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August 21, 2006
Memories of the Paramount Theatre
AURORA, IL — An ex-employee recounts her memories of working at the Paramount Theatre.
It was 1971 when I started my first job at the Paramount Theater. I had heard through mutual friends that the Paramount needed a candy girl, so I applied. I was 16 at the time and earned $1 an hour.
Our manager was Mr. Rudolph Zurklebach. He was a big promoter of the Paramount and Tivoli Theaters and of downtown Aurora. He would call in to WMRO radio station and request that Petula Clark’s song, Downtown, be played. There were fliers at the local restaurants promoting the latest film.
For more, read the full story in Suburban Chicago News.
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Los Angeles theaters near Washington and Vermont
In Los Angeles, there were a half dozen movie theaters near the intersection of Washington and Vermont. I believe the area had something to do with film distribution.
None of the theaters are there now although one or two of the buildings may have been converted to other uses. Does anyone remember any of these theaters or the film business activities in the area?
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No movie theaters in Monroeville, PA
Attention theater chain owners. Monroeville, PA needs a movie theater! There used to 4 movie houses(1 being the Carmike Monroeville) here and all have closed in the past decade or so. This is a huge shopping district in the greater Pittsburgh area. Please bring movies back to Monroeville!
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Service technician needed
Hi everyone. I am the owner of the downtown West Bend Cinema in West Bend, Wisconsin. I am looking for a very knowledgeable service technician that is in our area.
We are having problems where we burn out xenon bulbs in 700 hours or less when they are warrantied for at least 2000. We need help figuring out this expensive problem. Any suggestions on service techs? Thanks, Larry V, .
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August 18, 2006
10 theaters doing it right
Entertainment Weekly recenty published a list of ten operating theaters in the U.S. that still provide an exceptional experience.
To see who made the cut, visit EW’s 10 Theaters Doing it Right.
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A world without movie theaters
This blog entry gives an interesting perspective on how movie theaters can soon follow music stores as a growing piece of nostalgia.
Imagine a world without movie theaters. No multiplexes. No arthouses. No way to communally experience a film.
That day may be coming sooner than you think. Each year theatrical box office receipts decline as the DVD becomes the preferred method for audiences to watch movies.
For more, read the full story on Film Threat Blogs.
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Jefferson Valley Mall Theater to close
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY — The Regal Jefferson Valley Mall Theatre is scheduled to close this weekend.
Here’s another titan of an earlier generation shutting its doors. This was the place to go to see movies in Northern Westchester in the 1980’s(at least for those far enough north that Hawthorne was out of the way) before it became obsolete with the opening of the nearby theater in Mohegan Lake.
“It was identified as an underperforming theater, and its lease had expired,” said Richard Grover, marketing manager with Regal Entertainment Group, which owns the theater.
All employees will be offered jobs at another Regal-owned theater at the Cortlandt Town Center, Grover said. He declined to comment on whether the success of that more modern, 11-screen theater, which opened in 1998, with its stadium seating contributed to the demise of its Jefferson Valley rival.
For more, read the full story in the Journal News.
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Kodak developing digital theater software
Kodak is developing an operating system for movie theaters to manage lighting, temperature and other technical functions.
Kodak Digital Cinema and National CineMedia, a partnership of the three top U.S. movie theater chains, on Wednesday said they are developing theater management software to automate digital cinema systems now being installed at movie theaters worldwide.
For more, read the full story in CNET News.
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August 17, 2006
Salina movie theater to expand
OVERLAND PARK, KS — Dickinson Theatres announced Monday that their Salina, Kansas Central Mall 8 Theatre wil began an expansion project to 10 screens. The two additional auditoriums will be located across the hall from the current theater and will feature 80 seats in one theatre and 60 in another.
The current auditoriums each have approximately 250 seats, and four of the eight screens are stadium seating. The new screens will be utilized for holdover pictures so that newer releases can be shown in the bigger auditoriums. Plus, this will give Dickinson the ability to showcase more artistic features.
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Brattle Theatre in trouble
CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Brattle Theatre is currently in financial trouble due to art-house competition as well as the DVD market.
Six months ago, the Brattle Theatre, the landmark, single-screen art house movie theater in Harvard Square, announced that unless it raised $500,000 in 2006, it would have to close its doors.
The good news is that about halfway to its deadline, the theater has raised about half the money ($270,000). The bad news is that the Brattle’s financial challenges aren’t likely to go away, even if they hit their target.
For more, read the full story in The Somerville Journal.