Polar I,II,III
6200 Ashwood Street,
Anchorage,
AK
99507
6200 Ashwood Street,
Anchorage,
AK
99507
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My elder daughter graduated from Polaris K-12 in 2005. It is a good school. I remember going to the movies at the Polar Twin. It was an aviation VFR reporting point while it was a theater, ergo the large letters on the roof. It is a little over 3 miles east of runway 7-25 R at Ted Stevens International Airport (the busiest air cargo airport in the US) and about 3.5 miles south of Merril Field, a very busy general aviation airport.
On August 8, 1983, a violent vehicle collision between a Datsun truck and a Ford Fiesta killed a 60-year-old man at the Polar’s parking lot. Alaska State Troopers reported that a 36-year-old man was making a left turn when he unexpectedly and accidentally smashed into the Datsun that caused the life of the 60-year-old man. The passenger of the Datsun, a 59-year-old woman, was taken to a nearby hospital in good condition.
Actual closing date is June 12, 1994.
Opened on July 22, 1971 with Charlie Chaplin in “The Circus” and Walt Disney’s “Scandalous John” in Screen 1 and “The Andromeda Strain” in Screen 2. A third screen was added in 1982.
During the early-1980s, it was operated by Lathrop Co., who also operated the 4th Avenue, Fireweed, Denali, and Totem theaters. Act III was its last operator who closed the Polar on June 12, 1994.
A chronology of Anchorage’s 70mm presentations history has recently been published. The Polar gets some mentions in the piece.
June 7 1990 the Polar Triple was showing “HENRY V” , “FIREBIRDS” and a double feature of “MIAMI BLUES” and “WILD ORCHID” Saturday and Sundays Matinees. It was an ACT III Theatre.
Saw the original Star Wars there in 1978 (I think it was second run, buck flicks, or something like that)
This opened on July 22nd, 1971 as a twin and a third cinema in 1982. It closed in 1994
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2qcq9u