I can remember very clearly, well, mostly clearly the Statewide/Century/Lowes Ownership of the Century. I worked for Loews in 1972 when they decided to get out of the California market and sold out to General Cinema (Bought out by AMC in late 2001 or early 2002). At the time I was assistant manager of the Holly theatre (AKA Studio, Music Hall, etc.) at the time. When GCC bought Loews, I can remember the district manager (of GCC) making snide comments about the new owners of the Century (a theatre that they did not want, and they sold seperately), saying he hopes he doesn’t have to kiss the guy to close the deal for the sale (It became a gay male movie theatre). I moved out of the Hollywood area in 1976 and did not realize that it did no longer exist, but then again, we will never see a day like we had at that time when a theatre meant ONE theatre, not 30 under one roof.
I can remember very clearly, well, mostly clearly the Statewide/Century/Lowes Ownership of the Century. I worked for Loews in 1972 when they decided to get out of the California market and sold out to General Cinema (Bought out by AMC in late 2001 or early 2002). At the time I was assistant manager of the Holly theatre (AKA Studio, Music Hall, etc.) at the time. When GCC bought Loews, I can remember the district manager (of GCC) making snide comments about the new owners of the Century (a theatre that they did not want, and they sold seperately), saying he hopes he doesn’t have to kiss the guy to close the deal for the sale (It became a gay male movie theatre). I moved out of the Hollywood area in 1976 and did not realize that it did no longer exist, but then again, we will never see a day like we had at that time when a theatre meant ONE theatre, not 30 under one roof.