioner/heating units.
It was remodeled in 1958 when the entire front was covered over with wavy panels in white on the outside and down the middle with red and white. The theater was renamed back the DeGraw Theatre several years later after being part of the Fox Midwest Theatres for a few decades.
During the mid-1970s, the DeGraw Theatre was renamed the Cedar Cinema and was later remodeled in August 1976 after Charles (Chuck) Truesdell bought the theater. The capacity of seats was then downgraded from 750 to 504. Another remodel was done in 1982 with its capacity of seats downgraded again to 410 seats. During the early-1980s, Associated Theatres of Des Moines operated the Cedar Cinema for a short period of time until Hurschell Lain of Marceline purchased the facility in late-August 1985. Lain previously operated both the Star Drive-In in Marceline and the Lin-Vu Drive-In in Brookfield. At the same time, the theater was renamed the Lains Cinema.
Commonwealth took over the Campus Twin in November 1984, and later by United Artists in November 1988, and by Crown Theatres in November 1990.
Right after Dickinson Theatres opened the Forum 8 Theatres in June 1992, the Campus Twin dropped its mainstream fare and became an art house.
The Campus Twin closed for the final time on November 30, 1999.
The actual closing date is September 14, 1985.
The Campus originally housed 1,350 seats when it opened, marking it one of the largest small-town movie houses in all of Texas at the time.
Closed on July 25, 1979 with “Hometown USA”.
The Bayshore-Sunrise closed for the final time on April 10, 1991 with “Career Opportunities” at Screen 1 and “Warlock” at Screen 2.
The 110 closed for the final time on July 20, 1976 with “Food Of The Gods” and “The Land That Time Forgot”. The theater’s flea market also closed that same day.
The Kingston was twinned as early as November 1983, and indeed it had stereo sound in both auditoriums. It was tripled in June 1989, and became a five-screen theater in Spring 1993.
Actual opening date is May 22, 1997.
It was announced that Spring Hill Mall will be closing permanently on March 22, 2024, according to owners. The good news is that there are some exceptions, as both the Cinemark and the Kohl’s there will remain open.
The Starlight opened its gates on July 27, 1952 with “Blossoms In The Dust” along with a marathon of cartoons, and was owned by Paul D. Neal. It was still open in the mid-1980s.
Throughout portions of the mid-1980s, the Westgate Cinema was listed as a major burglary hotspot.
On August 31, 1984, its scheduled run of “Gremlins” was cancelled due to the manager reporting an unknown person snuck into the projection booth and destroyed the entire print.
On February 21, 1985, two unidentified men allegedly stole a carton of assorted cigarettes worth $300 from the Safeway Supermarket before going straight to the Westgate Cinema while it closed for the night before stealing a metal box containing more than $600 in cash.
On June 14, 1985, more than $400 were robbed after an unknown person hid inside the auditorium after an unknown movie was finished and waited until all employees left for the night. He took the theater’s cash box and fled afterward.
The actual closing date is June 30, 2013.
Once operated by Wehrenberg Theatres.
The Movies 14 officially became McKinney’s first operating movie theater since the closure of the Westgate Cinema in February 1986, which left moviegoers to travel onto Highway 75 to see movies in Plano or else they’ll wait for the feature to come up on cable.
When it first opened as McKinney Movies 10, they already had enough room for four additional screens to be added, which it did. Four more screens were added during the second week of November 1995 and was renamed the “Cinemark Movies 14”. At the time, the entirety of DFW’s population immediately exploded like dynamite.
The actual opening date is July 5, 1972 with George C. Scott in “The Hospital”.
The Westgate Cinema closed for the final time in late-February 1986, leaving McKinney without a movie house until the launch of Cinemark’s Movies 10 (now Movies 14) in June 1994.
The Ritz Theatre was built on the site of a blacksmith shop and later a department store that was burned down in early 1928.
When the Westgate Cinema opened on July 5, 1972, both the Ritz and the McKinney Drive-In were trying to keep both theaters alive. At the time, the Ritz was operated by the Texas Cinema Corporation alongside the McKinney Drive-In.
The McKinney Drive-In closed in 1974 and the Ritz was still operating when first-run features gain more popularity at the Westgate. That same exact year, ads for the Ritz Theatre no longer appear in the Courtier Gazette meaning that it is very hard to tell on when the Ritz ended its life as a full-time movie house. It appears that the Ritz closed in 1975 and sat abandoned for a time.
