Bow Tie Management Cinemas, 421 Bush River Road Suite 80: 20 April 2025 6 comments
I'm trying to recall the last movie I saw at Dutch Square, but I believe it was during the AMC era, and I don't believe I ever went to the Bow Tie operation.
This decade has not been a good one for theaters, and I expect it to get worse and to not ever return to previous levels. That's a shame as there is nothing like sitting in a full house during a good movie, but times move on. I know that the old Spring Valley Commons Theater went to storage and office space. We'll have to see what happens here, but I don't expect another cinema to move in.
Here are The State & The Post & Courier on the closing.
6 Responses to 'Bow Tie Management Cinemas, 421 Bush River Road Suite 80: 20 April 2025'
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Tom
2 Oct 25 at 4:32 am
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The last (and only) time I went to Dutch Square theaters was for the premier showing of Star Trek 4. It was at 7am so I could catch it and get to work only an hour late.
I arrived at 5am to be first in line by only 15 minutes. A group of folks drove by and asked if I wanted any coffee, I said yes and they came back minutes later with the coffee. It was a great group of people. By the time the doors opened, there was a huge line out the door with donuts being served and the theater was packed.
It was one of the greatest times I ever had at a movie theater full of dedicated and very enthusiastic fans.
We'll never see a time like that at a theater again.
Mr BO
2 Oct 25 at 6:52 am
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"Dinner and the movies" was such a classic first date for many potential couples.
Lavender
2 Oct 25 at 9:53 am
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Also (I meant to add in my previous comment), it seems like more and more places are banning people under certain ages at various times. And I mostly understand why. Although, a 16-year-old troublemaker could have older siblings or parents who are not much better.
Lavender
2 Oct 25 at 9:59 am
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I saw lots of movies at this site since it opened probably 30 years ago. Covid was bad for the movie business but I think it was the gut punch for this place. It had steady patronage by seniors until then. BTM did have reduced prices compared to others with a $6 senior admission that I took advantage of. I never went in the evening but the day attendance was very sparse in the last few years.
JohnR
2 Oct 25 at 2:05 pm
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Star Trek 4 was the last movie I saw with my mother, and as I have mentioned, we saw that at the now demolished Tara Theater in Litchfield.
I forget the last movie I saw here (though it would not have been Bow Tie yet), but I recall the last movie that I tried to see, apparently I was the only one who bought a ticket, so they decided to continue selling tickets for another movie and show it in my auditorium as well as the normal ones. I was quite confused.
ted
2 Oct 25 at 10:53 pm
According to their website, this chain has only 7 theatres in 4 states. Per Wikipedia they owned 63 theaters in 2013.