Good information Brock — the original owners of the Tivoli property would NOT sell to Famous Players Canadian Corporation and so Famous created a “fake” company to acquire it and they sold to this “fake” company!!
Famous Players Canadian Corporation was the Canadian arm of Paramount-Publix Theatres, the largest and greatest chain of them of all, proudly built by Adolph Zukor, Paramount founder!!
Chuck Famous Players Publicity was respected throughout North America and they certainly would be decent enough to share some of their art work with other chains, both within the Paramount Theatre Associates group and other chains. Other chains include Loew’s, General Cinemas — associated chains include ABC , etc.
Brock King I am on Facebook friend me and we can talk, I look forward to this. I will try and reach you by email, but I am just learning how to do it!!
This theatre was a partnership between a lawyer, Mr. Fleming and Famous Players Canadian Corporation. The theatre’s Manager was a man named Roy Miller who took over the lawyer’s share when the lawyer passed on.
When you look at the ad for Earthquake at the top of the page you see am awesome “STARTS TODAY” This came from the Famous Players Canadian Corporation art department in TORONTO, Ontario.
There was also one of these plaques in the Capitol Theatre in Ottawa, originally a Loew house. Plaques like this would have also been in the following Canadian theatres, all built originally by Marcus Loew. The Uptown Theatre, Toronto, Capitol, Windsor, Capitol or Palace, Hamilton, Ontario.
This is a real hoot and shows you what the real theatre people were like!!! The Mount Dennis theatre was one of the Premier Theatres owned by Theatre Holding Corporation. Premier Theatres were operating partners of Famous Players Canadian Corporation, Limited. Premier Theatres were owned by the pioneering ALLEN FAMILY and FPCC!!
I was in Durham N. C. the day this Cineplex Odeon theatre opened. Garth Drabinsky the Cineplex Odeon founder and President opened two theatres in Raleigh that day! He arrived by helicopter and descended on the parking lot. It was like a god arriving from Heaven! They were extremely nice theatres for their day (1986) and I was damn proud to see the Cineplex Odeon from across the parking lot. It was absolutely GROSS to see that CARMIKE took over these theatres!!
This was a very typical purpose built Famous Players Theatre built in 1949. In the mid-seventies when this theatre was twinned it was done by making the balcony a separate theatre with the main floor theatre separate from the balcony!! John Joseph Fitzgibbons was President of Famous Players Canadian Corporation when this theatre was built and the Maritimes District Manager was Mr.Bob Roddick!!
RECAP — Famous Players built this theatre against the advice of their own internal advisors in the booking department. Never really did as well as Famous Players wanted it to. When Cineplex Odeon took over Famous Players the government wanted them to get rid of some sitituations. Cineplex Odeon was only too happy to allow Empire Theatres to operate this theatre. When Empire Theatres didn’t do the numbers that they wanted, they abandoned Empress Walk. Cineplex Odeon took this back again likely just to keep another company from entering the Toronto market. Interesting case study of a modern megaplex theatre!!
RECAP — Famous Players built this theatre against the advice of their own internal advisors in the booking department. Never really did as well as Famous Players wanted it to. When Cineplex Odeon took over Famous Players the government wanted them to get rid of some sitituations. Cineplex Odeon was only too happy to allow Empire Theatres to operate this theatre. When Empire Theatres didn’t do the numbers that they wanted, they abandoned Empress Walk. Cineplex Odeon took this back again likely just to keep another company from entering the Toronto market. Interesting case study of a modern megaplex theatre!!
N. L. Nathanson was the PRESIDENT and co-founder of Famous Players Canadian Corporation. Thomas Lamb architect did NOT have a Toronto office. I believe he worked out of New York. The Capitol Theatre in Montreal was a movie palace in every way.
I thought her name was DOROTHY SOLOMON!! Dorothy Panzica must be her married name right?? I remember seeing her in a movie filmed years ago about LOEW’S KINGS!!
Mr. Muir was the Division Director of Western Canada Theatre Operations for Famous Players. He was an employee only BUT did work closely with the founding president N. L. Nathanson!!
This theatre was operated by Famous Players Canadian Corporation for most of it’s life — and veteran Famous Players Manager Ivan Ackery managed it for a while as a young man before being brought back to Vancouver to manager the Orpheum Theatre!!
Good information Brock — the original owners of the Tivoli property would NOT sell to Famous Players Canadian Corporation and so Famous created a “fake” company to acquire it and they sold to this “fake” company!!
Famous Players Canadian Corporation was the Canadian arm of Paramount-Publix Theatres, the largest and greatest chain of them of all, proudly built by Adolph Zukor, Paramount founder!!
