Nakoma 8 Dollar Cinema

[malcorub16]

No, but I remember seeing the name Nakoma 8 every week in the Express News movie times section right next to the Cinemark 16 listings, the other dollar movie theatre.

[BillyH]

Originally Posted by gtoman67z

Thanks for the link to cinematreasures.org site! Was peering through it using their CLOSED and DEMOLISHED filters and found the following info on the Colonies North theatre- distinctly remember seeing Robin Williams' "Popeye" there in '81! Also, no mention of a drive-in with 3-4 screens kinda where Embassy Theatre is now (Bitters/281N)

"The theatre didn’t catch on, and was kind of far out at the time and closed in 1972. Santikos Theatres reopened it on June 2, 1972, changed the name to the Colonies North Theatre, and had better success, although it never was as popular as it should have been. I was the assistant manager of the Cinematex throughout 1971. It was taken over by Movie One in 1977, but they closed it at the end of 1977.
The theatre is now part of the retail space at Colonies North Shopping Center"

I remember the one off US 281, I believe it was called the San Pedro Drive In. US 281 had not expanded at the time it was still called San Pedro Avenue, it was between Bitters and Nakoma.

[outafocus]

Originally Posted by BillyH

I remember the one off US 281, I believe it was called the San Pedro Drive In. US 281 had not expanded at the time it was still called San Pedro Avenue, it was between Bitters and Nakoma.

The original San Pedro Outdoor theatre was located at San Pedro and Rampart. It closed in 1965 and a Globe Shopping City was built at the site. In 1966, the NEW San Pedro Twin drive in opened at San Pedro and Bitters Rd. In 1970, a third screen was added. In 1980, two of the lots were split and two more screen erected making it a five screen drive in. I worked at the San Pedro in the projection booths from 1977 until it closed in August, 1984.

[BillyH]

I didn't know it was that old, went there in the late 70's in my teens.