Defunct Movie Theaters

[scrivener]

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I have read the McDonad's at that corner (though the structure has changed several times to now a 2 story building) dates back to at the very least the early 70's as one of the oldest McDonald's on Oahu.

It was also the busiest McD's in the state (outside Waikiki), according to something I read in the late eighties or early nineties. That same news article said it had the busiest drive-through. I wonder if either of those facts is still true.

[oceanpacific]

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Hawaii's first McDonald's was in Aina Haina, circa 1968, then Palolo the next year. McD's most expensive sandwich was the roast beef @$0.69, followed by the Big Mac @$0.63, and the double cheeseburger @$0.59.

My, how times have changed ..........

[D'Alani]

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I wonder when the freeway was built there, I assume it was built in sections over a period of years?

I have read the McDonad's at that corner (though the structure has changed several times to now a 2 story building) dates back to at the very least the early 70's as one of the oldest McDonald's on Oahu.
Aj

After the "mauka arterial" which ran from Cartwright Field to King St. after the UH cutoff, a section was built from the east end of Kinau to Moanalua Gardens. This was in the early to mid 60's.

[helen]

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King Theaters: 59 S. King Street

Would be sort of interesting to do a what is there now or even what was there in between then and now!

WHAT?

No mention of The King Theaters that used to be part of The Royal Chain? It was right across from Liberty House (when it was still there) in Downtown Fort Street Mall
Last I know b4 I left da islands it turned into a parking lot complex. Is it still there?

Yes it was mentioned, I see that

What I was aiming for is WHAT STANDS in its space now

I was on TheBus this afternoon and I had my Flip camcorder with me so when I past by the downtown section of South King I took a 2 minute video and left it on YouTube. Trouble is I don't where exactly 59 South King is now a days without leaving TheBus.

[scrivener]

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I'm wondering how correct that address is. Either that, or I'm wondering how correct my memory is. Nuuanu is the street that separates N King from S King, so 59 S King should be on that first block, but that would put it between Nuuanu and Bethel, when I could have sworn the theater was between Bethel and Fort. You know that little alley that leads to Heidi's? The structure to the right is a parking structure, and THAT's where I thought the theater was.

[DannyWilliams]

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Where the parking lot structure is and the car seen coming out is where the King Twins was..... I know cause I was still on the islands when the theater got torn down.

I made a few comments which I posted on the YouTube clip in references to what is seen in the begining.

[oceanpacific]

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I'm wondering how correct that address is. Either that, or I'm wondering how correct my memory is. Nuuanu is the street that separates N King from S King, so 59 S King should be on that first block, but that would put it between Nuuanu and Bethel, when I could have sworn the theater was between Bethel and Fort. You know that little alley that leads to Heidi's? The structure to the right is a parking structure, and THAT's where I thought the theater was.

Your memory is correct: King Theater was between Bethel and Fort, across Liberty House.

[Kalihiboy]

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The addresses all came out the the movie ads section of the Star Bulletin back then.

Aj

[Kalihiboy]

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Yes somebody needs to find old photographs and do a THEN and NOW photobook on not only movie theaters but just about anything that has changed over the years. Even Ala Moana has changed drastically over the past 10 years.

Honolulu it seems is one of the few cities that the THEN & NOW photo books havent done one on yet. They did a great one on Las Vegas and all of the old casinos which of course were replaced by new casinos, Costco sold that book quite well I heard.

I wrote the publisher and they expressed interest in it, but haven't seen it on the shelves yet.

Aj

[GeckoGeek]

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Even Ala Moana has changed drastically over the past 10 years.

<sigh> Tell me about it. Coral Reef, India Imports, Penny's, Liberty House, House of Music, Singer, Honolulu Bookstore, Woolworths, Hopaco ....

Ala Moana used to be a nice place to visit and shop. Now, outside of a few places like Sears and Longs, it's all for the tourists and fashion folks. There's got to be more that I haven't mentioned.

[MatildaRose]

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Memorable films I viewed at other theaters:
WAIALAE DRIVE-IN - PLAY MISTY FOR ME;

Ooooh, you saw Play Misty for Me at a drive-in. Betcha ya' had your car doors locked, yeah?

[oceanpacific]

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Ooooh, you saw Play Misty for Me at a drive-in. Betcha ya' had your car doors locked, yeah?

Actually, "Evelyn" was in the car WITH ME!

[MatildaRose]

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Actually, "Evelyn" was in the car WITH ME!

OMG! I stay skaid just thinking about it. She wasn't holding a sharp object, was she?! I mean..not trying to get personal...sharp object like in the movie...oh, never mind...

[helen]

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I remember the Pearlridge West Theaters they are now a series of restaurants or military recruiting offices now I think.

The Pearlridge Theaters now as we know it was once Jewelcor during the 1970's.

The original 4-Plex Pearlridge Theaters that has been closed for some years has either some sort of medical facility or the military recruiting offices there, at least as of a year ago, but the 4-Plex was across the street from the Pearlridge Center where Longs Drugs and Sears are at (I can't remember if it's Downtown/Uptown or Phase I or Phase II). I know at least a couple of restaurants in that building were there already before the theater had shut down.

The Pearlridge West Theaters is in the center itself, the same set of buildings where Longs Drugs and Sears are in. It's a 16 Plex now but it wasn't like that at first and I can't remember how many theaters it originally had.

[scrivener]

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(I can't remember if it's Downtown/Uptown or Phase I or Phase II).

The Sears/Longs side is Phase II (now Downtown). The building the theaters were in, where there is now a clinic, was known as Phase III, but I wonder now if that has a name at all: I don't think it got re-named when Phases I and II became Uptown and Downtown. Almost nobody ever called it Phase III anyway.