It a shame on readin on what happened to the former RKO Stanley Warner’s Warner Theatre, with it becoming a shopping center. Out in Philadelphia, the former Cinerama theatre out there, the former RKO Stanley Warner’s Boyd Theatre/Regal Entertainment Group’s United Artists Sameric 4 Theatre, is being restored by LiveNation back to it’s 1928 looks, and restoring the “Boyd” name.
The Boyd/Sameric 4 had a unique design, having been built by Alexander Boyd, as a “L shape” building, where the main theatre House #1, is the former Boyd Theatre’s auditorium. Sameric’s Screens 2 through 4 were built to the right of Screen 1, turning it from a “L Shape to a ”[“ shape.
Yvgtspike, The world class theatres that we have in the Philadelphia area now are:
AMC Neshaminy 24 Theatre, in Bensalem
REG King of Prussia Stadium 16 and IMAX Theatre, in King of Prussia
REG Marketplace Stadium 24 Theatre, in Oaks
National Amusements The Bridge 6: Cinema De Lux
These theatres are to today’s generation that the RKO Stanley Warner’s Boyd, RKO Stanley Warner’s Stanley Theatre, Milgram’s Fox Theatre and Stanley Warner’s Mastbaum Theatre were to those who grew up in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and the Sameric Theatre, the William Goldman’s/Budco/AMC Midtown Twin Theatre to those who grew up in the 1970’s and 1980’s
Regal Entertainment Group is the sucessor to United Artists Theatres and Eric Theatres, and AMC Theatres is the sucessor to Budco Theatres, General Cinema Theatres, William Goldman Theatres, and Loews Cineplex Entertainment Theatres (doing business in Philadelphia as RKO Stanley Warner Theatres, Stanley Warner Theatres and Stanley Company of America from eratly 1900’s to 1977.
Renel-fan, William Goldman Theatres Co (Goldman Theatre, Midtown Theatre, Regency Theatre, Andorra Theatre, Orleans Theatre, Bryn Mawr Theatre, City Line Center Theatre) were bought by Budco Quality Theatres in 1972, 1 year after Goldman closed the Randolph Theatre.
All that’s left today of the Goldman Theatres that’s still standing are: Midtown Theatre (operating as Prince Music Theatre) and Orleans Theatre (operating as AMC Orleans 8 Theatre).
I think, but I’m not sure, Center Theatre was closed by RKO Century Warner in the 1980’s.
I would assume that the retrofitted theatres with Stadium Seating are Theatres #19 and 20?
The original left wing of the AMC Pleasure Island 10 Theatre is now Theatres #20-24 (#24 was original #1, #23 was original #2, #22 was original #3, #21 was original #4, and #20 was original #5). The right wing has Theatre #19 (original #6), Theatre #18 (original Theatre #10) and Theatre #17 (Original Theatre #9), with the location of original Theatres #7 and #8 is now a hallway to reach Theatres #1 to #16, with #13 to #16’s screens in the spot where Original #8’s right side wall used to be.
REG Montgomeryville 7 Theatre opened in 1968/69 by Sam Shapiro as “Eric Montgomeryville Theatre”. It was twinned in late 1974. It became Eric Montgomeryville 3 Theatre in mid to late 1976. Between 1986 and 1989, the theatre added 4 more screens and became Eric Montgomeryville 7 Theatre. In 1992, United Artists dropped the “Eric” name from all the Philadelphia area theatres they acquired when they bought out Sameric Rocking Chair Theatres Company in 1988.
“Star Wars Episode IV”, in its original run in 1977, did not play at the Boyd/Sameric Theatre. It opened at Eric’s Place Theatre. During the 1997 Special Edition reissue, Star Wars Episode IV finally did play at the Boyd, then known as United Artists Sameric 4 Theatre.
“Empire Strikes Back”, “Return Of The Jedi” and “Star Wars Episode I” all opened at the Sameric (Empire Strikes Back), Sameric 3 (Return Of The Jedi), and United Artists Sameric 4 (Star Wars Episode I).
3 more great movie that opened at the Sameric were: ROCKY III, ROCKY IV, and Philadelphia
I think it was 1953 when Warner Brothers Pictures split the Stanley Warner Theatre chain off, at the same time Loews Inc split into Loews Theatres and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It was the Stanley Warner Theatres Company that closed the Mastbaum.
