Mall Twin Cinema
2818 New Hartford Road,
Owensboro,
KY
42303
2818 New Hartford Road,
Owensboro,
KY
42303
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This cinema was opened by Malco Theatres Inc. on November 25, 1970 at the Lincoln Mall and featured two screens. Opening movies were Lee Marvin in “Monte Walsh” & George C. Scott in “Patton”, It closed it’s doors to the public on January 30, 1997 with Sylvester Stallone in “Daylight” & Leonard Whiting in “Romeo and Juliet”. The mall remained open for a while, but not that many people went there and it eventually closed. Movie price tickets were $1.50 for children and $3.50 for adults.
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This opened on November 25th, 1970. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
article:
Mall Twin Cinema Opening article · Sun, Nov 22, 1970 – 10 · Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky) · Newspapers.com
Actual closing date is January 30, 1997, last operated by Malco.
Starlight Theatre Corporation of Hartford, Kentucky was an original lessee of the Lincoln Mall which was drawn up in 1969. Woolworth’s big box store, Woolco, was the primary anchor tenant with Winn-Dixie opening a grocery store there. By the time the theatre opened, Malco Theatre Circuit was the operator opening November 25, 1970 with “Monte Walsh” and “Patton.“ The auditoriums were identical with 224 seats or 448 in total.
Towne Square Mall brought a far superior center and Lincoln Mall was all but done in by the departure of Woolco in 1984. The Mall theatre soldiered on as a lightly trafficked sub-run, discount house for 13 more years. Winn-Dixie left in 1989. But Malco just kept the Mall Twin going all the way to closure January 30, 1997 with “Daylight” and “Romeo & Juliet.”
The Lincoln Mall filled in with a church and Goodwill Store as it turned non-profit and empty. The theater was given a festive storefront which stayed frozen in place even after the closing of the Lincoln Mall.