Village Cinema I-IV
8707 S. Tacoma Way,
Lakewood,
WA
98499
8707 S. Tacoma Way,
Lakewood,
WA
98499
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Previous Names: Village Cinema 1 & 2
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The 400-seat Village Cinema 1 & 2 were opened on February 21, 1973 with Topol in “Fiddler on the Roof” & George C. Scott in “The New Centurions”. It was expanded to 4-screens on July 23, 1982 when two small screens III & IV opened in former retail space close by. It was closed on February 30, 1992. Towards the end it ran art house movies. The site became retail and has since been demolished.
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In 1982 2 more screens were added in another part of the shopping center.
This opened on February 21st, 1973 with two screens. Grand opening ad posted.
Opened on 2/2/1973 n screen 1 with “Fiddler on the roof” and on screen 2 with “The new centurions”.
Expanded to 4 screens on July 23rd, 1982. article:
Village Theatres expansion 25 Jul 1982, Sun The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) Newspapers.com
Demolished, replaced by a strip mall.
The South Tacoma Village Shopping Center was conceptualized in 1971 with the center launching in April of 1972 with a Cinema at its center. Federal Way Cinema operators Marvin Pinkis and Steve McCoy were in charge at launch on February 21, 1973 with “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The New Centurions."
Twins were under pressure by multiplexes so they figured out how to add two more screens to the center in 1982. The Village Cinemas closed at the end of its lease with a double feature policy on April 30, 1992 with “Hand that Rocked the Cradle” with “Gladiator,” “Star Trek VI” with “The Addamms Family,” “The Medicine Man” and “Once Upon a Crime,” and nothing on the fourth screen.