Hi,

I’m not sure if this idea would fly in reality, but I’m wondering how successful an old theater, probably a smaller, neighborhood type or smaller town theater would be if it mainly showed a huge succession of older cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, etc.) and newsreels. This begs the question about who or what has the most complete collection of newsreels from maybe the 1920s to the 1960s when they ended. The first one to come to mind is Pathe News but I’m sure there were others. I think this may work if some kind of non-profit organization were placed in charge of a theater that has been rescued and providing such a collection of newsreels and cartoons were available, could charge a minimal admission, maybe less than a dollar, to watch as much or as little of the succession of cartoons and newsreels as the viewer wished within business hours of course. I would appreciate some feedback regarding this idea and if you know who has such a collection of cartoons and newsreels I’m sure many others might be curious to know.

Thank you!

David Stear
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WASHINGTON, DC — The old Foundry second-run cinema in Georgetown always did a good business. The only reason it was shut down was to make way for the newer, bigger more money multiplex. 

I’d like to find a way to use the Visions site for a second-run cinema, mostly because of the location and the fact that the place is already set up as a cinema. Is there anyone who was involved in the running of Visions who would be interested talking to me about the potential and pitfalls of the idea?

Thanks,
Jason Haber

Hi! I would like to open up a movie theater with dinner options in my medium size home town. I would appreciate any advice anyone has to give. Also, do you think it has any potential to be successful?

Hello, my wife and I have a few theaters and are opening up a twin screen in Texas. There’s no competition for 45 miles. We are renovating the theater, and would like to have a silent or working partner with a small investment.

If you’re interested, please contact me.

Thanks

Hi,

I am completing a study of the adaptive reuse of historic movie theaters and churches. Many movie theaters are used as live performance space or event space, but I was wondering if anyone could direct me to some adaptive reuse projects that are unusual or more creative uses of the space.

Thanks,
Sarah

Looking for a General Manager for California location.  Please send resume and salary requests to bloomhuffentertainment@hotmail.com.

I was wondering if anyone had any info and insight on how I would go about showing older movies on a single screen theater. 

Where do I go to find these? What can and can’t I show? How much will it cost to show older movies? 

I’ve been kicking around the idea of opening a single screen theater that would specialize on showing older movies that most have not had the chance to see on the big screen. I am also interested in hosting midnight showings of older and newer B-movies. I want to concentrate on quality movies, a great vintage atmosphere, and a concession stand that would serve a vast variety of home grown recipes and snacks. 

Does anyone know of a resource or articles that discusses alternative uses for movie cineplex buildings?

I’m doing research into a newer mall 8 theater cineplex that is vacating soon.

I wanted to think of alternative uses for the building mall owner.

We have 15 rows of seats, each that have been used for church pews. There are 5 seats per row.  It is possible they originally came out of a theater and may date back to 1920’s or 1930’s. They have metal frames with wooden backs and seats bolted to them. Each seat folds up & down and they have wooden armrests. 

The metal end caps have a design that consists of an “Aladdin” type lamp with a flame @ the spout and rays of light radiating from the flame. 

We were wondering if anybody has seen seats like these with that design and is there anyway to tell who made them?  Of course any other information you have we would appreciate.

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