General Cinema

[Pikapower]

Discuss about General Cinema movie theaters here!

[MikeRa]

There used to be several General Cinema Theatres in the Philadelphia area:

• General Cinema Franklin Mills Mall 14 (Replaced General Cinema Franklin Mills 10 location.  Today: AMC Philadelphia Mills 14)
• General Cinema Plymouth Meeting Mall 12 (Today: AMC Plymouth Meeting Mall 12 with AMC MacGuffin Bar)
• General Cinema Franklin Mills Mall 10
• General Cinema Deptford Mall 6 (Opened as General Cinema Deptford Mall 4)
• General Cinema Echelon Mall 4 (Opened as Cinema Echelon Mall)
• General Cinema Northeast 4 (opened as Cinema I & II)
• General Cinema Walnut Mall 3 (Opened as Cinema Walnut Mall I & II & III)
• General Cinema Cherry Hill Mall Twin (Opened as Cinema Cherry Hill Mall)
• General Cinema Plymouth Meeting Mall Twin (Opened as Cinema Plymouth Meeting Mall)

General Cinema Corporation was founded in 1935 by Phillip Smith.  Phillip Smith's grandson is the current owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, Jeffery Lurie.

[jason83080]

I know of a few GCC locations around here...

* Parmatown, Ohio - Was located where (the former?) Dick's Sporting Goods is currently. It was a five-screen complex with just a mall entrance, I believe.

* Elyria, Ohio - Had a few independent owners after GCC pulled out. Currently run by Atlas Cinemas. 8 screens.

* Brooklyn, Ohio - Ridge Park Square - Currently AMC Theaters.

[Hudsons81]

General Cinema exited Michigan when they sold off their three theaters to Goodrich Quality Theaters, effective April 1, 1999. Here's what they were:

• Canton - opened May 1985, was very profitable during it's last years under GCC, since added a seventh screen, was supposed to add an eighth screen but it never happened. Currently run by Goodrich as the Canton Cinema 7.
• Lansing - I have no idea where that was at.
• Novi - torn down I guess?

[Pikapower]

I could think of some GC movie theaters that were in the Buffalo, NY area

. Amherst (University 8 ) - Torn down
. Cheektowaga (Thruway Mall) - Now Movieland 8 (which has closed and I think was torn down)
. Eastern Hills Mall - Now an independent (showing independent movies that is) movie theater (still has the old GCC "Cinema I-II-III" outside)
. Walden Galleria Mall - Became AMC, then closed and torn down for a mall expansion

[Pikapower]

Here's an example of a GCC "Cinema" sign with roman numerals