What my hometown cinema looks like now

[Trevor]

According to GoogleMaps, this is what the Embassy Cinema in Gweru, Zimbabwe - where I saw all my movies from 1974 - 1986 - looks like now   

https://www.google.com/maps/place/QLASIK+JEWELS+COSMETICS(054)/@-19.4546194,29.8155834,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOX1flK4T9LiSTwgFqlcLK08lgifMgV8ip7fvL7!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOX1flK4T9LiSTwgFqlcLK08lgifMgV8ip7fvL7%3Dw164-h86-k-no!7i1080!8i566!4m7!3m6!1s0x193495d1e42e5cb9:0xc026802b6743c160!8m2!3d-19.4545018!4d29.8156124!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11qf_rs7l1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDExMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

It says "Yes, we're open today" I wish you weren't.

[M.10rda]

It's a cosmetics store...?

[Trevor]

It's a cosmetics store...?

Yes, and a jewelry store as well.

I see they sell genuine fake Rolexes there too.

I wonder if they know the place's history? I doubt it.  

[Trevor]

I wrote something about it on Google, the owner replied and said the cinema is still used for church services so it's not totally disused. 😊😊

[LilCerberus]

I wrote something about it on Google, the owner replied and said the cinema is still used for church services so it's not totally disused. 😊😊

Been noticing that as a common thing with all the old cinemas around my home town for decades.....

[RCMerchant]

This is where I saw most films in the 70's- in Paw Paw. Mich. It looks almost EXACTLY the same. (likely the same paint).
It's been there since 1926.



Paw Paw has the only theater within 30 miles around here, so that's where we went. Good memories.
 WIILLARD (1971) was the first film I saw there.

[Trevor]

This is where I saw most films in the 70's- in Paw Paw. Mich. It looks almost EXACTLY the same. (likely the same paint).
It's been there since 1926.



Paw Paw has the only theater within 30 miles around here, so that's where we went. Good memories.
 WIILLARD (1971) was the first film I saw there.

Nice 😊👍🐢

[M.10rda]

It's nice that some things haven't changed

[FatFreddysCat]

Here's my old hometown theater, the RKO Century Triplex on Rt. 17 South in Paramus, New Jersey. Built in the mid 1960s, closed in the early 00s and eventually demolished to make room for a Chili's or Olive Garden restaurant (I forget which).

Paramus had several other movie theaters, but this was the one I frequented most often growing up. I saw the original "Star Wars" here, Disney's "The Black Hole," "RoboCop," at least two "Friday The 13ths," "Death Wish 4," "Predator," "Demolition Man," and countless others.

I didn't learn till fairly recently that the theater also hosted rock concerts for a brief time in the early 70s. Most famously, Black Sabbath (!) played there on one of their first U.S. tours in 1971. Unfortunately, I was not in attendance due to being an infant at the time.

[Trevor]

Here's my old hometown theater, the RKO Century Triplex on Rt. 17 South in Paramus, New Jersey. Built in the mid 1960s, closed in the early 00s and eventually demolished to make room for a Chili's or Olive Garden restaurant (I forget which).

Paramus had several other movie theaters, but this was the one I frequented most often growing up. I saw the original "Star Wars" here, Disney's "The Black Hole," "RoboCop," at least two "Friday The 13ths," "Death Wish 4," "Predator," "Demolition Man," and countless others.

I didn't learn till fairly recently that the theater also hosted rock concerts for a brief time in the early 70s. Most famously, Black Sabbath (!) played there on one of their first U.S. tours in 1971. Unfortunately, I was not in attendance due to being an infant at the time.

Nice 😊😊🐢