This was originally named Showcase Cinemas (later Showplace 6) when Kerasotes opened the theater. Kerasotes remodeled the theater on November 26, 2003.
Correction from my March 29, 2024 (8:48 AM) comment:
The Colonial was later operated by CinemaNational and finally USA Cinemas in October 1986, before closing on September 13, 1987 after a four-week run of “Dirty Dancing”.
On July 21, 1977, an unidentified suspect set a lawnmower on fire from inside the concession stand. According to police, doors and windows were also smashed. Some special events were held in 1978. In 1982, the Fairview became a site of a carnival for a short time.
However, speaking of around that time, there are three surviving audio cassette recordings on YouTube of a night at the Fairview, showing “Star Wars” and the 1937 Three Stooges classic “Grips, Grunts and Groans”, in mid-1977 while the mentioned blockbuster was in the middle of its 20-week run at the Montgomery Mall, meaning that the Fairview may’ve continued operating without advertising from the Montgomery Advertiser, but that remains unconfirmed. As of 1977, the only mainstream drive-in advertised on the Montgomery Advertiser is the South Plaza.
The Star Vu closed after the 1976 season. Margaret Gibson (also a retired postal worker), its operator for its entire life, did something unusual to the traces. In May 1977, she planted soybeans from all over the parking property. Her soybeans at the drive-in traces also made national headlines.
The Fox Valley Theaters once became statewide headlines following the fatal stabbing of its manager, 26-year-old Ronald D. Roberts of Sugar Grove. During the midnight hours on December 23, 1988, an unidentified man fatally stabbed Ronald multiple times during an apparent robbery for cash. After the robbery, several of the theater’s employees found Robert’s motionless body on the ground with multiple stab wounds while movies are still running in all 10 auditoriums.
Opened on June 28, 1950, featuring a 60x60ft screen tower and a 53x38ft screen. The original concessions building measures 100x32ft. It was still open in 1972, but was gone by the early-1980s.
The Larchmont Playhouse once became national headlines following the fatal stabbing of its theater manager, 47-year-old Paul Marks of Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, exactly two months after Marks became manager of the Larchmont Playhouse, and I think it’s best to include information about the murder.
On July 12, 1992, Marks was fatally stabbed to death at the theater’s basement exactly two months after Marks became the manager of the Playhouse itself. According to investigators, he was both bludgeoned, abused, r*ped, and stabbed to death during the early morning hours, several hours before the day’s first showing of “A League Of Their Own”. His body was found faced down on the boiler-room floor, hogtied with an orange extension cord and a black electric cord.
The suspect, 16-year-old Eduardo Castillo-Rojas, an illegal immigrant from Chihuahua, Mexico, who also resided in Park Slope was taken into custody from inside a Holiday Inn room in Las Cruces, New Mexico, exactly 13 days after the murder. according to a student at the University of New Mexico at the time, he first met Hurst in New Mexico on an Amtrak train in March 1992. His cousin, 24-year-old Samuel Rojas, also from Chihuahua, was also taken into custody afterward. According to investigators, it was confirmed that Marks hired BOTH Samuel and Eduardo to work in May 1992.
On July 3, 1993, Eduardo was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder. According to Eduardo, he murdered him for both money and s** (my reaction: “WTF?”). He was sentenced to 25 years to life by a judge the following month, and according to the judge himself, he will not be released from prison until he’s 41. The entire story was SO GIANT that almost every single newspaper outlet in New York updated information about Marks' murder multiple times until the Spring of 1994.
The Wakefield’s original manager, 45-year-old Mark Douglas Buhaug, managed the theater for most of its first three years of operation until the unthinkable happened.
On October 24, 2008, a masked gunman confronted Buhaug during an attempted robbery at the theater and fatally shot him in the abdomen. The shooter, 40-year-old Anthony Joseph Bimbo (born July 10, 1968) of Wake Forest, North Carolina (with New Jersey ties), fled the state but was arrested three days later after two New Jersey state troopers recognized a stolen 2007 Toyota Sienna from an alert that was issued to law enforcement agencies. Both troopers arrested Bimbo at the Molly Pitcher Service Area off of the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury, New Jersey. It was later revealed that an inside connection facilitated the crime; one of the accomplices charged in connection with the murder was a teenage employee who worked at the theater. It was also confirmed that the shooter had ties to three New Jersey cities: Jersey City, Parlin, and Linden.
