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March 4, 2008
Canaan Colonial Theatre for sale
CANAAN, CT — Just want to put the word out there, that the Colonial Theatre is now for sale as of February 2008. I am a realtor for Portfolio Properties Group in Canaan, CT. I am looking for a buyer of course, this place has lots of potential.
Soon I will have a website just for the sale of the Colonial. If anyone knows of anyone interested in owning their own theater in the NW corner of Connecticut, please contact me at or at my office (860) 824-5100.
UPDATE ¾: The Colonial Theatre has just been made available. The theatre offers seating on both levels. The theatre is currently being used for a dinner/movie theatre, auditorium, comedy theatre, and so much more. Lots of parking is available. The sale includes all fixtures, furniture and equipment. The Colonial has been fully restored. Check out the website http://www.canaanctcolonialtheatre.com/ for more information and please contact me Nikki Blass at or at either number (860) 671-0592 or (860) 824-0088.
Nikki
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Wanted: Console Projector 3.5k - 4.5k
Looking to buy a late model good working condition complete console projector. (Strong, Christie, ORC or any popular model. must be good reflectors.
I am also looking for following equipment:Super LumeX or Super 80 Lamp house
Power supplies 3.5k – 4.5k
IREM Power supply model N3-100 or N3-150
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March 3, 2008
Cinema Treasures reaches 20,000 theaters!
All of us at Cinema Treasures are excited to announce that we have just added our 20,000th theater! There are now detailed listings from over 115 countries.
Thank you to all of our wonderful, dedicated users. And, of course, without Bryan Krefft and Ken Roe, this milestone would never have been possible.
There are many wonderful things in store for Cinema Treasures in the coming months and we look forward to bringing them to you as soon as we can. In the meantime, please accept our heartiest thanks and appreciation for all of your support over the past seven years.
There’s much more excitement to come in 2008.
Warmest Regards,
Patrick Crowley and Ross Melnick
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Landmark Theatres takes over Gateway
COLUMBUS, OH — After only two years, the Drexel Gateway is changing hands.
It’s already time for a sequel at the two-year-old movie theater at South Campus Gateway.
Campus Partners announced last Tuesday that Drexel Theatres Group will no longer operate the Gateway Theater, as of March 1. Then came word Friday about the future management of the eight-screen multiplex: It will be run by the art-house chain Landmark Theatres.
Read the full story in the Columbus Dispatch.
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Million Dollar returns
LOS ANGELES, CA — Following a long renovation process, the Million Dollar Theater is finally ready for its closeup again. A huge step forward for Broadway, the early stages were chronicled last year in a CT Interview.
For more than a year the red letters on the Million Dollar Theatre’s marquee have proclaimed “Coming Soon.” Last week, the static sign changed to “The Million Dollar Presenta,” ushering in a new era for the 1918 landmark as it reopened with a flurry of fanfare that included Aztec dancers, mariachis and other performers.
Following a yearlong renovation that cost more than $1 million, managing partner Robert Voskanian on Thursday welcomed a host of city and community leaders to the refurbished Spanish Baroque venue at 307 S. Broadway. Mexican singer and Latin Grammy winner Pepe Aguilar christened the theater’s massive stage, which has not seen a live performance in more than two decades.
With Broadway closed off to traffic, the theater’s glitzy debut was a snapshot of its past life, when it once drew throngs of patrons to watch the top entertainers and films of its day. The Million Dollar is only the third historic theater on Broadway to reopen for a regular slate of live concerts and events.
Read more in the L.A. Downtown News.
(Thanks to my hovercraft is full of eels for providing the photo.)
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Theater for lease/sale in NJ
BLAIRSTOWN, NJ — Beautifully renovated turn of the century theater for sale in rural picturesque town of Blairstown located in scenic North West, New Jersey(Warren County). One hour drive to New York City. Easy highway access, yet located in quaint country town on historic Main Street. The theatre is adjacent to the prestigious Blair Academy.
Most recently the theatre, known as Roy’s Hall, was run as the Blairstown Theater Festival. Prior to that it was known as Nous Theatre.
Consistently presenting performances for the last 2 years. Steady increase in audience size and press relationships. Stage has seen classical concerts (including New Jersey Symphony performing Beethoven’s Ninth), Jazz, movies, children’s productions, theater, and live dance.
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February 29, 2008
Lowest rated Oscar telecast
In what has been an ongoing trend these days, the Oscar telecast last weekend was the lowest rated ever. With no huge studio pictures up for the majors and a slew of little-known actors up as favorites in key categories, it was the perfect recipe for average moviegoer dissent.
Films about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to U.S. television viewers as this year’s Oscars show hit record low ratings.
The 80th anniversary edition of the Academy Awards, dominated by European stars and films that played poorly at the box office, averaged 32 million viewers, entering the record books on Monday as the least watched Oscar telecast ever.
Read more in the Washington Post.
(Thanks to Grebo Guru for providing the photo.)
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New Book - Now Playing at a Theater Near Me
February 28, 2008 — Tim McGlynn’s, “Now Playing at Theater Near Me,” is a fantastic and tickling book that presents insights into teen culture during the seventies.
In 1975 the making of an 8mm movie turned disastrous for seventeen-year-old Tim McGlynn and friends. It was a Dog Day afternoon for the young autuers as local cops responded to a staged bank robbery. “Now Playing at a Theater Near Me” combines true-life coming-of-age antics with backstories and personal recollections of films and theaters of the seventies.
Today, teenagers cannot imagine life without DVDs, wireless phones, and the Internet. In Tim McGlynn’s new book, “Now Playing at a Theater Near Me,” readers are taken back thirty years when most entertainment was experienced at local drive-ins and single screen theaters.
Before information was easily accessible from home, America’s youth learned about life, sex and growing old at the movies. “Now Playing at a Theater Near Me” presents hilarious insights into the early seventies. Even movies could not keep up with the rapidly changing cultural issues of the time.
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Norwalk Theatre success
NORWALK, OH — There was lots of old fashioned laughter on Saturday, the 23rd of February as old cartoons and Three Stooges were shown on the large screen at the Norwalk Theatre. Two showings entertained fun lovers of all ages.
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February 28, 2008
Harold Lloyd Film Festival: April 18-20, 2008, Riviera Theatre
NORTH TONAWANDA, NY — 10 Harold Lloyd Classics on the Silver Screen at the Riviera Theatre with authentic “Pure White Carbon Arc Projection.” Friday, April 18-Sunday, April 20, 2008.
Sponsored by Riviera Theatre, Buffalo Film Society, Buffalo International Film Festival, this three day event features Lloyd’s granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd; Anthony Bannon, Director: George Eastman House; Patrick Loughney, Motion Picture Curator, George Eastman House; Music: Robert Israel, Clark Wilson on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ.
The Riviera Theatre has the original Wurlitzer Demonstration Organ, unique in the world, a real Silver Screen, and two fully-working Carbon Arc Projectors. All films shown will be 35mm prints.