Century 6 Sign

20 Wednesday May 2020

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On 3300 South in Salt Lake you can still see this old sign for Century 6 Theatres.

Century 21 opened in 1967, a duplicate, Century 22 opened in 1969 and several more in the 80s and 90s before they all close down in 1998 and were demolished for parking for the new Century 16.

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I found this photo (below) on cinematreasures.org

And these four (below) are from utahtheaters.info

Tower Theatre

11 Saturday Apr 2020

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The Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah was built in 1927 for $40,000 and remodeled in 1950. Originally it was made to look like the Tower of London.

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Draper Theatre

03 Friday Apr 2020

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The story began in 1938, when the Annie Pearl and John A. Howell family built a movie house in Draper-“The Pearl” was born. Vaudeville acts started off the evening and a movie or two would follow. Even a few big names, like Tex Ritter, graced the stage of “The Pearl”. During the depression, a bag of groceries was given away every Friday night.

Locals felt fortunate to have a first run theatre right in their small town. For many generations this building, now on the Draper Historic Register, served as a gathering place for the south end of the valley. Tales are told (by now upstanding citizens) of a cherry bomb or two set off during shows and of sneaking buddies in through the back door.

More at: https://drapertheatre.org/history.htm

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Movies 8

15 Wednesday Jan 2020

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Movies 8, located at 2424 North University Parkway, Provo, Utah opened in October 1988 and was a very popular spot for local families and students for over two decades and after slowing down for a few years finally closed after 29 years in March of 2017.

It was Cinemark’s test location for “dollar theaters” and at one point in 1992 was bringing in more revenue than any of the other 150+ Cinemark locations in the US.