The Ritz briefly made a surprise comeback on April 10, 1980 by independent operators Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Rosales. They managed to show English movies by any genre on Thursdays and Fridays, and a Spanish feature on Saturdays as well as live entertainment during the weekends. Unfortunately this did not last pretty long at all. Lasting for several months, the Ritz closed again that same year.
Once operated by Fox Circuit.
Once operated by Fox Circuit.
The actual opened date is February 14, 1973 with “What’s Up Doc” at Screen 1 and “Doctor Zhivago” at Screen 2. It originally opened with 600 seats (with 300 in each auditorium). The original manager of the theater is Farmington resident Bill Hickman.
Screen 1 features all red draperies with red seats while Screen 2 features black and red draperies with black seats and red aisle carpeting. Some original installations include Cinemeccanica projection and Xenon lamps (both installed by the Ringold Cinema Equipment Company) as well as Altec-Lansing stereo sound equipment. The lobby area is also paneled with wainscoted paneling in both auditoriums. The building itself is completely fireproof and contains a total of 6,000ft of space.
The original Grand Theatre building was destroyed by a fire on September 5, 1914. It was rebuilt and the Grand Theatre reopened on March 15, 1915. One of the original proprietors of the theater is Charles A. Miller.
The Grand Theatre throughout most of its later years was once operated by Fox Midwest Theatres, who operated the theater for three decades in total. It was once known as the Fox Grand Theatre.
Last operated by the National Theatres chain, the Grand Theatre closed for the final time on February 9, 1960 with James Garner in “Cash McCall”. It comes one month after the announcement of J.C. Penney planning to relocate to the Grand Theatre building, which it did.
On January 2, 1939, Commonwealth Theatres took over the Hermo Theatre.
Once operated by Fox Midwest Theatres.
Once operated by Fox Midwest Theatres.
The DeGraw Opera House was named after the theater’s owner, Dr. Hamilton DeGraw, and opened its doors on December 1, 1905. Fred Dickinson was the local manager and the building was owned by Frederic Lehman, who was the father of Mrs. George Zeihr and Fred Lehman who at the time went to Riverside, California for unknown reasons.
The DeGraw Opera House was renamed the DeGraw Theatre several years later. Silent films were screened there and was followed by installations of Western Electric sound on June 3, 1929. The DeGraw Theatre was then renamed the Fox DeGraw Theatre the following year after it was taken over by the Fox Midwest Theatres chain.
The Fox DeGraw Theatre was remodeled on September 26, 1940 reopening with Bing Crosby’s “Rhythm On The River” (unknown if any extras were added).
Information about the Fox DeGraw Theatre as of 1940 goes as follows: Compared to the original and the 1940 remodel once you open the doors, it featured an updated box office in the foyer instead of being at one-sided which was where the doors were formerly located and was glass incased. To the left of the foyer is the office for Steve Souttar, who was the manager of the Fox DeGraw, and to the right is the concession stand. There are three entrances to the first floor proper. The main entrance is in the center and the entrances to each side of it. To the left is the men’s lounge and smoking room and to the right is the powder room for the women. The cushioned rugs are draped in salmon pink. To the side of the entrance to the balcony with broad stair casing with deep rugging.
As of 1940, the DeGraw had a capacity of 750 seats, with 550 seats in the main auditorium and 200 seats for the balcony. The back walls of the stage are shutoff by huge drapes, the ceiling was dipped in Nu-wood and there are two large exits that will make it possible to empty the theater in a very few minutes in case of any emergency located to both the left and right of the auditorium. On each side and in the lower ceilings are fluorescent indirect lights, and the projection room is in its original south wall spot in the back of the balcony and is entirely in fireproof being of reinforced concrete and steel. And lastly, to each side of the stage proper are the automatic air conditioner/heating units.
It was remodeled in 1958 when the entire front was covered over with wavy panels in white on the outside and down the middle with red and white. The theater was renamed back the DeGraw Theatre several years later after being part of the Fox Midwest Theatres for a few decades.
During the mid-1970s, the DeGraw Theatre was renamed the Cedar Cinema and was later remodeled in August 1976 after Charles (Chuck) Truesdell bought the theater. The capacity of seats was then downgraded from 750 to 504. Another remodel was done in 1982 with its capacity of seats downgraded again to 410 seats. During the early-1980s, Associated Theatres of Des Moines operated the Cedar Cinema for a short period of time until Hurschell Lain of Marceline purchased the facility in late-August 1985. Lain previously operated both the Star Drive-In in Marceline and the Lin-Vu Drive-In in Brookfield. At the same time, the theater was renamed the Lains Cinema.
Once operated by Fox Midwest Theatres.