Cinema 66
122 US Highway 66 E,
Tell City,
IN
47586
122 US Highway 66 E,
Tell City,
IN
47586
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Cinema 66 (Official)
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Previously operated by: Cinemark
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Tell City Twin Cinema, Tell City Cinemas
Phone Numbers:
Manager:
812.772.2050
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Initially operated by Cinemark as the Tell City Twin Cinema. It opened by 1978. Now the four screen cinema is independently operated.
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This house has been renamed Cinema 66, and has a new web site. The old web site is still up, but has become some sort of movie-related link farm.
An old Buzzfile listing has a Tell City Twin Cinemas located in the Highway 66 Plaza shopping center, so that must have been the name of this house before it was quaded. It was in operation by 1991, and probably earlier. This line from an article by Tell City native Scott Saalman probably refers to this former twin: “Opened in 1948, my beloved Swiss Theater never had a chance once the 1978 movie ‘Superman' flew across the twin screens of a newly opened cinema.”
That suggests a likely opening year of 1978 for this house, and a likely closing of the Swiss Theatre not long after.
River City Theatres, who also operated the nearby Starlite Drive-In, opened the Tell City Twin Cinemas in 1979. Both screens opened on two separate days within a span of several months. The Tell City Twin was later operated by Premiere Cinemas until Cinemark took over the theater in November 1989.
Screen 1 opened with “Superman” on April 13, 1979 featuring 350 seats, a 63x49-foot screen, and Dolby Stereo (three big speakers behind the screen and 36 smaller ones along the walls).
Screen 2 opened on November 2, 1979 with “Skatetown USA” (while Screen 1 was showing “10” that day). I cannot find any information about Screen 2.