Cinema 304
170 N. Main Street,
New City,
NY
10956
170 N. Main Street,
New City,
NY
10956
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Although the opening day ad states FANTASTIC VOYAGE was in stereophonic sound, I can find no other play dates listed as stereo, so I think the first stereophonic presentation was in May 1981, when they played LION IN THE DESERT.
They originally did a pretty poor job splitting the theater. But later on another operator came and did it the right way the seats no longer were slanted in the wrong direction. The screens a good size you had good sound and presentation overall. Sadly it fell victim to the big Multiplex at the Palisades Center. As well as the two theaters in Pearl River UAat the Spring Valley Marketplace along with Rockland County‘s original Multiplex built in a former Pantry pride supermarket
The main route to and from New City is Rt 304. The highway is east of the theater .
“Why was it called Cinema 304?”
I saw “Creepshow” here (and got the poster from the manager once it finished its run, thank you!, which I still have), but I wonder if anyone knows if George Romero’s “Knightriders” also played here.
April 10th, 1981 grand opening ad as a twin cinema. It was renamed Cinema 304 on the same day.
September 28th, 1966 grand opening ad in photo section.
Yes Jack I agree with you about the twinning. I was the screen cleaner for Clearview at the time. Cinema 6 is a crackerbox. The 304 was a nice size decent theatre.
Last show had to be no later than 1999 or 2000. I’m fairly certain it was STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE. I went to see that film on its run there and remember it closing shortly thereafter. I actually preferred this theater to Clearview’s Cinema 6 in New City—a not half-bad twinning job, and I remember the sound in particular was good at this venue. Nice location, too… the shopping center had LOTS of parking.
WHEN DID THIS CLOSE?
Hi gencin, I just saw your comment today. I’d love to see those photos if you have them and post them on the CinemaTour website if you granted permission. Please click on my name to find my email address and let me know.
Was this theater known as UA Cinema in 1967? If so, here are two ads for it:
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Notice how two live productions of “Half a Sixpence” were playing in the same area at the same time. Fans of the play and movie “The Boys in the Band” will recognize Kenneth Nelson in the Paper Mill ad – he played Michael in “Boys” and had the biggest role.
Roger-you have an awesome web sight. I’ve visited and taken many pictures of theaters in the Rockland County Area, sorry I missed this one.
See my photos of this theatre at http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=7714
The Cinema 304 opened as a single screen, but was twinned later in its life. It was operated for many years by United Artists. It was operated by Clearview for two years before it closed in 2000. The building was demolished in 2004 to make way for a strip mall.