I believe the Stage Door Cinema was created from the stage of the Fox Theatre, much in the same way in NYC the Orleans Theatre was created from the stage of the Warner Cinerama Theatre, when that theatre was converted into The Cinerama Theatre, The Penthouse Theatre and The Orleans Theatre by Pacific East Theatres and RKO Stanley Warner Theatres.
I think Provident National Bank (PNC Bank) was just the tennant in the current PNC Bank Center.
It was Stanley Warner Theatres who had the Mastbaum Theatre closed and demolished in 1958. RKO Stanley Warner Theatres demolished the Stanley Theatre, Provident National Bank had the Fox, Milgram and Stage Door Theatres demolished, and the owners of the Liberty One and Two office complex had the Duke & Duchess Theatre and the Budco (AMC) Regency Twin Theatre demolished.
The only former theatres that are still standing are: Live Nation’s (RKO Stanley Warner’s) Boyd Theatre, CVS Pharmacy (United Artists Sam’s Place Twin-Rugoff’s Cinema 19-Viking-Stanley Warner’s Aldine Theatre), United Artists Eric’s Place (Trans-Lux)Theatre, Arcadia Theatre and Prince Music (AMC Midtown Twin) Theatre.
LuisV, AMC has the AMC Loews 34th Street, the AMC Empire 25, the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 12 & IMAX, and until it is sold, the AMC Loews E-Walk 13.
My 3 favorite AMC Theatres to see films in are: AMC Empire 25, AMC Neshaminy 24 (located in Bensalem, PA), and AMC Pleasure Island 24 (located in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
My favorite REG Theatres to see films in are: REG King Of Prussia Stadium 16 (located in King of Prussia, PA), REG Kaufman Astoria Stadium 14, and REG Oxford Valley Stadium 14 (located in Middletown Township-Langhorne, PA)
In the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, the Theatre Listings still has the AMC Cherry Hills 24 listed as “Loews Cherry Hill 24”, but the display ads for the individual films list it as:
[Small Type]“AMC Loews"
[Large Type]"Cherry Hill 24”.
Shade, the AMC-Loews merger became official on 1/27/06. I work for AMC Theatres. The showtimes from this past week were all done by Loews Cineplex, before officially becoming AMC. The showtimes for this week (2/3) are the first showtimes that the former Loews theatres did as AMC Theatres.
The theatre owners (AMC, REG, Cinemark, Pacific) and the major film studios wants to keep everything the way they are now, Mark Cuban wants to change the system. I believe the major theatre chains and major film studios are gonna win this war.
The AMC website has all the former Loews Theatres as AMC Theatres already. It will take a couple of weeks for the newspapers. This happened 4 years ago when AMC acquired General Cinema Theatres as well.
AMC (Durwood) bought out the entire Loews Cineplex chain. All Loews Theatres, Cineplex Odeon (RKO Century, Plitt, Walter Reade) Theatres, Star Theatres, and Magic Johnson Theatres, as well as the former Gulf State, General Cinema and Budco (William Goldman) theatre chains, are now called “AMC Theatres”.
The General Cinema Northeast 4 Theatre (Cinema I & II) was a good theatre. I saw Star Wars Return Of The Jedi there back in 1983.
Ken MD, the Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry) closed in several stages, the East end closed in the early to mid 1970’s, the West End closed in the early to mid 1990’s. The Philadelphia State Hospital Estern end is now the Byberry East Industrial Park. I used to go into the abandoned Byberry East buildings back in the mid 1980’s.
AMC , I believe, decided to go with the former Stanley Warner’s Route 4 Theatre instead of Century’s Paramus (Route 17) Theatre. (Both theatre from 1981 to 1987 were RKO Century Warner Theatres)
Eddie, It’s a cool looking picture of the AMc Orleans 8 when it was conceived as Goldman’s Orleans Theatre. also today, AMC now has the former Loews Cherry Hill 24 Theatre.
It a shame on readin on what happened to the former RKO Stanley Warner’s Warner Theatre, with it becoming a shopping center. Out in Philadelphia, the former Cinerama theatre out there, the former RKO Stanley Warner’s Boyd Theatre/Regal Entertainment Group’s United Artists Sameric 4 Theatre, is being restored by LiveNation back to it’s 1928 looks, and restoring the “Boyd” name.
