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meheuck commented about Algoma Theatre on May 19, 2012 at 11:06 pm

For what its worth, the abbreviation on Ste. (as opposed to spelling Sainte) is the generally accepted spelling for the city in both Ontario and in Michigan. As such some theatres have separate city listings because of the spelling overlap, like this one. These should all be fixed so they stay in the same heading.

It would appear the Princess on 163 Gore St. is for sale, last used as a nightclub:

http://www.century21.ca/Property/ON/P6A_1M3/SAULT_STE_MARIE/GORE_ST/163

The Biltmore/Odeon was refurbished and in operation as a live venue. Formely titled the Lock City Grand, it’s now just The Grand. No apparent website, but plenty of event articles:

http://www.saultseller.com/LOCKCITYGRANDTHEATRE.php

Someone has set up a Facebook page for Historic Theatres in the Sault:

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=107260227178

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meheuck commented about Wiltern Theatre on May 1, 2012 at 6:21 pm

Excellent. Thank you Joe!

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meheuck commented about Wiltern Theatre on May 1, 2012 at 1:32 am

I am trying to identify what I think is a former theatre just south of the Wiltern. The location is 721 S. Western Ave., zip code 90005. It is currently the home of a nightclub called Vibe, and was previously known as Le Cercle Super Club and Le Prive. The reviews on Yelp look pretty disturbing, something about it being a “booking” club…but anyway. There is a big marquee outside that looks very much like a theatrical marquee, so I’m wondering if anyone can verify if this was a movie house previously or did they just use that style of marquee for the building?

Here is a photo from its previous incarnation as Le Cercle:

http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/86u5jycaWXRCDKs7_cJ52g?select=5zg8sR2mVVbdcr6LsywRjA

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meheuck commented about NoHo gets another new indy cinema on Mar 23, 2012 at 10:43 pm

“North Hollywood Independent Films Movie Theatre”

Talk about a long and somewhat dry name. They’re going to need something shorter and punchier.

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meheuck commented about Magnolia Theatre on Mar 2, 2012 at 3:45 am

Shawn (Juronimoo), what can you tell us about the building since you’ve acquired it? I have to assume that the floor is leveled and there’s little left to suggest it had been a theatre, but are there any artifacts left? Wall hangings, light fixtures, sconces, anything?

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meheuck commented about Americus Theatre on Dec 29, 2011 at 5:58 pm

Hank, how well do you remember Northside theatres? My dad recalls there being about 2 or 3 theatres in the area, and so far we’ve narrowed down the Park (Alpha Fine Arts) and the Americus, the latter he id'ed from its proximity to the now-closed Crazy Ladies Bookstore on 4039 Hamilton. He insists there was another theatre across the street from the Park/Alpha. Was that the Liberty? I looked up Liberty in Ohio, and there aren’t any listings in the Cincinnati area, can you help?

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meheuck commented about Galaxy Glendale Marketplace on Nov 26, 2011 at 2:33 am

What’s happening with the property? Have they gutted it yet, or is there a chance someone will pick it up as Vintage did with the Exchange?

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meheuck commented about Garden Theatre on Oct 18, 2011 at 10:06 pm

I’m sorry, that assessment was wrong: it will be nothing like the old Culver – there will be one performance space, not two. Reading more carefully, what I should have said is that right now, they have only installed 99 seats in the auditorium while they go about the renovations, and that 300 seats will be the ultimate capacity of the room when it is finished.

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meheuck commented about Garden Theatre on Oct 18, 2011 at 9:16 pm

According to this article, apparently the balcony is gone:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/short-north-stage-to-reopen-garden-theatre-as-arts-venue-in-2012

“The auditorium, though, has largely been gutted. The seats were removed long ago and the balcony was torn down. The classic proscenium is in shabby shape. But the potential is enormous…[We can] convert the Garden into a state-of-the-art performance space with almost 300 seats…During the first phase we will create a 99-seat house with a platform stage within the larger auditorium. This will enable us to offer small-scale performances relatively soon—perhaps by this fall.”

Sounds a little like what went down with the former Culver theatre, which is now the Kirk Douglas theatre in Culver City – it will have a mainstage up front, but for the time being, they’re doing live stuff in a 99-seat room sitting at the back of the auditorium.

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meheuck commented about Alger Theatre on Aug 25, 2011 at 1:25 am

Dennis Cozzalio wrote a wonderful piece about visiting this childhood haunt of his…or at least it was wonderful until a clueless projectionist tried to slough off running a scope movie with a flat lens:

http://sergioleoneifr.blogspot.com/2011/08/once-again-into-lobby-return-visit-to.html

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meheuck commented about Pacific Sherman Oaks 5 on Aug 21, 2011 at 8:01 pm

No, the theatre that was in FAST TIMES was the previous AMC complex at the old Galleria mall, before the whole thing was torn down and rebuilts as the current open-air shopping district with the Arclight Cinema.

This was, however, the theatre that appeared in “ENTOURAGE” when the ficticious AQUAMAN movie had it’s well-received premiere.

