R/C Hollywood Cinema 4

5509 Oregon Avenue,
Arbutus, MD 21227

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on October 5, 2025 at 7:54 am

The original Hollywood Theatre opened in 1936, although I cannot find its grand opening advertisement, an article from 1998 said that it opened with “Show Boat”. It was twinned in 1984, and remained like that until the Hollywood Theatre suffered destruction from a raging electrical fire in 1995. The Hollywood Theatre reopened with four screens in May 1998 after a big rebuilt.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 6, 2010 at 8:10 pm

Here is a night shot from 1988:
http://tinyurl.com/yhvyxw5

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 6, 2010 at 7:45 pm

Here is the original theater in 1988:
http://tinyurl.com/ygkw684

randytheicon
randytheicon on June 11, 2009 at 6:18 am

LM, the photo in your first post was of the original Hollywood, which burned down in the mid-1990s. The community pressured R/C Theatres to replace it with the current 4-screener.

JackCoursey
JackCoursey on October 1, 2008 at 9:26 pm

Here are June 2008 photos of the Hollywood Theatre: 1, 2, 3