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June 29, 2009
Rialto Theater for sale
KENEDY, TX — The Rialto Theater is for sale. Selling for what we have invested, $10,000. We need to sell it to help family with medical issues. It needs a complete rehab.
The beginnings of rehab were started. The marque glass was removed and replaced with plastic. Some of the original pink tinted marque glass and holders are inside the building.
The interior has been gutted including walls. There is a balcony but the floor was stripped out and the boards are scattered in several areas. There was water damage due to a leak along the length of the building. A temporary patch was placed to prevent further damage. There are no seats in this theater. There is some kind of speaker box on the stage. In the projector room are 3 carbon rod projectors and a power unit. Don’t know if it works. On the walls are a couple of murals made of cloth.
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Theater operators upbeat at Cinema Expo
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — At the annual Cinema Expo, exhibitors were upbeat about the year in film and upcoming technologies.
The credit crunch has stalled many digital screen conversions. But exhibs came away pleased with sneak peeks of films screened throughout the week, and most believe d-cinema and 3-D projection will spread through the marketplace eventually, further bolstering business.
“It’s been a really great week, with many exciting movies and exciting lineups,” said Peter Janovsky of Hollywood Megaplex, which operates 48 screens in five Austrian theaters. “In 2009, we have had a very good year — the best in three years — and the future looks positive.”
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter.
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Power projector heads questions
I have 4 old power projector heads and a couple of bases. Any idea of their value?
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June 26, 2009
Hollywood in Fullerton Gala
FULLERTON, CA — Hollywood in Fullerton: Celebrating the decade of the 70s. Join us at 7pm for our 6th annual Hollywood in Fullerton Gala at the historic downtown Fox Fullerton Theatre on June 27, 2009. This year’s theme celebrates movies and the popular culture of the 1970s. Save the date and join us for a groovy time.
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Senator Theater auction
BALTIMORE, MD — Baltimore’s much-loved Senator Theater is going to be auctioned on Wednesday, July 22, at 11:00 a.m. The auction will take place at the Senator (5904-06 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212. Built in 1939 in the Art Deco style, the single-screen Senator Theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a local landmark. A glass block and limestone facade, colorful backlighting, and “walk of fame” sidewalk distinguish the building’s exterior and grounds, while original terrazzo floors and Art Deco murals grace the lobby.
The theater seats 900, including two skyboxes for private parties. Technical specifications include a 40' curved screen, Bauer U2 Projector with top of the line German lenses, Dolby Digital sound with surround EX, and user-controlled digital sound in the skyboxes. Films can be screened in 35MM or 70MM.
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Cinema Treasures adds its 25,000th theater
Cinema Treasures passed the 25,000-theater mark this past week as our database of theaters keeps growing at a blistering pace.
Thank you to all of the thousands of contributors who have made Cinema Treasures a destination site for movie theater exhibitors and patrons, journalists, and researchers.
Finally, a special thank you to Bryan Krefft and our theater editor extraordinaire, Ken Roe, whose tireless dedication and expertise are the reason Cinema Treasures is what it is today.
Thank you again and see you at 30,000. :)
Ross Melnick and Patrick Crowley
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RFP for Hollywood Theater
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The City of Minneapolis issued a Request for Proposals for redevelopment of the Hollywood Theater.
The City’s redevelopment goals for the site include renovation of the existing structure to accommodate a viable commercial use while preserving the character-defining features of the building and the option for future use as a theater.
This RFP will consider a wide range of commercial uses of the theater building. Proposals that involve a theater or entertainment reuse will be considered, but so will proposals with other commercial uses such as office and/or retail. Any proposals with a non-theater use must address how they will preserve the option for reuse as a theater in the future, if such an option arises. Residential uses are not allowed at the site.
Read more at theOfficial City Site.
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Oscars expanding to 10 best picture nominees
The Motion Picture Academy has decided to return to their old system of ten Best Picture nominees instead of five. There will still be only one winner.
The mind boggles as to how they will find ten worthy nominees when even five was often pushing it.
Decades ago, the Oscars had up to 10 best picture nominees for several years. “Gone With the Wind” famously beat a number of great films for best picture in 1939, including “Stagecoach,” “Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” “Ninotchka,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”
But in the mid-1940s, the system changed to its present five films, and five films it’s been ever since. That’s led to any number of crowd-pleasing but not “Oscar-worthy” (as the Academy believes) films not making the cut. Just last year, there were howls of protest for the failure of “The Dark Knight” to crack the Academy’s top five.
Read more at CNN Blogs.
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June 25, 2009
Call for 3D Olympics screenings
A former producer fights for more digital film acceptance in Great Britain and for the Olympics to be shown in theaters in 3D.
Digital technology could enable the 2012 Olympics to be shown in 3D in cinemas across the UK, former film producer Lord Puttnam has said.
It should be possible to show the London Olympics “every single day in 3D on every screen in the country”, he said at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Read more in the BBC News.
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The Future beyond the movie theater
A piece atSalon.com discusses the steps we’re taking to get closer to feature films being primarily released online.
But online distribution remains an insignificant factor in the film economy (if anything, movie theaters are thriving in the current recession), and it represents a tiny proportion of the video watched on computer screens. One could argue, in fact, that feature films and the Internet are mismatched forms of media; the former demands long stretches of undivided attention while the latter thrives on multitasking, rapid response time and brief info-bursts. When was the last time you spent 90 minutes or more sitting at your computer and looking at the same thing?</blockquote.