Shea Plaza Cinema
10639 N. 32nd Street,
Phoenix,
AZ
85028
10639 N. 32nd Street,
Phoenix,
AZ
85028
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This was a great and popular second run theater operated by Harkins Theatres. It closed its doors in the early to mid-1990’s. Lots of memories there.
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The theatre was located on the NE corner of Shea and 32nd Street in a strip shopping center with a grocery store and a few other businesses. It faced 32nd Street.
September 29th, 1971 opening ad is at View link
also known as Cinema 3
It appears Dwight Harkins numbered his theatres as he opened them in their Grand Opening ads. #1 was Tower Plaza, #2 was Los Arcos #3 Shea #5 Glenfair. So far #4 is a mystery theatre. Even though the Shea is #3, it opened as a twin theatre.
Yes, it was on the NE corner of Shea Blvd and 32nd St. I used to spend my Saturdays there with one of my brothers watching Godzilla movies- all day for a dollar (if I recall correctly)-in the air-conditioning. It was a great way to pass time during the hot summer months. At the time, this was the only shopping center around for miles.
Before 1983 it was a larger, single screen cinema. It closed in the early 80s and re-opened with two smaller screens. The last movie I saw there before the change was “Poltergeist”.
The Shea Plaza Cinema 3 opened its doors as a single-screener on September 29, 1971 with “Airport” and “They Might Be Giants”. It was twinned on July 17, 1983. It was last operated by Harkins who closed the theater on September 5, 1994 with “I Love Trouble” in Screen 1 and “Speed” and “Wolf” in Screen 2.