“Star Wars Episode IV”, in its original run in 1977, did not play at the Boyd/Sameric Theatre. It opened at Eric’s Place Theatre. During the 1997 Special Edition reissue, Star Wars Episode IV finally did play at the Boyd, then known as United Artists Sameric 4 Theatre.
“Empire Strikes Back”, “Return Of The Jedi” and “Star Wars Episode I” all opened at the Sameric (Empire Strikes Back), Sameric 3 (Return Of The Jedi), and United Artists Sameric 4 (Star Wars Episode I).
3 more great movie that opened at the Sameric were: ROCKY III, ROCKY IV, and Philadelphia
I think it was 1953 when Warner Brothers Pictures split the Stanley Warner Theatre chain off, at the same time Loews Inc split into Loews Theatres and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It was the Stanley Warner Theatres Company that closed the Mastbaum.
I believe the Stage Door Cinema was created from the stage of the Fox Theatre, much in the same way in NYC the Orleans Theatre was created from the stage of the Warner Cinerama Theatre, when that theatre was converted into The Cinerama Theatre, The Penthouse Theatre and The Orleans Theatre by Pacific East Theatres and RKO Stanley Warner Theatres.
I think Provident National Bank (PNC Bank) was just the tennant in the current PNC Bank Center.
It was Stanley Warner Theatres who had the Mastbaum Theatre closed and demolished in 1958. RKO Stanley Warner Theatres demolished the Stanley Theatre, Provident National Bank had the Fox, Milgram and Stage Door Theatres demolished, and the owners of the Liberty One and Two office complex had the Duke & Duchess Theatre and the Budco (AMC) Regency Twin Theatre demolished.
The only former theatres that are still standing are: Live Nation’s (RKO Stanley Warner’s) Boyd Theatre, CVS Pharmacy (United Artists Sam’s Place Twin-Rugoff’s Cinema 19-Viking-Stanley Warner’s Aldine Theatre), United Artists Eric’s Place (Trans-Lux)Theatre, Arcadia Theatre and Prince Music (AMC Midtown Twin) Theatre.
LuisV, AMC has the AMC Loews 34th Street, the AMC Empire 25, the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 12 & IMAX, and until it is sold, the AMC Loews E-Walk 13.
My 3 favorite AMC Theatres to see films in are: AMC Empire 25, AMC Neshaminy 24 (located in Bensalem, PA), and AMC Pleasure Island 24 (located in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
My favorite REG Theatres to see films in are: REG King Of Prussia Stadium 16 (located in King of Prussia, PA), REG Kaufman Astoria Stadium 14, and REG Oxford Valley Stadium 14 (located in Middletown Township-Langhorne, PA)
In the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, the Theatre Listings still has the AMC Cherry Hills 24 listed as “Loews Cherry Hill 24”, but the display ads for the individual films list it as:
[Small Type]“AMC Loews"
[Large Type]"Cherry Hill 24”.
Shade, the AMC-Loews merger became official on 1/27/06. I work for AMC Theatres. The showtimes from this past week were all done by Loews Cineplex, before officially becoming AMC. The showtimes for this week (2/3) are the first showtimes that the former Loews theatres did as AMC Theatres.
The theatre owners (AMC, REG, Cinemark, Pacific) and the major film studios wants to keep everything the way they are now, Mark Cuban wants to change the system. I believe the major theatre chains and major film studios are gonna win this war.
The AMC website has all the former Loews Theatres as AMC Theatres already. It will take a couple of weeks for the newspapers. This happened 4 years ago when AMC acquired General Cinema Theatres as well.
AMC (Durwood) bought out the entire Loews Cineplex chain. All Loews Theatres, Cineplex Odeon (RKO Century, Plitt, Walter Reade) Theatres, Star Theatres, and Magic Johnson Theatres, as well as the former Gulf State, General Cinema and Budco (William Goldman) theatre chains, are now called “AMC Theatres”.
The General Cinema Northeast 4 Theatre (Cinema I & II) was a good theatre. I saw Star Wars Return Of The Jedi there back in 1983.
Ken MD, the Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry) closed in several stages, the East end closed in the early to mid 1970’s, the West End closed in the early to mid 1990’s. The Philadelphia State Hospital Estern end is now the Byberry East Industrial Park. I used to go into the abandoned Byberry East buildings back in the mid 1980’s.
