Cool – Yes, the THSA still owns and operates the Hollywood Th. in Dormont, just a short trolley car ride south of downtown Pittsburgh. They show current movie product on its single screen, and they installed some new seats in mid-2018. If you go to the Hollywood’s page here in CT there are some comments made very recently.
Cool- I have just heard that there will be no THS Conclave this year, pending reorganization. Tentative plans last summer were to hold it in Boston. I heard this news last week from some members and former members, so it’s not official.
Any updates on the status of Theatre Historical Society of America, which has yet to announce details of its Annual Conclave, usually held in June? Last year’s was in New York City, but didn’t get much attention here at Cinema Treasures.
I managed that, Ken. It’s just that when you click on the Focus and the page loads, there is no list of Nearby Theaters in the right hand column as there is with all the other cinemas. It just says there are no more theatres (cinemas) within 30 miles of Longton, which is nonsense.
At least one person on this thread has asked what has happened to the theatre news. The news was gathered and edited by a staff member of the Theatre Historical Society in Pittsburgh. At least once or twice per week she posted news on the THS website, the THS Readerboard e-mail newsletter, and here on Cinema Treasures. This worked well for a long time. But in the fall of 2018 the THS suffered a financial collapse. The last Readerboard appeared over 12 months ago and the publication of the THS"Marquee" Magazine has been suspended. There has been no one gathering theatre news since late-2018.
David Rayner: You only need to type in one word in the ‘search’ box. Type in ‘Focus’ and it will come up with all cinemas on the site which have that name in the database. Type in ‘Longton’ and it will find city or towns on the site with that name. Longton, England is one that come up. Click on it and we have 6 cinemas listed in Longton: Alexandra Palace, Alhambra, Broadway, Empire, Focus & Royal.
I’ve noticed that whatever cinema name and location you enter into the search engine on here, the answer always comes up that it’s not found. However, if for instance, I type “Cinema Treasures Focus, Longton, Stoke on Trent” into the Google search engine, it takes me to that page straight away. Speaking of the Focus, Ken Roe, who included that on Cinema Treasures, didn’t state that there were three other cinemas in the town of Longton in those days, the Alexandra; Empire and Royal. Perhaps if he reads this, he could put that omission right.
Cool – Yes, the THSA still owns and operates the Hollywood Th. in Dormont, just a short trolley car ride south of downtown Pittsburgh. They show current movie product on its single screen, and they installed some new seats in mid-2018. If you go to the Hollywood’s page here in CT there are some comments made very recently.
Thanks, Ron. Is the organization still operating the Hollywood Theatre in environs of Pittsburgh?
Cool- I have just heard that there will be no THS Conclave this year, pending reorganization. Tentative plans last summer were to hold it in Boston. I heard this news last week from some members and former members, so it’s not official.
Any updates on the status of Theatre Historical Society of America, which has yet to announce details of its Annual Conclave, usually held in June? Last year’s was in New York City, but didn’t get much attention here at Cinema Treasures.
I managed that, Ken. It’s just that when you click on the Focus and the page loads, there is no list of Nearby Theaters in the right hand column as there is with all the other cinemas. It just says there are no more theatres (cinemas) within 30 miles of Longton, which is nonsense.
At least one person on this thread has asked what has happened to the theatre news. The news was gathered and edited by a staff member of the Theatre Historical Society in Pittsburgh. At least once or twice per week she posted news on the THS website, the THS Readerboard e-mail newsletter, and here on Cinema Treasures. This worked well for a long time. But in the fall of 2018 the THS suffered a financial collapse. The last Readerboard appeared over 12 months ago and the publication of the THS"Marquee" Magazine has been suspended. There has been no one gathering theatre news since late-2018.
David Rayner: You only need to type in one word in the ‘search’ box. Type in ‘Focus’ and it will come up with all cinemas on the site which have that name in the database. Type in ‘Longton’ and it will find city or towns on the site with that name. Longton, England is one that come up. Click on it and we have 6 cinemas listed in Longton: Alexandra Palace, Alhambra, Broadway, Empire, Focus & Royal.
I’ve noticed that whatever cinema name and location you enter into the search engine on here, the answer always comes up that it’s not found. However, if for instance, I type “Cinema Treasures Focus, Longton, Stoke on Trent” into the Google search engine, it takes me to that page straight away. Speaking of the Focus, Ken Roe, who included that on Cinema Treasures, didn’t state that there were three other cinemas in the town of Longton in those days, the Alexandra; Empire and Royal. Perhaps if he reads this, he could put that omission right.
Is it really necessary to upload an inconsequential ad for an insignificant saturation engagement 34 TIMES (so far)? Note the evidence here
Note recent comments about cinema ticket prices by New York Times critic Manohla Dargis displayed here
Moviepass is no more starting today, causing other membership sites to down, specifically AMC.
Whether the majority of movie venues operating in 2019 can be described as theaters (or theatres) is open to debate.
Lucky me. There are 7,021 open movie theaters within 30 miles of my zipcode.
When I search by my zipcode, it just returns every single theater in the US.
How about waze?
Can’t load “Find a movie theater near you:”, everything else works just fine…. any thoughts?
any update on newer stories on cinema treasures?
The maps are working again. Sorry about that, folks!
stevenj. Thanks, I have reported this to the site owners.
The maps do not seem to be loading.
The new mapping service is more than adequate. Is there any chance that a county search could be introduced?
good effort. now how about updating stories…
No reason, Comfortably Cool. That was a bug! ;)
Thanks for bringing it to my attention, though. I’ve fixed this issue — that widget is now once again showing the correct movie theaters.
If you’d rather not see the unsecure connection message you may want to give Chrome a try. (Google isn’t charging for their browser …. yet.)
Also Chrome gets along very nicely with the CT site.
Sorry, guys. We had a technical glitch with the maps, but they’re working again. :)