The motive was later confirmed that Bimbo wanted to end his life in prison because Bimbo was in a middle of a divorce, had lost his house to his wife and had just lost his job. He subsequently pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on the androcide and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. As of 2026, Bimbo is currently incarcerated at the Columbus Correctional Institution in Whiteville, North Carolina.
The Westview Cinemas became national headlines on March 4, 1989 following the murder of its theater manager, 69-year-old former retired brick salesman Walter Albert Robinson, and as of today, the killer is still nowhere to be found. I think it’s best to include information about the murder.
Shortly after midnight on Robinson’s 69th birthday, March 4, 1989, Robinson was still wearing his work tuxedo and had gone to the ushers' room to change clothes before leaving for the night, before he was fatally stabbed by a man who also stole an unknown amount of cash. Robinson’s body was found by a fellow employee with a large stab wound to the chest. A kitchen knife with a 6-inch blade was found next to him. According to a police spokesman, he replied that he was last seen alive before midnight, still having his wallet and had not been robbed, but the receipts are reported missing from the manager’s office. Several employees were questioned, including co-manager Bob Sutherland, who discovered Robinson’s dead body, but they were not able to provide any leads.
Once operated by Carisch Theatres.
Midco operated the Starlite South until June 1975 when Carisch took it over.
Midco operated the Starlite North until June 1975 when Carisch took it over.
Also from 1983.
This was originally named Showcase Cinemas (later Showplace 6) when Kerasotes opened the theater. Kerasotes remodeled the theater on November 26, 2003.
Actual opening date is November 14, 1978.
Is this later known as the Houma Drive-In?
Opened with Gene Kelly in “On The Town” (unknown if extras added).
Demolished in 1929.
Once operated by USA Cinemas.
Later operated by CinemaNational, and finally USA Cinemas. It was closed on July 31, 1988 with “Bull Durham”.
Correction from my March 29, 2024 (8:48 AM) comment:
The Colonial was later operated by CinemaNational and finally USA Cinemas in October 1986, before closing on September 13, 1987 after a four-week run of “Dirty Dancing”.
Once operated by CinemaNational before USA Cinemas took it over in October 1986.
Opened on November 7, 2003.
Once known as Keeney Theatre.
Renamed the Marquis Theatre on December 10, 2004 after renovation. It was closed on January 16, 2006.
On July 21, 1977, an unidentified suspect set a lawnmower on fire from inside the concession stand. According to police, doors and windows were also smashed. Some special events were held in 1978. In 1982, the Fairview became a site of a carnival for a short time.
However, speaking of around that time, there are three surviving audio cassette recordings on YouTube of a night at the Fairview, showing “Star Wars” and the 1937 Three Stooges classic “Grips, Grunts and Groans”, in mid-1977 while the mentioned blockbuster was in the middle of its 20-week run at the Montgomery Mall, meaning that the Fairview may’ve continued operating without advertising from the Montgomery Advertiser, but that remains unconfirmed. As of 1977, the only mainstream drive-in advertised on the Montgomery Advertiser is the South Plaza.
The Star Vu closed after the 1976 season. Margaret Gibson (also a retired postal worker), its operator for its entire life, did something unusual to the traces. In May 1977, she planted soybeans from all over the parking property. Her soybeans at the drive-in traces also made national headlines.
The Fox Valley Theaters once became statewide headlines following the fatal stabbing of its manager, 26-year-old Ronald D. Roberts of Sugar Grove. During the midnight hours on December 23, 1988, an unidentified man fatally stabbed Ronald multiple times during an apparent robbery for cash. After the robbery, several of the theater’s employees found Robert’s motionless body on the ground with multiple stab wounds while movies are still running in all 10 auditoriums.