Chuck Famous Players Publicity was respected throughout North America and they certainly would be decent enough to share some of their art work with other chains, both within the Paramount Theatre Associates group and other chains. Other chains include Loew’s, General Cinemas — associated chains include ABC , etc.
Brock King I am on Facebook friend me and we can talk, I look forward to this. I will try and reach you by email, but I am just learning how to do it!!
Les Mitchell ran the old Capitol in St Catharines and did not like Roy Miller. I can’t print what Mitchell said about him!!
This theatre was a partnership between a lawyer, Mr. Fleming and Famous Players Canadian Corporation. The theatre’s Manager was a man named Roy Miller who took over the lawyer’s share when the lawyer passed on.
When you look at the ad for Earthquake at the top of the page you see am awesome “STARTS TODAY” This came from the Famous Players Canadian Corporation art department in TORONTO, Ontario.
WYNNSONG is a Carmike theater name. I think BOTH theaters in this location are CARMIKE THEATERS, sadly!!
Lucas and Jenkins Theaters and Wilby Kincey were both Paramount Theater partners.
Very smart looking for the time it was built.
This theatre was one of the very crappy original CINEPLEX theatres built by Garth Drabinsky.
This theatre was one of the very crappy original CINEPLEX theatres built by Garth Drabinsky.
Was the Palmetto an ABC/Plitt Theater?
Also the Century 1 & 2 LONDON, Ontario, originally a Loew house.
There was also one of these plaques in the Capitol Theatre in Ottawa, originally a Loew house. Plaques like this would have also been in the following Canadian theatres, all built originally by Marcus Loew. The Uptown Theatre, Toronto, Capitol, Windsor, Capitol or Palace, Hamilton, Ontario.
This is a real hoot and shows you what the real theatre people were like!!! The Mount Dennis theatre was one of the Premier Theatres owned by Theatre Holding Corporation. Premier Theatres were operating partners of Famous Players Canadian Corporation, Limited. Premier Theatres were owned by the pioneering ALLEN FAMILY and FPCC!!
It was very gross that CARMIKE took over this theatre from Cineplex Odeon — they didn’t deserve such a nice theatre!!
I was in Durham N. C. the day this Cineplex Odeon theatre opened. Garth Drabinsky the Cineplex Odeon founder and President opened two theatres in Raleigh that day! He arrived by helicopter and descended on the parking lot. It was like a god arriving from Heaven! They were extremely nice theatres for their day (1986) and I was damn proud to see the Cineplex Odeon from across the parking lot. It was absolutely GROSS to see that CARMIKE took over these theatres!!
This was a very typical purpose built Famous Players Theatre built in 1949. In the mid-seventies when this theatre was twinned it was done by making the balcony a separate theatre with the main floor theatre separate from the balcony!! John Joseph Fitzgibbons was President of Famous Players Canadian Corporation when this theatre was built and the Maritimes District Manager was Mr.Bob Roddick!!
RECAP — Famous Players built this theatre against the advice of their own internal advisors in the booking department. Never really did as well as Famous Players wanted it to. When Cineplex Odeon took over Famous Players the government wanted them to get rid of some sitituations. Cineplex Odeon was only too happy to allow Empire Theatres to operate this theatre. When Empire Theatres didn’t do the numbers that they wanted, they abandoned Empress Walk. Cineplex Odeon took this back again likely just to keep another company from entering the Toronto market. Interesting case study of a modern megaplex theatre!!
RECAP — Famous Players built this theatre against the advice of their own internal advisors in the booking department. Never really did as well as Famous Players wanted it to. When Cineplex Odeon took over Famous Players the government wanted them to get rid of some sitituations. Cineplex Odeon was only too happy to allow Empire Theatres to operate this theatre. When Empire Theatres didn’t do the numbers that they wanted, they abandoned Empress Walk. Cineplex Odeon took this back again likely just to keep another company from entering the Toronto market. Interesting case study of a modern megaplex theatre!!
N. L. Nathanson was the PRESIDENT and co-founder of Famous Players Canadian Corporation. Thomas Lamb architect did NOT have a Toronto office. I believe he worked out of New York. The Capitol Theatre in Montreal was a movie palace in every way.
I thought her name was DOROTHY SOLOMON!! Dorothy Panzica must be her married name right?? I remember seeing her in a movie filmed years ago about LOEW’S KINGS!!
Mr. Muir was the Division Director of Western Canada Theatre Operations for Famous Players. He was an employee only BUT did work closely with the founding president N. L. Nathanson!!
This theatre was operated by Famous Players Canadian Corporation for most of it’s life — and veteran Famous Players Manager Ivan Ackery managed it for a while as a young man before being brought back to Vancouver to manager the Orpheum Theatre!!