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Puente Hills Mall Photos, 1975 – 1992

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The Puente Hills Mall opened in 1974. This photo is from ’75. You can just see a Bob’s Big Boy on the upper right. The mall parking lot was used for the exterior shots of Twin Pines Mall in Back to the Future (1985).

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Bus token promotion, February 25, 1984.

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A wider shot of the same scene. I count 3 shoe stores (Florsheim is behind the tree).

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The Puente Hills Theater AMC 6, 1992. The 6 (and the 4, not shown) was a mecca for ’80s kids and teenagers. The colors of the marquees are burned into my memory.

Movie Theater Marquees

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The Joy Theater, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986. Remember in Star Trek IV when Spock and Kirk were on the bus and that obnoxious punk rocker had his boombox blasting really loud and Kirk asked him to turn it down but he wouldn’t so Spock gave him the Vulcan nerve pinch and everyone in the bus cheered? Yeah. That was awesome.

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Village Cinema 4, Monroe, North Carolina, 1986. Back to School (1986) is an ’80s comedy staple starring Rodney Dangerfield and Robert Downey Jr., but I had to look up the others. In Thunder Warrior (1983, a.k.a. Thunder), a Native American wreaks vengeance on the law when his tribe’s ancestral burial grounds are destroyed by developers. The Patriot (1986): the poster speaks for itself. Toxic Zombies (1980, a.k.a. Bloodeaters) is about hippies who turn into zombies after their pot crop gets dusted by an experimental pesticide. There’s no way it’s going to be as bad-ass as the poster, but I’m going to watch it anyway.

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Clemson Movie Theater, Clemson, South Carolina, Fall, 1977.

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42nd Street Film Theaters, New York City, 1977. According to the photographer, David Lee Guss, “This shot was taken from the Hotel Carter (formerly the Dixie) a year after Taxi Driver was made.” I can almost taste the grime. Tentacles (1977) and Squirm (1976) are classics of the trashy creature feature/”nature run amok” explosion of the ’70s, which included Night of the Lepus (1972), Frogs (1972), Empire of the Ants (1977), The Swarm (1978), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), The Food of the Gods (1976), Piranha (1978), Chosen Survivors (1974), etc. I remember watching many of these flicks on Saturday mornings/matinees, and a couple of times I even convinced my dad to pick me up early from school so I could catch them on weekdays.

Movie Theater Marquees

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The Orange Cinedome, Orange County, California, 1987. Bill Kallay, who took the photo above, tells the story of the Cinedome, which was bulldozed in 1999 to make way for a megaplex.

Hellman Theater

The final marquee at the Hellman Theater, Albany, New York, 1988.

Hellman Theater-2

The Hellman refreshment stand at closing.

Hellman Theater-3

The Hellman prior to demolition. (All Hellman images via Project Movie House.)

The Carolina Theater, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1968. Read the story of the Carolina (and The Winston) at Classic Film and TV Cafe.

Movie Theater Marquees (1976 – 1977)

Greenspoint Mall, Houston, 1977.

Location unknown, but it’s clearly 1977. The Charlie Brown movie is Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown.

The Sel-Mont Drive-In Theater, Selma, Alabama, 1976. What a double feature. I grew up nuts for Godzilla, naturally (eventually I’ll do a ranking of all the films). The Daring Dobermans and The Doberman Gang used to show up on TV as a double feature on weekends.

(Image sources, from top to bottom: Pleasant Family Shopping, Blog Catalog, Southside Reunion)


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