The latest movie theater news and updates

  • April 15, 2005

    Movie Theater Items for Immediate Sale

    These items are for immediate sale and ready for shipment. Must have them gone in the next few weeks. Email for pictures and prices. Willing to make a deal for all of the items as a whole. Transportation is not included in selling price. Please include your zip code if you would like transportation quote as well.

    Concession Sign
    Curtain Motor Driven Open / Close
    Curtain Springs
    Curtains
    Emergency Lights
    Exit Signs
    Ice Machine
    Lobby Lights Outside White Track
    Lobby Lights Silver
    Lobby Lights White Ticket Booth
    Metal Kitchen Sink
    Outside Poster Signs
    Projection Room Equip Upstairs
    Screen Frame
    Sound Panels
    Spare Cup Holders
    Spare Seat Cushions (Numerous)
    Spare Seat ends (Numerous)
    Speaker along Wall
    Speaker Boxes – No Speakers
    Speakers In Ceiling
    Theater Doors
    Theater Entrance Signs
    Theater Seats Good & Very Good
    Unistrut for Screen Frames
    Water Fountains

  • April 14, 2005

    Emerson College to Redevelop the Paramount Theater

    BOSTON, MA — Yesterday’s Boston Globe reports that Emerson College will redevelop the long-vacant Paramount Theater and two adjacent properties into a performing arts center.

    The development will include “two theaters, rehearsal rooms, student residences, and restaurant space,” according to the Globe. “Plans are sketchy but will probably include a theater seating about 450 and a smaller, 75- to 125-seat black-box theater. [boston Redevelopment Authority] spokesman Susan Elsbree said yesterday that the final size will depend on the needs of the nonprofit arts groups that the city wants to include.”

  • Friends of the Boyd Update

    PHILADELPHIA, PA — The following was sent in by Howard Haas of the Friends of the Boyd:

    “The new owner of the Boyd didn’t waste time. Last Wednesday, I joined architect Gary Martinez, AIA, & National Design Director John M. Ahrens, AIA, in a long awaited Inventory Tour, walking thru the movie palace, pointing out all the historic features we had discovered. I shared copies of much of our research. I had been in the Boyd before with them, but this was an all day discussion that for awhile also included Michael Norris (our Development Chair) and Adrian Fine (Regional Director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation), and a consultation from another organ company.

    I am thrilled to tell you that everybody wants to bring the movie palace back to its original 1928 beauty. Clear Channel wants to do a comprehensive restoration to the original colors of the paint & plaster, light fixtures, and much more! As we have said, in addition to film, organ, exhibits of the theater’s history and public tours, there are also Art Deco features that Friends of the Boyd can help make a difference in ensuring they return, but we are very happy with the company’s expertise and their commitment.

    The Boyd is on its way! I liked the 1970’s Art Deco Revival concession stand in the Lobby, with its light ends that lit up. But, most people thought it a monstrosity incompatible with the original French Art Deco design. It is gone!

  • April 13, 2005

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  • April 12, 2005

    Renowned Concert Pianist To Perform at Kent Theatre

    CEDAR SPRINGS, MI — “The Cedar Springs Theatre Association and the Cedar Springs Public Library are very pleased to announce that international concert pianist Waleed Howrani will be returning to the area to perform a concert of classical and jazz music. The concert is scheduled for Sunday afternoon May 15, 2005 at 4:00 p.m., at the Kent Theatre, located in the heart of Cedar Springs at 8 North Main Street.

    There is an afterglow reception following the concert at the Cedar Springs Public Library located at 43 West Cherry Street. We hope that many residents in the north Kent County and south Montcalm County areas will come to hear this fine artist.

  • Searching For Info on The Brighton

    I am searching for ANY information about The Brighton, Westgate Road / Lynwood Terrace in Newcastle upon Tyne which was a cinema up until 1963 when it became a tenpin bowling alley. The Brighton was also a dance hall and billiard hall at the same time as the cinema.

    Any help would be much appreciated!

    Email:

    Paul Royal

  • Theater Seats For Sale Only $1.50 each!!!

    Hi,

    The Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg PA has over 800 theater seats that we must move out NOW…We are selling them for only $1.50 each!!!. At that price how can you go wrong??? Buy one or all of them for just $1.50. For about the cost of some microwave popcorn you can have theater seats for your home theater!!!

    Act Fast the seats will only be available for a short time!!! They must be moved for the renovation!!!

    Email me at or call me at 570-604-2608.

  • April 11, 2005

    Today’s Newsreel

  • Looking for the Origins of the “Red Carpet” Tradition

    I’m a newspaper reporter from New Jersey and I’m trying to find the origins of the “red carpet” tradition at movie premieres.

    Any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Emailing me directly would be the quickest way for me – I’ve only got a few more days before I have to file my story.

    Thanks!

    Jennifer V. Hughes
    jvhughes @isp.com

  • April 8, 2005

    3-Day Silent Film Festival At Lafayette Theatre Begins Tomorrow

    SUFFERN, NY — The SOUNDS OF SILENTS Film Festival comes to the historic Lafayette Theatre . Nine silent film programs with LIVE musical accompaniment to be screened April 8-9-10, 2005.

    The SOUNDS OF SILENTS Film Festival at the historic Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York, presents nine unique and entertaining silent film programs from the golden age of cinema, all on the Lafayette Theatre’s giant silver screen – and all with live musical accompaniment. Screening will be films with stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Lon Chaney, Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Lillian Gish. All of the films are showing in the finest archive prints available and all will feature live musical accompaniment. Selected short subjects will also be a part of several shows. Festival Dates: April 8-9-10, 2005.

    Among the musicians playing with the films will be the renowned silent film accompanists Dennis James playing “Robin Hood,� Robert Israel playing “The Thief of Bagdad� and “Grandma’s Boy,� Jeff Barker, John Baratta, and, making his United States debut, Michael Holmes of Great Britain playing “The Italian Straw Hat�.