Southbridge Twin Cinema
Southbridge Shopping Plaza,
Southbridge,
MA
01550
Southbridge Shopping Plaza,
Southbridge,
MA
01550
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Previous Names: Southbridge Cinema
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The Southbridge Cinema was in operation by the early,-1970’s and was twinned around 1973. It was located one-half mile past the American Optical factory. It was closed on September 4, 1995. Many stories and a photo of the place can be found on Facebook pages of local former patrons.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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I remember driving by this twin cinema in the 1980s and 1990s on the way to and from Tanglewood for summer BSO concerts. It was located on the route I took from Providence. While I never went in, I used to wonder about it. On Facebook on local community pages there are comments about the cinemas, what films were shown here, and almost always remarking on the “sticky floors” which were apparently legendary. The screen on the left side seemed to be for older patrons, while the one on the right specialized in titles with more appeal to younger movie patrons.
Quoting in full, and anonymously, the comments by an early patron of the Southbridge: “It was a franchise theater, The Jerry Lewis theater/Paramount franchise……..it had 2 screens. The room on the left, which was decorated with Orange seating, would show films, mostly geared to an adult Audience, and first-runs, while the one on the right, which was decorated with the Red seats and curtains, usually had a children’s matinee in the afternoon. It would also show second run and B. films, or unique genre ; for example, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Starring David Bowie…………Us kids would have "Crazy Times” during the matinee showings. It must have been a disaster for maintenance to clean. I remember that one young man rode his bike from Morris Street, and came across a dead squirrel along the way to the theater. He felt compelled to share his discovery with the rest of the film goers, and placed it on the seat at the end of the row where he was sitting up front……….needless to say, he had the whole row to himself……….Rest in peace Robert. Thanks for the goodtimes !"
Cinematour states the theatre closed on September 4, 1995. A former patron writes on Facebook that the place closed with the movie Mortal Kombat. On one screen. What was on the other?
I cannot find as much details about the Southbridge Twin Cinema, but all I know is that this might’ve opened as a single-screener under the “Southbridge Cinema” name before it was twinned in 1973. Unfortunately there’s not a lot of information about its early life from the archives of the Boston Globe with the exception of showtimes.