The Boyd/Sameric 4 had a unique design, having been built by Alexander Boyd, as a “L shape” building, where the main theatre House #1, is the former Boyd Theatre’s auditorium. Sameric’s Screens 2 through 4 were built to the right of Screen 1, turning it from a “L Shape to a ”[“ shape.
Does anyone know when Ben Hur last showing was at the Stanley Warner’s Boyd Theatre, during its initial run, and what movie replaced Ben Hur?
The same thing also for Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and when Empire Strikes Back left the Sameric Theatre?
Yvgtspike, The world class theatres that we have in the Philadelphia area now are:
AMC Neshaminy 24 Theatre, in Bensalem
REG King of Prussia Stadium 16 and IMAX Theatre, in King of Prussia
REG Marketplace Stadium 24 Theatre, in Oaks
National Amusements The Bridge 6: Cinema De Lux
These theatres are to today’s generation that the RKO Stanley Warner’s Boyd, RKO Stanley Warner’s Stanley Theatre, Milgram’s Fox Theatre and Stanley Warner’s Mastbaum Theatre were to those who grew up in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and the Sameric Theatre, the William Goldman’s/Budco/AMC Midtown Twin Theatre to those who grew up in the 1970’s and 1980’s
Regal Entertainment Group is the sucessor to United Artists Theatres and Eric Theatres, and AMC Theatres is the sucessor to Budco Theatres, General Cinema Theatres, William Goldman Theatres, and Loews Cineplex Entertainment Theatres (doing business in Philadelphia as RKO Stanley Warner Theatres, Stanley Warner Theatres and Stanley Company of America from eratly 1900’s to 1977.
The orchestra pit was used, I believe, only once, and that was back in 1928, when the Boyd Theatre was opened by Alexander Boyd.
The AMC Orleans 8 Theatre is still open, as of 3/27/2006, but for how long, I don’t know.
Renel-fan, William Goldman Theatres Co (Goldman Theatre, Midtown Theatre, Regency Theatre, Andorra Theatre, Orleans Theatre, Bryn Mawr Theatre, City Line Center Theatre) were bought by Budco Quality Theatres in 1972, 1 year after Goldman closed the Randolph Theatre.
All that’s left today of the Goldman Theatres that’s still standing are: Midtown Theatre (operating as Prince Music Theatre) and Orleans Theatre (operating as AMC Orleans 8 Theatre).
I think, but I’m not sure, Center Theatre was closed by RKO Century Warner in the 1980’s.
I would assume that the retrofitted theatres with Stadium Seating are Theatres #19 and 20?
The original left wing of the AMC Pleasure Island 10 Theatre is now Theatres #20-24 (#24 was original #1, #23 was original #2, #22 was original #3, #21 was original #4, and #20 was original #5). The right wing has Theatre #19 (original #6), Theatre #18 (original Theatre #10) and Theatre #17 (Original Theatre #9), with the location of original Theatres #7 and #8 is now a hallway to reach Theatres #1 to #16, with #13 to #16’s screens in the spot where Original #8’s right side wall used to be.
REG Montgomeryville 7 Theatre opened in 1968/69 by Sam Shapiro as “Eric Montgomeryville Theatre”. It was twinned in late 1974. It became Eric Montgomeryville 3 Theatre in mid to late 1976. Between 1986 and 1989, the theatre added 4 more screens and became Eric Montgomeryville 7 Theatre. In 1992, United Artists dropped the “Eric” name from all the Philadelphia area theatres they acquired when they bought out Sameric Rocking Chair Theatres Company in 1988.
“Star Wars Episode IV”, in its original run in 1977, did not play at the Boyd/Sameric Theatre. It opened at Eric’s Place Theatre. During the 1997 Special Edition reissue, Star Wars Episode IV finally did play at the Boyd, then known as United Artists Sameric 4 Theatre.
“Empire Strikes Back”, “Return Of The Jedi” and “Star Wars Episode I” all opened at the Sameric (Empire Strikes Back), Sameric 3 (Return Of The Jedi), and United Artists Sameric 4 (Star Wars Episode I).
3 more great movie that opened at the Sameric were: ROCKY III, ROCKY IV, and Philadelphia
I think it was 1953 when Warner Brothers Pictures split the Stanley Warner Theatre chain off, at the same time Loews Inc split into Loews Theatres and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It was the Stanley Warner Theatres Company that closed the Mastbaum.