This replaced an earlier Grand Theatre. During the 1970s and 1980s, it was named the Grand Cinema.
Opened on June 28, 1950, featuring a 60x60ft screen tower and a 53x38ft screen. The original concessions building measures 100x32ft. It was still open in 1972, but was gone by the early-1980s.
The Larchmont Playhouse once became national headlines following the fatal stabbing of its theater manager, 47-year-old Paul Marks of Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, exactly two months after Marks became manager of the Larchmont Playhouse, and I think it’s best to include information about the murder.
On July 12, 1992, Marks was fatally stabbed to death at the theater’s basement exactly two months after Marks became the manager of the Playhouse itself. According to investigators, he was both bludgeoned, abused, r*ped, and stabbed to death during the early morning hours, several hours before the day’s first showing of “A League Of Their Own”. His body was found faced down on the boiler-room floor, hogtied with an orange extension cord and a black electric cord.
The suspect, 16-year-old Eduardo Castillo-Rojas, an illegal immigrant from Chihuahua, Mexico, who also resided in Park Slope was taken into custody from inside a Holiday Inn room in Las Cruces, New Mexico, exactly 13 days after the murder. according to a student at the University of New Mexico at the time, he first met Hurst in New Mexico on an Amtrak train in March 1992. His cousin, 24-year-old Samuel Rojas, also from Chihuahua, was also taken into custody afterward. According to investigators, it was confirmed that Marks hired BOTH Samuel and Eduardo to work in May 1992.
On July 3, 1993, Eduardo was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder. According to Eduardo, he murdered him for both money and s** (my reaction: “WTF?”). He was sentenced to 25 years to life by a judge the following month, and according to the judge himself, he will not be released from prison until he’s 41. The entire story was SO GIANT that almost every single newspaper outlet in New York updated information about Marks' murder multiple times until the Spring of 1994.
The Wakefield’s original manager, 45-year-old Mark Douglas Buhaug, managed the theater for most of its first three years of operation until the unthinkable happened.
On October 24, 2008, a masked gunman confronted Buhaug during an attempted robbery at the theater and fatally shot him in the abdomen. The shooter, 40-year-old Anthony Joseph Bimbo (born July 10, 1968) of Wake Forest, North Carolina (with New Jersey ties), fled the state but was arrested three days later after two New Jersey state troopers recognized a stolen 2007 Toyota Sienna from an alert that was issued to law enforcement agencies. Both troopers arrested Bimbo at the Molly Pitcher Service Area off of the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury, New Jersey. It was later revealed that an inside connection facilitated the crime; one of the accomplices charged in connection with the murder was a teenage employee who worked at the theater. It was also confirmed that the shooter had ties to three New Jersey cities: Jersey City, Parlin, and Linden.
The motive was later confirmed that Bimbo wanted to end his life in prison because Bimbo was in a middle of a divorce, had lost his house to his wife and had just lost his job. He subsequently pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on the androcide and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. As of 2026, Bimbo is currently incarcerated at the Columbus Correctional Institution in Whiteville, North Carolina.
The Westview Cinemas became national headlines on March 4, 1989 following the murder of its theater manager, 69-year-old former retired brick salesman Walter Albert Robinson, and as of today, the killer is still nowhere to be found. I think it’s best to include information about the murder.
Shortly after midnight on Robinson’s 69th birthday, March 4, 1989, Robinson was still wearing his work tuxedo and had gone to the ushers' room to change clothes before leaving for the night, before he was fatally stabbed by a man who also stole an unknown amount of cash. Robinson’s body was found by a fellow employee with a large stab wound to the chest. A kitchen knife with a 6-inch blade was found next to him. According to a police spokesman, he replied that he was last seen alive before midnight, still having his wallet and had not been robbed, but the receipts are reported missing from the manager’s office. Several employees were questioned, including co-manager Bob Sutherland, who discovered Robinson’s dead body, but they were not able to provide any leads.
Once operated by Cinemette Corporation of America.