AMC , I believe, decided to go with the former Stanley Warner’s Route 4 Theatre instead of Century’s Paramus (Route 17) Theatre. (Both theatre from 1981 to 1987 were RKO Century Warner Theatres)
Eddie, It’s a cool looking picture of the AMc Orleans 8 when it was conceived as Goldman’s Orleans Theatre. also today, AMC now has the former Loews Cherry Hill 24 Theatre.
None of the ones you listed are closing. All of the Loews Cineplex Theatres will be getting an ambassador from AMC Theatres. These “ambassadors” are either Senior Operations Managers or General Managers of existing AMC Theatres.
[To add a couple more, there are a few AMC sites in the Philly area that started out in life as Budco theatres in the ‘70s or '80s. AMC has a pretty good presence in the New Orleans area thanks to the acquisition of a local chain there a couple years ago, although some of the theatres have not yet reopened in the aftermath of Katrina.
Cineplex Odeon, pre Loews Cineplex, would have included Cineplex builds (e.g., the Universal Citywalk in L.A. and Wisconsin Avenue in DC) along with some older RKO and Century (no relation to the West Coast Century chain, AFAIK) sites. Some of those have closed or been sold off.
Speaking of GCC, anybody know if they made any acquisitions that were later absorbed as part of the AMC takeover?]
All’s that’s left of AMC’s merger with the Budco chain is: AMc (Budco) 309 Cinema 9 Theatre and AMC (Goldman’s) Orleans 8 Theatre. Cineplex Odeon’s was in Philadelphia many years ago when they were known as RKO Century Warner, RKO Stanley Warner, Stanley Warner, and The Stanley Company Of America.
The Century Theatres chain that was based in NYC that acquired RKO Stanley Warner has no relations with the curent Century Theatres chain on the west coast.
The REG Cheltenham Square 8 Theatre has a new name. It is now called: Movies At Cheltenham Square. This new theatre opened on 1/13/2006. This theatre should be updated with the new name.
“Star Wars Episode IV”, in its original run in 1977, did not play at the Boyd/Sameric Theatre. It opened at Eric’s Place Theatre. During the 1997 Special Edition reissue, Star Wars Episode IV finally did play at the Boyd, then known as United Artists Sameric 4 Theatre.
“Empire Strikes Back”, “Return Of The Jedi” and “Star Wars Episode I” all opened at the Sameric (Empire Strikes Back), Sameric 3 (Return Of The Jedi), and United Artists Sameric 4 (Star Wars Episode I).
3 more great movie that opened at the Sameric were: ROCKY III, ROCKY IV, and Philadelphia
I think it was 1953 when Warner Brothers Pictures split the Stanley Warner Theatre chain off, at the same time Loews Inc split into Loews Theatres and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It was the Stanley Warner Theatres Company that closed the Mastbaum.
I believe the Stage Door Cinema was created from the stage of the Fox Theatre, much in the same way in NYC the Orleans Theatre was created from the stage of the Warner Cinerama Theatre, when that theatre was converted into The Cinerama Theatre, The Penthouse Theatre and The Orleans Theatre by Pacific East Theatres and RKO Stanley Warner Theatres.
I think Provident National Bank (PNC Bank) was just the tennant in the current PNC Bank Center.
It was Stanley Warner Theatres who had the Mastbaum Theatre closed and demolished in 1958. RKO Stanley Warner Theatres demolished the Stanley Theatre, Provident National Bank had the Fox, Milgram and Stage Door Theatres demolished, and the owners of the Liberty One and Two office complex had the Duke & Duchess Theatre and the Budco (AMC) Regency Twin Theatre demolished.
The only former theatres that are still standing are: Live Nation’s (RKO Stanley Warner’s) Boyd Theatre, CVS Pharmacy (United Artists Sam’s Place Twin-Rugoff’s Cinema 19-Viking-Stanley Warner’s Aldine Theatre), United Artists Eric’s Place (Trans-Lux)Theatre, Arcadia Theatre and Prince Music (AMC Midtown Twin) Theatre.
The former Stanley Warner’s Circle Theatre was the theatre that had the Spanish-like porticoes around the interior walls.
LuisV, AMC has the AMC Loews 34th Street, the AMC Empire 25, the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 12 & IMAX, and until it is sold, the AMC Loews E-Walk 13.
My 3 favorite AMC Theatres to see films in are: AMC Empire 25, AMC Neshaminy 24 (located in Bensalem, PA), and AMC Pleasure Island 24 (located in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
My favorite REG Theatres to see films in are: REG King Of Prussia Stadium 16 (located in King of Prussia, PA), REG Kaufman Astoria Stadium 14, and REG Oxford Valley Stadium 14 (located in Middletown Township-Langhorne, PA)
As of right now, this theatre is AMC Loews E-Walk 13 Theatre.
