The latest movie theater news and updates
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December 1, 2003
New Landmark Owner: “I’m a Maverick, Not a Mogul!”
The December issue of Wired Magazine has an interview with Mark Cuban, the new owner of Landmark Theatres. Cuban, a colorful figure who founded Broadcast.com (and later sold it to Yahoo for $6 billion), also owns the Dallas Mavericks NBA team and HDNet, a high-definition cable channel. The interview includes some interesting thoughts on digital cinema and the future of moviegoing.
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November 27, 2003
Happy Thanksgiving!
Due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday, we will not be publishing theater news for the remainder of the week. We hope you all have a great holiday!
(Cinema Treasures will resume publication on Monday.)
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November 26, 2003
Today’s Newsreel
The NorShor Theater gets a visit from the National Trust, the Biloxi Saenger completes another round of restoration, Hawaiians mourn loss of the Waikiki, and the Sameric seeks $5 million tax break — all in today’s newsreel.
- Theater regains 1929 glory
- Working to save the NorShor
- Ritz to be part of Haddon holiday house tour
- Historic is in the eye of the beholder
- Curtain closes on theater relics
- Phila. developer seeks tax break – again
- Muvico plans Bonita Springs theaters
- Theater brought back to life after 22 years dormant
- Group renovates Elkader theater
- Bloom’s off Twin Theatre, on The Rose in Medina
- Embassy’s latest surprise: A ‘Nazgul’
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Ritz Theater Officially Begins Restoration
WELLINGTON, TX — Work has officially begun on the Ritz Theater restoration in tiny Wellington, Texas. Historic Wellington Inc., which is spearheading the restoration, received $150,000 in funding from a local foundation and has contracted with an area building contractor to remove 20-plus years of debris and rebuild the damaged roof and interiors of the 1928 mission-revival theater.
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November 25, 2003
Palm Theater To Go Legit?
SAN MATEO, CA — According to the San Mateo Daily Journal, the Palm Theater, which has been operated as an adult film since the mid 1970s, may be eligible for historic status. Should the theater win such status, it would slow efforts by a local developer to destroy the theater and develop an apartment building in its place.
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Photo Exhibition Marks Odeon’s 300th Film Premiere
LONDON, UK — To mark the 300th film premiere held at the famed Odeon Theatre Leicester Square, the cinema, according to a report on Ananova.com, is exhibiting many never-before seen photographs of celebrities attending premieres over the decades at the Odeon.
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Southern California Cameos
The following Southern California theaters have made cameos in motion pictures and television over the years….
Arcade Theatre (Los Angeles)*
• Opening NightBelasco Theatre (Los Angeles)
• Swordfish
• Fast Lane (Fox TV)Mayan Theatre (Los Angeles)*
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November 24, 2003
Pleasant Hill Officials Say Dome Is Out With The Old
PLEASANT HILL, CA — Plans for a new retail/entertainment complex may mean the end of Pleasant Hill’s beloved dome theater. Now operated as an art house under Century Theatres' CineArts banner, the dome opened in 1967 and is a treasured local landmark. As Contra Costa Times reporter Corey Lyons reports, Century plans to replace the classic dome with a new “two-story theater with six screens, an escalator and lobbies that offer expansive views of the area.”
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Chicago: Three Centuries of Theaters
CHICAGO, IL — More than 30 historic Chicago theatre buildings are featured in “Chicago: Three Centuries of Theatres,” an ongoing interpretive display of vintage photographs in the Richard J. Daley Center pedway gallery, 55 W. Washington St., Chicago.
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Ambler Theater Helps Revitalize Town
AMBLER, PA — The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report on the now-thriving Ambler Theater:
“With a $2 million makeover, including restoration of its Moorish terra-cotta facade, the 75-year-old theater reopened in February as a two-screen first-run movie house. A $1 million renovation is under way to accommodate a third screen.
The Ambler Theater now draws 1,500 moviegoers a week. Its success has been a fillip for the renovation of at least a dozen properties around it, from a stationery store, an art gallery, and a fitness center to a discount outlet that soon will metamorphose into an Irish pub."