Westerville 8 Cinema
5996 Westerville Road,
Westerville,
OH
43081
5996 Westerville Road,
Westerville,
OH
43081
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The other cinema was at 5988 Westerville Road. Closed in 1977
There was, in the 1970s, another cinema in this “mall”. At the opposite end of the mall was a Jerry Lewis theater that went GCC before it closed. I have a picture somewhere…
I was a projectionist here in the early 1990s. I probably showed the print of Jurassic Park that you saw. There were two of us projectionists on rotation. The GM could build a print and thread machines. The projectors were made in India as copies of Simplex projectors. They had rather delicate intermittents. I remember that we ran the same print of Dennis the Menace for a VERY long time. So long that the first two feet of the film (post previews) had dozens of splices. It got so bad (and after nearly six months in second-run) we just cut it off. I have that somewhere… Anyhow it jump started for two more months before it was replaced.
Yes vintage Ohio it’s completely gone was torn down the next day after my post. They did recycle a lot of stuff before tearing it down. Don’t know where the doors went. I was thinking they could have recycled them for the Drexel Theater. Same kind of art deco style.
Is this completely gone yet? I’d love to make an offer to the property owner on a set of those Sunburst double doors.
Preparation for Demolition began today to make way for a Aldi grocery store.
Like Nicholas i saw films here as a child. It was fun going back 20 years later and reliving some of that. I saw Back to the Future 2, ninja turtles 2 and jarassic park. Another theater killed by digital.
Last time I went to this theater was to see “Shutter Island”.
Walt Peterson! Ace of C.A.R.D.S.!
Public access 21 filmmaker Walt Peterson shot a sci-fi movie here because of its futuristic spaceship looking chrome wall.
I saw a CL ad for 35mm projectors for sale. I emailed the guy and he said the theatre is out of business and they don’t know what the building will be remodeled for. He said it will not be a theatre or church.
Website says closed for remodeling effective immediately.
I haven’t had a chance to go in but I saw a lot of movies there as kid. My parents would almost always take me to Carsonie’s which is right out front after the show. Just off the top of my head I saw Back to the Future 2, The Hunt for Red October, The Shadow, Star Trek Generations, Groundhog Day, Phenomenon, and many more there.
The Place looks really rundown now from the outside. Several poster cases just sit empty because they are so badly broken and the ones that do work have the showtimes written on pieces of masking tape.
sunday the hallway was lit. also they don’t mask the side of the screens. so it has fuzzy edges.
you can still see the outline of the old sign on the building. no pre-show just music and dark rooms. can’t see to sit down.
the hallway to the 8 theaters is no longer lit because of money issues and some of the lights are out. http://hollywoodstudiotheatre.com
Still under the name of HOLLYWOOD STUDIO THEATRES, showing 1st run films.