ALASKA MOVIE THEATRESAND DRIVE-INS

12/8/2011

Includes Anchorage and Fairbanks

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ANCHORAGE AREA

ANCHORAGE

4th Avenue

630 4th Avenue1947-? 1985Owners:1947 Lathrop1980 Wometco

Alaska

? 1945450 seats

Alaska Experience Twin

705 W 6th Av1981-Omnimax theatre

Bear Tooth Theatre Pub

AKA: Denali

1230 W 27th Avhttp://www.beartooththeatre.net ? 2002

Biliken Drive-In

3101 Muldoon RoadSeptember 1

, 1963-1976This drive-in opened year-round, it sits onthe Totem cinemas property.

Capri

3425 E Tudor1977-200090 seats

Century & XD 16

301 E 36th Ave1998-Century Theatres owns this stadium-seatingcinema. An XD screen was installed in 2010.

Center

Spenard Road? 1950

Cinema 360 Drive-in

Dates unknown

Cineventures Alaska

621 W. 6th Avenuehttp://www.cineventures-alaska.com/ ? 1998-June 1st, 2002

Cyrano's Cinema

413 DHttp://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/akbooksellers/cyranos.html 1990-2011Art cinema inside the bookstore. It becamea live theatre by 2011.

Denali

AKA: Bear Tooth Theatre Pub

1230 W 27th Av? 1961-? 1998Owners:1961 Lathrop1980 Wometco1990 Act III

Dimond Center 9

800 East Dimond Blvd1996-Owners:1998 Act III2000 Regal Cinemas

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Empress

4th Avenue1916-? 1945450 seats. It was opened by August Eugene

“Cap” Lathrop.

Fireweed

661 Fireweed Ln1965-20101964 opened by Lathrop as a single screencinema with Mary Poppins1971 taken over by Womecto, which hastheatres in Florida and the WHT Pay-TVchannel in New York City and split into twocinemas1980 Three cinemas1984 taken over by Luxury Theatres1986 expanded to seven cinemas1989 taken over by ACT III1998 taken over by Regal Cinemas.June 6

, 2010 closedThe first movie shown was "Mary Poppins."The Fireweed had 15-hundred-26 seats inthe main theater and two smaller screens.It was reconfigured and six other theaterswere added. The Fireweed when built wasowned by the Lathrop Company, which alsoowned the Fourth Avenue and Denalitheaters. .

Gold Dust

2617 Spenard Road

1970’s

This was an adult cinema.

Harmony Theatre

? 1917

Majestic

AKA: Regency

3345 E. Tudor1975-1978

Movies for Your Mind

?121 W. 7th Av.2006-This cinema is at the Museum of Historyand Arts

Pillikin Drive-In

? 1969525 cars

Polar I & II

6200 AshwoodJune 22

, 1971-1994This theatre expanded to 3 screens in theearly 1980's its now a schoolOwners:1972-1977 Wometco1977-1989 Luxury Theatres1989-1994 Act IIIA school now stands on the site.