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Janus Theater is opened Friday\The new marquee at Spoon Plaza (Zayre's Shopping Center) at 1809 S Church Street announced Friday the opening of Burlington's newest theater, the Janus Theater, and may open a new beginning in family entertainmenthereDr Hammond Bennett of Burlington and his son Hugh Bennett of Greensboro, ow ners and operators of two theater complexes in Greensboro, said Friday they have leased the 350-seat theater “on a long-term basis It was a natural expansion effort on our part ’’The local Janus Theater, named for the omniscient Roman god with two faces, one looking forward and the other looking backward, has been . n.’v refurbished and cleaneu »,sroughoutIn the past, the theater was operated by the Trans-Lux chain which showed conventional movies More recently, the theater was known as the Cinema Blue, showing strictly X-rated movies.“We are not associatedwith either of the two former operations,’’ Dr Bennett said Friday,The original operation of this theater, he said, “was to show conventional moviesWe will return to conventional programming of suchconventional movies ’’The first movie shown onopening night Friday was brand new to theaters around the country — Neil Simon's new comedy. “Seems Like Old Times, starring Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn and Charles Grodin The movie carries a PG ratingThe Janus Theater will be open for matinees during the current holiday season, and during the evening hours Show times are announced daily in newspaper adsTHE NASHVILLE CLUB, INC.HWY 62S 228-9110(Acrwt Frwn Imk KuHtfcf)DANCING LIVE INTEirTAINMINT FRI 4 SAT 9 AM-1 PMfooturirif —SMC BANDABC IICCNSE FRI —LADIES NIGHT— . $1.00 ADMISSION *LOOKWHAT8COOKinG14/C LA/11 I O C ADfki
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Burlington Daily Times News
Burlington, North Carolina, US
Sat, Dec 20, 1980
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