Malco Cinema 13
2001 E. Highland Drive,
Jonesboro,
AR
72401
2001 E. Highland Drive,
Jonesboro,
AR
72401
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Previously operated by: Malco Theatres Inc.
Previous Names: Malco Twin Cinema, Malco Tri-Cinema, Malco Cinema 5, Malco Cinema 6, Malco Cinema 10, Malco Cinema 14
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The Malco Twin Cinema was opened on November 27, 1968 with Oskar Werner in “Interlude” & Doris Day in “With Six You Get Eggroll”. A 3rd screen was added on November 25, 1970. Screens 4 & 5 were opened on October 20, 1978. It was gradually expanded over the years. It was closed on November 6, 2008. It has since been demolished.
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This has closed in November of 2008 as it no longer at the Malco site. The Hollywood 12 expanded to 15 screens by 2010.
Status should be closed/demolished.
This opened as a twin. A third screen was added in the early 1970s, and two more were added in 1978 bringing a total to five. A sixth screen was added in the early 1980s, and four more by the late 1980s bringing a total to 10 screens. The theater added four more screens in the early-2000s bringing a total to 14, and lastly auditoriums 3 and 4 were merged in 2008 downgrading to just 13 screens.
The theater went through the names of Malco Twin, Malco Tri-Cinema, Malco Cinema 5, Malco Cinema 6, Malco Cinema 10, Malco Cinema 14, and lastly Malco Cinema 13.
Grand opening ad
3rd screen opened on November 25th, 1970. Also uploaded the June 9th, 2000 ad for the state’s largest stadium seating auditorium.
Screens 4 & 5 opened on October 20th, 1978. Ad posted.
More dates: Screen 6 opened on December 14th, 1984, Screens 7-10 opened on June 19th, 1987 and screens 11-14 opened on December 21st, 1990 making this the largest cinema in Arkansas as well as the Malco chain. Screens 3 & 4 were merged into Arkansas’s largest stadium seating auditorium on June 9th. 2000.