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  • July 27, 2005
    Memories

    Hippodrome, Cleveland, 1930’s

    Does anyone know if there was a bowling alley under the Hippodrome Theatre in Cleveland around 1938? I need to know exactly where it was located if possible and how did you enter the building. Was the entry off the alley that ran alongside the building? Thanks.

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  • Memories

    A.M. Ellis Theater Chain Photos Wanted

    Looking for pictures of theaters operated by the A.M. Ellis chain in the Philadelphia area. Mostly neighborhood theaters.

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  • For Sale

    PEARL & DEAN - UK Cinema Adverts DVD

    John Ryan sent us a note about his DVD compilation of old Pearl & Dean advertisements. He also has a DVD video tour of the Essoldo Cinema in Manchester.

    Features include:-
    – 50’s, 60’s, 70’s Cinema Adverts
    – Opening/end credits and music with temple steps
    – Opening/end credits and music featuring Asteroid
    – Approximately 70 minutes
    – Available on DVD disk, PAL format (Not NTSC)
    – Playable on PC’s (DVD drive and software required) and all region DVD players

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  • July 26, 2005
    Openings

    New Luxury 20-Screen Theater For Moore, OK

    MOORE, OK — A new, $30 Million, 20-screen movie theater is set to open in Moore. The theater is being built by Warren Theaters of Wichita, Kansas. The multiplex will be 150,000 sqaure feet and will occupy 25 acres of land. Auditorium capacities will range from 175 to 700 seats, with a total capacity of 7000.

    The theater will allow only adults into a balcony area with love seats and cocktails and also feature a sit-down family restaurant in the lobby.

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  • Jobs

    Goldman Theater Photos Wanted

    As assistant business manager of WHYY TV in the 1960’s, Mr. Goldman was on our board and I would travel from our studio at 45th and Market to Mr. Goldman’s office on the second floor above the Goldman Theater in center city Philadelphia. Mr. Goldman’s secretary was behind a glass enclosed doorway and would let me in with a press on an electronic release button.

    Mr. Goldman was old at the time, always gracious, and would engage me in coversation as he would sign the checks for WHYY I would bring in to him monthly. I was Impressed with the multitude of photos on his office walls of prominent people, local, state and federal.

    I am publishing my autobiography and am searching for photos of the Goldman Theater or Mr. Goldman. Will give proper credit in the book and/or fee for photos.

    Carmine C. M.

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  • July 25, 2005
    Renovations

    Reseda Theater Revival

    RESEDA, CA — The Community Redevelopment Agency of Reseda has approved plans to negotiate for the restoration of the 57-year-old Reseda Theater. The CRA bought the theater in 2004 as part of a revitalization plan and hopes to turn it into a facility for live performances.

    According to the LA Daily News, the group hopes to restore the neon lights, marquee and terrazzo entryway as part of bringing the theater back to life.

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  • For Sale

    Palm Theater Neon Sign and More For Sale

    SAN MATEO, CA — Original neon sign from Palm Theater for sale. All original with blocked letters with 4 band neon tubing done in green neon. Also have two poster cases and box office glass with etched palm trees and large palm leaves all original to building ca. 1949.

    Also very large ceiling fixture from Presido theater in San Francisco 5 ft 6 inch X 5 ft 6inch 1 ft deep octagon shape all stainless steel with glass panels very Art Deco. If interested please call Mark at (650) 615.9594. Can send pictures through e-mail. Call first.

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  • July 22, 2005
    Jobs

    Need Help Finding Information About Razed Theater

    Bradley D. Cook asks:

    I am hoping your organization may be able to help me in my search for photographs of the now razed theatre that used to be located at the Town & Country Shopping Center in Mishawaka, Indiana. Back in the 1970’s and 1980’s it was owned by the Plitt Theatre chain. If you do not have any photograph, do you have any information on who the architect was and when it was built?

    Thank you,
    Bradley D. Cook
    Curator of Photographs
    Indiana University Archives

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  • Industry

    AMC Brings Entertainment Home

    KANSAS CITY, MO — The Kansas City Business Journal has a report on a plan by AMC and the Cordish Company to create an $850 million dollar entertainment district in Kansas City.

    The project, which plans to use the Midland and Empire theaters as anchors, will be centered in Kansas City’s downtown area. It will include a six-screen movie theater, residential condominiums, a restaurant, a bar, and a performance schedule that boasts “300-and-some days” of planned entertainment.

    Interestingly, the project is a local one for AMC, as the company’s headquarters is actually in Kansas City.

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  • Cameos

    Theatre Cameos in “The Island” (2005)

    The United Artists Theatre along with the Michigan Theatre make two nice cameos in The Island.

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