Cinema 70

robboehm on April 3, 2023 at 10:25 am

So did Cinema 70 actually become the Galaxy or were they two separate theatres. Comments above cloud that issue. If the latter CT needs a listing for the Galaxy. If the former the heading on this site be changed.

Dramatrauma on May 10, 2013 at 1:32 am

The Galaxy was built a few hundred feet from where the Cinema 70 stood,beneath the video game arcade if I remember right. Same mall, different buildings so Im not sure how that effects the address.

I remember loving the Galaxy’s flashing neon (that fell into disrepair within a year) and art deco lettering.Only the Dream theater at that time had any good looking signage.

The Cinema 70 used to scare me as a kid cause it was an industrial, not very glam Carlsbad sized dark cavern by the time I was seeing movies there in the late 70s early 80s. But, see the right film there and it was totally immersive. Seeing the Michael Keaton Batman was intense. I went to Hunt For Red October there twice because the screen was so HUGE that you felt like you were under water watching the sub chases. I instinctively looked up when one of the subs when swooping “overhead”.

I think it was the mid 90s when the Cinema 70 closed and it wasnt long before I missed having a screen that size anywhere.

I suppose its obvious from the name but; was the Cinema 70 a 70 mm or CinemaScope house? I can only imagine how cool seeing “the Master” there wouldve been.

veyoung52 on June 16, 2008 at 10:40 am

Could this possibly be the theatre that opened in 1967 with “Hawaii”?

Scott Neff on October 30, 2007 at 11:56 pm

The Galaxy 6 was actually remodelled by CinemaCal Enterprises and later operated by Century Theatres while the Del Monte 13 was being developed. The Galaxy was similar in design to a number of CinemaCal’s other locations, featuring the Brejfus sound panels of movie stars and film characters.