The name of this thing is going to be called Standees? To me, that name evokes crowding and discomfort, two things I am sure everyone wants when going to dinner and a movie.
The results of the City of Aurora’s survey of what citizens would like to see done with the Century 16 show that the majority who responded want to see the theater reopened. The results have been forwarded to Cinemark. View article
Perhaps, but it may be hard to locate a showable print; in addition, the film does not appears to have been released on any form of home video to-date, which suggests that the rights may be entangled.
Following up on RogerA’s comment: why bother to originate the film on 70mm stock if it is not going to be exhibited in a widescreen ratio? While I admire the director’s work, up to this point, I do not understand why he set off a stir to encourage as many 70mm showings as possible when the film is masked down to a conventional aspect ratio. The only result of doing that is a somewhat sharper image.
Gerlach-Empire was basically a company town that basically existed to serve the needs of the workers that once worked at a large gypsum mine and nearby processing plant that produced sheetrock for many years. With the closing of these facilities in 2011, the town has substantially declined, even losing its original zip code. The theater was probably like many other company town theaters, utilitarian, but an important recreational venue in a somewhat isolated area, about one hundred miles NE of Reno.
I think it should be noted that this closing, like a number of other recent closings of military base theaters, is a closing of the theater as a scheduled cinema by AAFES; the theater will remain in use for other purposes.
RC Theaters has assumed control of this theater and has renamed it the Metro Movies: View article. The new official website is: http://www.rctheatres.com/index.asp
According to this YouTube video, it was operating as of 2009 as Rosey’s’s Cantina, a music/dance hall; this other video indicates that it featured “sumo wrestling.”
There is a small picture of the Quilna Theatre on its page at CinemaTour and this webpage shows an ad for the Quilna that appeared in the January 25, 1945 edition o the Lima News.
Here is a Google street view of the building at 913 Castle St. in Wilmington. Though something less than palatial-looking, it does look like a former theater
True, but one would think after a $4.5 million renovation just completed, they would have known about the need to go digital and set aside a few bucks to accomplish that.
There are pictures of the theater on this webpage.
The name of this thing is going to be called Standees? To me, that name evokes crowding and discomfort, two things I am sure everyone wants when going to dinner and a movie.
The results of the City of Aurora’s survey of what citizens would like to see done with the Century 16 show that the majority who responded want to see the theater reopened. The results have been forwarded to Cinemark. View article
There are several pictures of this theater on its page at CinemaTour; click on the thumbnails to enlarge them.
Joe Vogel, do you know if there is a relationship between Rapp,Zettle, & Rapp and Rapp & Rapp?
Status should needs to be changed to Closed/Demolished.
Perhaps, but it may be hard to locate a showable print; in addition, the film does not appears to have been released on any form of home video to-date, which suggests that the rights may be entangled.
I can agree with your, Edward, but to whom is the statement really being made?
Following up on RogerA’s comment: why bother to originate the film on 70mm stock if it is not going to be exhibited in a widescreen ratio? While I admire the director’s work, up to this point, I do not understand why he set off a stir to encourage as many 70mm showings as possible when the film is masked down to a conventional aspect ratio. The only result of doing that is a somewhat sharper image.
But is the film being purchased for making prints or for origination media?
Gerlach-Empire was basically a company town that basically existed to serve the needs of the workers that once worked at a large gypsum mine and nearby processing plant that produced sheetrock for many years. With the closing of these facilities in 2011, the town has substantially declined, even losing its original zip code. The theater was probably like many other company town theaters, utilitarian, but an important recreational venue in a somewhat isolated area, about one hundred miles NE of Reno.
An interior photo can be seen here.
Two interior photos: here and here.
I think it should be noted that this closing, like a number of other recent closings of military base theaters, is a closing of the theater as a scheduled cinema by AAFES; the theater will remain in use for other purposes.
There are some pictures of the theater on this webpage.
The official website is: http://tristonecinemas.com/
Three photos of the theater can be seen on this webpage.
Here is an article confirming the closing from the San Francisco Chronicle.
RC Theaters has assumed control of this theater and has renamed it the Metro Movies: View article. The new official website is: http://www.rctheatres.com/index.asp
Two pictures of the ABC York, one from 1981 and one from 1986.
According to this YouTube video, it was operating as of 2009 as Rosey’s’s Cantina, a music/dance hall; this other video indicates that it featured “sumo wrestling.”
There is a small picture of the Quilna Theatre on its page at CinemaTour and this webpage shows an ad for the Quilna that appeared in the January 25, 1945 edition o the Lima News.
There are aerial views and pictures of this drive-in on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com
Here is a Google street view of the building at 913 Castle St. in Wilmington. Though something less than palatial-looking, it does look like a former theater
According to the list I cited above, both theaters are getting 70mm prints.
Another picture of the former theater is here.
True, but one would think after a $4.5 million renovation just completed, they would have known about the need to go digital and set aside a few bucks to accomplish that.