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meheuck commented about Campus Theatre on Aug 14, 2011 at 8:57 pm

Apparently the live operators have departed, and the theatre is vacant and available.

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meheuck commented about Restaurant to takeover former Studio 1 on Aug 7, 2011 at 10:48 pm

The article mentions another Echo Park area theatre…

“The other, The Globe Theater, opened in 1912 at 1624 Sunset Blvd. and eventually changed its name to The Hollyway, according to HistoricEchoPark.org. That building that once housed The Hollyway is now La Guadalupana market.”

I was looking for it in the listings, and I didn’t find this…unless I’m looking wrong. Is this building/location in the database, and if not, could a knowledgeable person enter it?

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meheuck commented about Egyptian Theatre on May 31, 2011 at 6:09 pm

My close friend, film historian and blogger Ariel Schudson, would like to confirm what major films opened at the Egyptian from around 1985 to its initial closure in 1992. She wrote about the theatre in a recent post about the TCM festival this past April (http://sinaphile.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/this-is-the-night-and-the-days-tcm-classic-film-festival-part-ii/), but was not quite 100% sure about the movies she recalled seeing there as a teen. Since there have been such great exhaustive lists for the Westwood theatres and other L.A. locations, can some of the resident experts here help?

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meheuck commented about Royal Theatre on May 9, 2011 at 12:22 am

milamp: 1975 was when RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER, not REVENGE, was released. (REVENGE was around 1979) As such, the downtown single screen you’re thinking of was probably the Times Towne Cinema – they got a lot of UA product back then.

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meheuck commented about Kenwood Twin Cinemas on Apr 4, 2011 at 5:36 pm

This was originally a Mid-States theatre, like most of the first-run houses in Cincinnati that were not Showcases. Mid-States' entire operation ultimately got folded into Loews, and then Loews sold them all to National Amusements.

It just hit me – Northgate, Tri-County, Kenwood, 275 East…all the multiplexes in Cincinnati that National Amusements inherited from Loews are gutted or demolished. Wow, I am really old!

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meheuck commented about Studio 1 Theatre on Dec 5, 2010 at 6:22 pm

From a recent L.A. Times story on the new popularity of the Echo Park neighborhood:

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“The neighborhood’s most anticipated opening is a 10,000-square-foot bar and restaurant named Mohawk Bend that is slated to open in February and occupies the nearly 100-year-old movie theater across the street from Nicole Daddio’s cozy wine bar City Sip.”

So I guess that’s what’s happening with the Ramona now.

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meheuck commented about Landmark Westwood Theatre on Oct 23, 2010 at 4:20 pm

They are also embarking on some first-run programming, opening Chris Morris' controversial comedy FOUR LIONS on Friday November 5th, and the Asian/Indian restaurant comedy TODAY’S SPECIAL two weeks later on the 19th.

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meheuck on Sep 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm

I could be mistaken, but isn’t this drive-in still open?

/theaters/18110/

Amelia is essentially the Cincinnati area after all.

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meheuck commented about Montclair Theater on Aug 9, 2010 at 1:26 am

Hank, I straighted out your article – it’s referring to the 275 East Cinema in Milford which I just added. It started with 4 screens, and 8 more were planned but never built. It was located on 5874 Montclair Blvd, which may be what’s getting it confused with this listing.

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meheuck commented about Cinemark Milford 16 on Aug 9, 2010 at 1:14 am

Never mind, I dug a little deeper – the address for that place was 5874 Montclair Blvd, now a church.

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meheuck commented about Cinemark Milford 16 on Aug 9, 2010 at 1:11 am

Does anyone know if this is the same location as the 275 East, a Mid-States 4-plex that opened in the late ‘70’s? It was intended to grow into a 12-plex, but never progressed further than 4 screens.

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meheuck commented about RKO Paramount Theater on Aug 9, 2010 at 12:49 am

On a whim, I typed the address into Google, and Google Earth Maps yielded this photograph:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6163970

Where would the Paramount have been? Where the CVS drugstore is now?

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meheuck commented about Esquire Theatre on Aug 9, 2010 at 12:03 am

I’ve been told by one of the performers of the Cincinnati ROCKY HORROR shadowcast that the screen in the largest auditorium is being replaced with a silver screen and being converted to digital projection, no doubt to accomodate the 3-D craze. Thankfully, it sounds like only this house is dropping 35mm projection; the other five houses will still be film.

Strangely enough, I remember when a silver screen was installed here during the ‘80’s 3-D revival, though I never saw a 3-D show there.

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meheuck commented about UCLA Nimoy Theatre on Aug 7, 2010 at 6:16 pm

Reportedly, the Crest has been sold by Bucksbaum. He has hinted that the neighborhood will be happy with the new proprietors, but did not say if that meant that the building will continue as a theatre or some other business. EAT PRAY LOVE will as such be the last film to play under his stewardship.

Mann probably would like to cut their Chinese showtimes down, but that would probably irritate the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, who would want the place to retain normal and full theatre hours out of accomodation to the thousands of tourists that walk the streets, even though few of them are likely to buy a ticket.