I believe the Stage Door Cinema was created from the stage of the Fox Theatre, much in the same way in NYC the Orleans Theatre was created from the stage of the Warner Cinerama Theatre, when that theatre was converted into The Cinerama Theatre, The Penthouse Theatre and The Orleans Theatre by Pacific East Theatres and RKO Stanley Warner Theatres.
I think Provident National Bank (PNC Bank) was just the tennant in the current PNC Bank Center.
It was Stanley Warner Theatres who had the Mastbaum Theatre closed and demolished in 1958. RKO Stanley Warner Theatres demolished the Stanley Theatre, Provident National Bank had the Fox, Milgram and Stage Door Theatres demolished, and the owners of the Liberty One and Two office complex had the Duke & Duchess Theatre and the Budco (AMC) Regency Twin Theatre demolished.
The only former theatres that are still standing are: Live Nation’s (RKO Stanley Warner’s) Boyd Theatre, CVS Pharmacy (United Artists Sam’s Place Twin-Rugoff’s Cinema 19-Viking-Stanley Warner’s Aldine Theatre), United Artists Eric’s Place (Trans-Lux)Theatre, Arcadia Theatre and Prince Music (AMC Midtown Twin) Theatre.
The former Stanley Warner’s Circle Theatre was the theatre that had the Spanish-like porticoes around the interior walls.
LuisV, AMC has the AMC Loews 34th Street, the AMC Empire 25, the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 12 & IMAX, and until it is sold, the AMC Loews E-Walk 13.
My 3 favorite AMC Theatres to see films in are: AMC Empire 25, AMC Neshaminy 24 (located in Bensalem, PA), and AMC Pleasure Island 24 (located in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
My favorite REG Theatres to see films in are: REG King Of Prussia Stadium 16 (located in King of Prussia, PA), REG Kaufman Astoria Stadium 14, and REG Oxford Valley Stadium 14 (located in Middletown Township-Langhorne, PA)
As of right now, this theatre is AMC Loews E-Walk 13 Theatre.
In the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, the Theatre Listings still has the AMC Cherry Hills 24 listed as “Loews Cherry Hill 24”, but the display ads for the individual films list it as:
[Small Type]“AMC Loews"
[Large Type]"Cherry Hill 24”.
Shade, the AMC-Loews merger became official on 1/27/06. I work for AMC Theatres. The showtimes from this past week were all done by Loews Cineplex, before officially becoming AMC. The showtimes for this week (2/3) are the first showtimes that the former Loews theatres did as AMC Theatres.
The theatre owners (AMC, REG, Cinemark, Pacific) and the major film studios wants to keep everything the way they are now, Mark Cuban wants to change the system. I believe the major theatre chains and major film studios are gonna win this war.
The AMC website has all the former Loews Theatres as AMC Theatres already. It will take a couple of weeks for the newspapers. This happened 4 years ago when AMC acquired General Cinema Theatres as well.
AMC (Durwood) bought out the entire Loews Cineplex chain. All Loews Theatres, Cineplex Odeon (RKO Century, Plitt, Walter Reade) Theatres, Star Theatres, and Magic Johnson Theatres, as well as the former Gulf State, General Cinema and Budco (William Goldman) theatre chains, are now called “AMC Theatres”.
Eddie, we missed you at Neshaminy 24 today, being it was the first day taking passes from Loews Cineplex.
The General Cinema Northeast 4 Theatre (Cinema I & II) was a good theatre. I saw Star Wars Return Of The Jedi there back in 1983.
Ken MD, the Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry) closed in several stages, the East end closed in the early to mid 1970’s, the West End closed in the early to mid 1990’s. The Philadelphia State Hospital Estern end is now the Byberry East Industrial Park. I used to go into the abandoned Byberry East buildings back in the mid 1980’s.
This former Stanley Warner’s Route 4 Theatre should be updated as AMC Paramus Route 4 10 Theatre.
Here is the website for the merged AMC-Loews Cineplex Theatres.
AMC , I believe, decided to go with the former Stanley Warner’s Route 4 Theatre instead of Century’s Paramus (Route 17) Theatre. (Both theatre from 1981 to 1987 were RKO Century Warner Theatres)
Eddie, It’s a cool looking picture of the AMc Orleans 8 when it was conceived as Goldman’s Orleans Theatre. also today, AMC now has the former Loews Cherry Hill 24 Theatre.