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July 17, 2009
Theater partner wanted
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
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July 16, 2009
Plays broadcast into movie theaters, and will be 3-D
Following opera, sporting events and concerts, now a company is bringing theatre to movie theaters.
Theater lovers rejoice. The world’s best stage productions are on their way to a movie house near you. Thanks to the digital revolution, everything from London’s acclaimed National Theater production of Racine’s masterwork “Phèdre,” starring Helen Mirren, to the off-Broadway cult favorite “Forever Plaid,” not to mention upcoming top Broadway musicals, are beaming into multiplexes from Reykjavik to Los Angeles —– in high-definition and eventually 3-D, to boot.
It’s high-tech culture for the low price of a movie matinee and a box of popcorn. And in a sure sign that regional thespians aren’t worried about the arrival of their digital counterparts, the premier regional theater in the United States, Minneapolis’s Guthrie Theater, will actually screen a delayed transmission of “Phèdre” July 8 and 9 in one of its main stages.
Read the full story in the Christian Science Monitor.
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Sprint theater kiosks provide discounts
New technology in theater lobbies could lead to you getting discounts through your Sprint phone.
Sprint has unveiled kiosks in the lobbies of movie theaters where Sprint customers can scan a code from their phones to get coupons for popcorn and sodas.
The campaign, in 500 theaters across the country, will continue through December.
Read more at Media Buyer Planner.
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Wanted for purchase or lease: Philadelphia area theater
I have always wanted to own and operate a small, 1 or 2 screen, theater and have recently started my search for properties in/around the Philadelphia area. Ideally, I would love to find a property with a seller who is willing to teach me the ropes. Although my preference is to purchase a theater, I am open to looking at lease agreements.
Please contact me if you know of any theaters for sale in the Philadelphia area.
Thanks!
Sarah
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July 15, 2009
Lark Theater celebrates fifth anniverary of reopening
LARKSPUR, CA — Citizens of Larkspur, California recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Lark Theater’s reopening and refurbishment.
The once rundown and abandoned Lark Theater opened to much fanfare five years ago on July 9, 2004. That was after the community banded together to refurbish and remodel the beautiful Art Deco building which has been considered a town treasure ever since.
The Lark- which is the only certified green theater in Marin- hosts Oscar parties, Met opera broadcasts, annual film festivals and is a great place to just come down and see a movie.
Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Please sign the Senator Theatre petition
BALTIMORE, MD — Baltimore’s historic Senator Theatre (http://www.senator.com) faces public auction on July 22, 2009 due to disgraceful decisions by Baltimore City management. If you feel the Senator Theatre should remain a historic theatre serving the arts and be a entertainment beacon, please sign this petition.
Once ‘signed’, you’ll receive a followup email with a verification link.
Baltimore: A City of Theatres short film (2 versions) http://vimeo.com/user1789788
Tom Harris
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Granite City to get new cinema
GRANITE CITY, IL — After several years without a local movie theater, Granite City, IL will soon be getting a new theater. The city will provide tax-increment financing and the theater will be operated by the management of a small chain of theaters headquartered across the river in Saint Louis.
The theater will be paid through tax increment financing funds that can only be used in the downtown area. No general funds will be used for the theater, Mayor Ed Hagnauer said.
“We want to keep the theater under $4 (million), and I believe we can do that,” Hagnauer said Friday.
Read the full story inSuburban Journals.
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July 14, 2009
Silent film organist Bob Mitchell dies at 96
LOS ANGELES, CA – World-renowned organist Bob Mitchell passed away last week in Los Angeles.
Bob Mitchell, an organist who was the first such house musician at Dodger Stadium and the last surviving working accompanist from the silent-film era, has died. He was 96.
Mitchell died Saturday from congestive heart failure at Hancock Park Rehabilitation Center in Los Angeles, said his caregiver, Vincent Morton.
When the Dodgers debuted in 1962 at their stadium in Chavez Ravine, so did Mitchell – on a Wurlitzer double-keyboard organ with a 25-note pedal board. At the time, he was best known as founder and director of a group often called the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir, which would appear in more than 100 movies.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
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Drive-in equipment for sale
Our client is selling some of their equipment from their closed drive-in. The full lot can be seen on eBay..
It includes 2 Christie D-40 4000 watt lamp houses and 2 rectifiers plus 4 Xenon bulbs. His asking price is less than the 4 bulbs would cost by themselves!
Call 814-880-5353 or email with questions or check out the auction,
Thanks!
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Cary’s first movie theater now community space
CARY, NC — The former South Hills Twin is now going to be used for various community purposes.
An abandoned historical building that began as Cary’s first movie theater is an eyesore no longer. Renovated by Connections Church, the former South Hills Twin Cinema on Buck Jones Road now serves as a unique, multi-purpose facility available to the community.
The building, located at 1280 Buck Jones Road, was built in 1973 as Cary’s first movie theater and stayed in operation until 1994. The space was reborn in 1995 as a fitness gym and continued helping Cary residents stay in shape until 2006, when Beyond Fitness closed it down. It sat abandoned until Connections Church and new investors took it over in 2008.
Read the full story at My NC.