The box office is now closed

No more movies

16WadeSt captures the last marquee at the now closed Circle Cinemas in Cleveland Circle.

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But the Circle opened in 1940, not 1965

By Ron Newman | Wed, 09/17/2008 - 8:54am

See the theatre's CinemaTreasures page and the article in last Sunday's Globe City Weekly.

Despite the inaccuracy, this sign was a classy thing to do. So many local cinemas have closed unceremoniously without any 'goodbye' to their long-time customers.

First the Ground Round, and now Circle Cinemas

By got2trotlibrarian | Wed, 09/17/2008 - 9:07am

I'm sad it's closing. Despite the fact that it was in pretty bad condition (holes in screens, etc) when I was at BC, it was our go-to movie theater.

Sorry to see it go,

By Rhea | Wed, 09/17/2008 - 9:56am

but I never went much. I think they catered more to teenagers' tastes.

One thing ...

By JimboJones | Wed, 09/17/2008 - 10:38am

Well, the photo is memorable for another reason:

It's probably the first-time a cinema marquee didn't have any MIS3ING LET ERS!

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