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Theaters
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January 10, 2013
Ellsworth Air Force Base movie theater to close
The theater at the Ellsworth Air Force Base is yet another casualty of the digital revolution. The local Carmike theatre will start offering a military discount but the convenience of on base movies for the military and their families is no more.
Read the full story in the Rapid City Journal.
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January 8, 2013
Movie subscription plan saves Oakhurst theater
OAKHURST, CA — With only hours to spare, the movie subscription plan to save the MET Cinema was a success. They’re aiming to reopen February 1 but still need more members for future improvements.
Read more in the Business Journal.
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January 4, 2013
Without any theaters for over a decade, Mississippi’s capital city struggles to attract a new cinema
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI — The capital city of Mississippi has more than 175,000 residents but no cinema in city limtis. This piece in Atlantic Cities looks back at the history of the city and how its struggles with segregation may be responsible for this void.
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January 3, 2013
New ten-plex taking shape in Destin
DESTIN, FL — Carmike’s Boulevard 10 Cinema is scheduled to open this Spring with some state-of-the-art features. They will have one of their signature BIG D screens there as well as leather rocking seats.
Read more in the Destin Log.
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January 2, 2013
Battle over the Ritz
DESBOROUGH, ENGLAND — The Ritz, a former cinema and current wedding and conference venue may not be able to keep its name if the more famous London hotel of the same name gets its way. The luxury brand is opposed to the name being used elsewhere, even in this rural area’s building that has stood for over 80 years.
Read more in the Daily Mail.
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December 28, 2012
New theaters planned for Lewisburg and Jonesboro
LEWISBURG, WV and JONESBORO, AR — An 8-screen theater in Lewisburg and a 16-screen in Jonesboro are in the works. Few details are available regarding the specifications for the theaters but the one in Jonesboro should be open by the end of next year.
Read more at WVNSTV and Arkansas Business.
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December 27, 2012
Zoning change, new multiplex soon to open may spell curtains for UA East Whitelands Theater
EAST WHITELAND, PA — The wheels are in motion for the closure of the UA East Whitelands due to zoning change that will allow a Toyota dealership to be built on the site. There’s no word on when it will close but a luxury theater nearby is in the works.
Read more in the Malvern Patch.
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December 26, 2012
AMC withdraws bid for new downtown Santa Monica theater; may still close Criterion 6
SANTA MONICA, CA — AMC bowed out of being involved with a new theatre in downtown Santa Monica. The city plans to pursue other developers who want to build downtown’s first modern cinema. Regardless, AMC may still close the Criterion 6.
Read more in the Santa Monica Mirror.
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December 21, 2012
New Book About New Orleans' Lost Movie Theaters Now On Sale
If you live in New Orleans and love movies (and movie theaters), you’ll definitely know the name Rene Brunet who – at 91 years old – is still running the city’s incomparable Prytania Theater. Over the past few years, the charismatic Brunet has also been working with urbanologist Jack Stewart and New Orleans publisher Arthur Hardy to produce a lavish 160-page book chronicling the appearance and disappearance of over 100 theaters in Metro New Orleans.
“New Orleans is a city of neighborhoods,” the book’s website notes. “And once upon a time, each of those neighborhoods included one or more movie theaters. Since 1896 when the nation’s first movie house, VitaScope Hall, opened on Canal Street, nearly 200 neighborhood theaters have come and gone. These entertainment venues were more than places where motion pictures were projected onto giant screens. They were community centers where people gathered and where memories were made. There’s One In Your Neighborhood—The Lost Movie Theaters of New Orleans presents the history of more than 100 neighborhood theaters that will be familiar to Baby Boomer and younger generations.”
The book is listed for $25.95 and can be ordered now via Paypal through the Prytania Theater website.
Purchase “There’s One In Your Neighborhood” via PayPal
Read the first few pages of “There’s One In Your Neighborhood” (Adobe Acrobat required)
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Award-winning photographer unearths Baltimore’s movie theater past using camera and interviews
BALTIMORE, MD — Amy Davis has spent five years documenting the theaters of Baltimore and is now planning a book. She aims to capture the relationship of the city and its theaters seen through the eyes of such famous residents as John Waters and Barry Levinson.
Read more at Baltimore Brew.
(Thanks to William for providing the photo.)