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February 28, 2008
State Cinema, Grays - New Preservation Website
GRAYS, ESSEX, ENGLAND — A new website has been set up, to help drum up support for the rescue of the State Cinema in Grays. This site contains a massive amount of pictures of this cinema, which is one of very few art deco cinemas single-screen cinemas left in the UK.
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800, 1924 american seating seats for sale
We are in the beginning phase of a theatre restoration project and need to clean out the basement! We have roughly 800 theatre seats, American Seating, c. 1924 in storage. They are flat-footed (for risers). Pictures available via email at .
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February 27, 2008
Detroit’s Redford theatre celebrates its 80th anniversary
DETROIT, MI — The Redford Theatre celebrates 80 years!
80 Years Under the Stars: A Gala Celebration
April 19, 2008
8:00 p.m. – Reserved seats-$25, General Admission-$20The Motor city chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society is proud to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Redford theatre, the chapter’s home since 1974. The evening will highlight the theatre’s original Barton theatre pipe organ with Detroit’s John Lauter at the console. John will play solo selections from the nine decades the theatre has been entertaining Detroiters and will accompany the silent film “The Electric House" starring Buster Keaton.
Also featured on the program will be the Hotel Savarine Society orchestra, an eleven-member group that recreates the dance band sound of the 1920’s. The orchestra has been performing before metropolitan Detroit audiences for over 20 years. The Hotel Savarine Society Orchestra borrowed its name from a well-known hotel on Detroit’s lower east side. The hotel opened in 1927. The hotel is just a memory, but the music of the 1920’s lives on through the band’s performances.The Orchestra will be joined by the Pleasant Moments Vintage Dancers. This group performs throughout the region specializing in the dance styles of the 20s and 30s. Watch for classics such as the Charleston and other favorite routines.
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They demolished the Orleans 8!
PHILADELPHIA, PA — I can’t believe they demolished my neighborhood theater, the Orleans 8. The theater was falling apart anyway. I heard from a reliable source that they’re going to close Franklin Mills Mall and Donald Trump will buy the property and build another casino. That’s my favorite mall. They’re going to build a Target in place of the Orleans 8, with Pepboys, and the other shops on that lot.
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Lorraine Theater for sale
I have a wonderful movie palace for sale in Hoopeston, IL. The biggest screen around with the best sound. It is open seven days a week and currently runs first run movies. Turn key operation, great community, nice place to live. Please call me at (262)853-4338 if interested. Ask for Kevin.
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February 26, 2008
Looking back at “The Day After”
To be clear,“The Day After”, a horrifying story about nuclear destruction and the aftermath, was not released as a theatrical film (at least, not in the United States). Twenty-five years ago, during the Spring of 1983, it was broadcasted on ABC-TV. The next morning, viewers felt like they were pulverized with a sledgehammer.
The film was directed by Nicholas Myer (he also directed “Time after Time”, “Star Trek II” and “VI”) and starred noteworthy talents like Jason Robards, Jobeth Williams and Steve Guttenberg. The film opens with a world in political crisis as news of possible war spreads throughout the media. We don’t know why or which side is at fault; we only know that it’s going to happen. The film focuses on Kansas City, Missouri and its citizens coping (and dying) when the big one ultimately hits. There are scenes of death during the nuclear explosion that were considered very risky and very graphic for television at the time.
When people ask me what movie has ever scared me the most, my answer has always been “The Day After”. No other film has ever put such a dreaded knot in my stomach as this one has. One need only watch the scene just before the bomb hits, when the awful sound of that alarm is filling the streets and people are completely panic-striken. The camera pulls back from the city skyline and the blast hits, creating the ominous, almost beautiful mushroom cloud that follows. Those images have scared me a lot more than anything Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees or Freddy Kruger will ever do on screen. What happens next is inevitable. What happens after that is simply, the day after.
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“Semi-Pro” holds gala premiere at the film’s setting.
FLINT, MI – Hollywood came back to Flint Thursday night at the National Amusements Showcase Cinemas Flint West when the director of the new film “Semi-Pro“ Kent Alterman returned to town to speak and to take in the gala premiere of the film which played on two screens of the megaplex. While the film’s star Will Ferrell couldn’t make it, he did appear in a recorded greeting. The film opens nationally on Friday, February 29.
Most of the film was shot on location in Michigan including scenes filmed at the Capitol Theatre.
News coverage of the premiere can be found from the Flint Journal, FJ #2, FJ #3 as well as from WJRT including videos.
Additional news with video from WNEM.
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Showcase Cinemas closing
ORANGE, CT — The National Amusement’s Showcase Cinemas is closing on March 3rd, 2008. According to a NA spokesperson, the decision to shutter the 14-year-old theater is purely economic.
Best attempts are being made on their part to find employment for the theater’s 37 workers at other cinemas in the state.
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February 25, 2008
Glenwood Theatre available for lease
GLENWOOD, IL —The owners of the Glenwood Theatre located on S. Halsted in Glenwood Il. will be interested in anyone wanting to lease their location. Possibly lease to own as you build your business. Has liquor license and plenty of free parking.
Location is approximately 30 miles from Chicago’s downtown. Is currently being operated as first run. Has plenty of parking, owners own building and land. 2 auditoriums are stadium seating, 1 auditorium holds 20 love seats, which would be great for live theatre, concert or performance art. Lobby has over 12 tables with chairs and 2 couches, 1 concession stand, 1 bar stand. Very retro clean theatre, staff would be interested in staying. If interested please call 847-688-0200 for further details or for theatre showing.
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U.K. chain Odeon bars ‘Rambo’
LONDON, ENGLAND — In a mysterious move, Odeon has said it won’t show the new Rambo movie.
Odeon, the U.K.’s biggest exhib chain, will not show Sony’s new release “Rambo” at its theaters this weekend, citing undisclosed “commercial reasons.”
News has sent shockwaves around the local industry as “Rambo” is the frame’s most significant new release in the U.K. News has also enraged online Sylvester Stallone fans, especially those who live in rural areas where their only local cinema is an Odeon.
Decision by Odeon not to play the testosterone-fuelled pic will likely see its opening U.K. B.O. haul dented considerably even though Sony has spent much of this week scrambling to get other chains, including other market leaders Vue and Cineworld, to pump up their “Rambo” showings.
Read the full story in Variety.