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WASHINGTON MOVIE THEATRES and DRIVE-INS

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FOXCHASE 3<br />

AKA: Shirly Duke<br />

4621 Duke St<br />

1980-2005<br />

* June 23 rd , 1971 opened as Shirley Duke Twins<br />

showing arthouse fare.<br />

* Mid 1970’s switched to adult movies, “The<br />

opening of Misty Beethoven” played here for 103<br />

weeks<br />

* 1975 3 cinemas<br />

* 1980 renamed Foxchase 3 with one screen<br />

showing arthouse fare (with some Bollywood<br />

films) <strong>and</strong> the other two showing adult movies.<br />

* 2005 closed, it was the last adult cinema in the<br />

DC area.<br />

HOFFMAN CENTER & IMAX 22<br />

2500 Eisenhower Avenue<br />

2001-<br />

AMC owns this theatre. An IMAX screen was<br />

installed in 2008.<br />

<strong>WASHINGTON</strong> <strong>MOVIE</strong> <strong>THEATRES</strong> AND <strong>DRIVE</strong>-<strong>INS</strong> | movie-theatre.org

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