In the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, the Theatre Listings still has the AMC Cherry Hills 24 listed as “Loews Cherry Hill 24”, but the display ads for the individual films list it as:
[Small Type]“AMC Loews"
[Large Type]"Cherry Hill 24”.
Shade, the AMC-Loews merger became official on 1/27/06. I work for AMC Theatres. The showtimes from this past week were all done by Loews Cineplex, before officially becoming AMC. The showtimes for this week (2/3) are the first showtimes that the former Loews theatres did as AMC Theatres.
The theatre owners (AMC, REG, Cinemark, Pacific) and the major film studios wants to keep everything the way they are now, Mark Cuban wants to change the system. I believe the major theatre chains and major film studios are gonna win this war.
The AMC website has all the former Loews Theatres as AMC Theatres already. It will take a couple of weeks for the newspapers. This happened 4 years ago when AMC acquired General Cinema Theatres as well.
AMC (Durwood) bought out the entire Loews Cineplex chain. All Loews Theatres, Cineplex Odeon (RKO Century, Plitt, Walter Reade) Theatres, Star Theatres, and Magic Johnson Theatres, as well as the former Gulf State, General Cinema and Budco (William Goldman) theatre chains, are now called “AMC Theatres”.
Eddie, we missed you at Neshaminy 24 today, being it was the first day taking passes from Loews Cineplex.
The General Cinema Northeast 4 Theatre (Cinema I & II) was a good theatre. I saw Star Wars Return Of The Jedi there back in 1983.
Ken MD, the Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry) closed in several stages, the East end closed in the early to mid 1970’s, the West End closed in the early to mid 1990’s. The Philadelphia State Hospital Estern end is now the Byberry East Industrial Park. I used to go into the abandoned Byberry East buildings back in the mid 1980’s.
This former Stanley Warner’s Route 4 Theatre should be updated as AMC Paramus Route 4 10 Theatre.
Here is the website for the merged AMC-Loews Cineplex Theatres.
AMC , I believe, decided to go with the former Stanley Warner’s Route 4 Theatre instead of Century’s Paramus (Route 17) Theatre. (Both theatre from 1981 to 1987 were RKO Century Warner Theatres)
Eddie, It’s a cool looking picture of the AMc Orleans 8 when it was conceived as Goldman’s Orleans Theatre. also today, AMC now has the former Loews Cherry Hill 24 Theatre.
None of the ones you listed are closing. All of the Loews Cineplex Theatres will be getting an ambassador from AMC Theatres. These “ambassadors” are either Senior Operations Managers or General Managers of existing AMC Theatres.
THis theatre can be updated in two days to AMC Cherry Hill 24 Theatre.
In 2 days, the Loews Cineplex chain will be no more. You will have AMC Entertainment operationg the theatres under the AMC and Magic Johnson names.
The one film title that I can make out on the picture of the UA Criterion is “Free Willy”.
Here is a link to a late 1980’s or early 1990’s photo of the UA Criterion Theatre
[To add a couple more, there are a few AMC sites in the Philly area that started out in life as Budco theatres in the ‘70s or '80s. AMC has a pretty good presence in the New Orleans area thanks to the acquisition of a local chain there a couple years ago, although some of the theatres have not yet reopened in the aftermath of Katrina.
Cineplex Odeon, pre Loews Cineplex, would have included Cineplex builds (e.g., the Universal Citywalk in L.A. and Wisconsin Avenue in DC) along with some older RKO and Century (no relation to the West Coast Century chain, AFAIK) sites. Some of those have closed or been sold off.
Speaking of GCC, anybody know if they made any acquisitions that were later absorbed as part of the AMC takeover?]
All’s that’s left of AMC’s merger with the Budco chain is: AMc (Budco) 309 Cinema 9 Theatre and AMC (Goldman’s) Orleans 8 Theatre. Cineplex Odeon’s was in Philadelphia many years ago when they were known as RKO Century Warner, RKO Stanley Warner, Stanley Warner, and The Stanley Company Of America.
The Century Theatres chain that was based in NYC that acquired RKO Stanley Warner has no relations with the curent Century Theatres chain on the west coast.
In the area where I live, AMC picks up the Loews Cineplex Cherry Hill 24 Theatre, soon to be called AMC Cherry Hill 24 Theatre.
The REG Cheltenham Square 8 Theatre has a new name. It is now called: Movies At Cheltenham Square. This new theatre opened on 1/13/2006. This theatre should be updated with the new name.