Huh? Cinemark has theaters in or very near a number of major urban centers: Sacramento (downtown), San Francisco (downtown), Dallas, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Long Beach, and several others.
These pictures show that after it closed as a movie theater, it served as a venue for rock music events as the World Community Theater http://www.mikeziegler.com/cwt/ and then became a church: View link
The Hart was in Hart and the Shelby was in Shelby, two small towns near Pentwater. It was not uncommon for small town theaters in the first half of the twentieth century to advertise in each other’s small town newspapers without specifying addresses because the locals “just knew” and the theater was always on or just off the town’s main street. In the days before multiplexes, it was how some variety in film offerings as achieved each week in more rural areas. Also, west Michigan in that era was home to a number of summer resorts and area entertainment venues would advertise somewhat broadly to attract the tourist trade. These were all small theaters and gone by the end of the 1950’s, victims of television for the most part.
I wondered the same thing when I came across the news item; the article clearly indicates that the theater is owned by the real estate company that owns Fashion Island and that it is the real estate company, not Regal, that is undertaking the renovations. That would appear to indicate that Regal currently leases the theater and that perhaps another operator will take over when the theater reopens. There were a couple of other reports of this renovation in some other Orange County online publications, and none of them mention Regal, but all of them mention that the renovated theater will be an upscale, premium experience. That suggests to me that perhaps an operator such as Gold Class or even Arclight might be approached.
I was able to find and read some pdfs of some local local histories of Pentwater, and have been able to determine that they were two separate theaters. The Pentwater Theater was indeed housed in the Hancock Building which is pictured at the link I cited above.
The Miracle was an older theater that was built on the site of an even earlier Tower Theater which was destroyed by fire; it was next to a building called for many years called “The White Elephant.” This was supposed to be a hotel, but it never functioned as one for some reason. It is not clear when the Miracle Theater closed or what is on the site now.
Incredibly, for a town the size of Pentwater (I am rather familiar with it as I used to scuba dive around there years ago – it can’t be home to more than a thousand or so people), the place actually had a third theater at one time called the Janet which apparently ran mostly westerns and serials.
The theater just got new seats and other improvements and now is running first run films, but its life as a movie theater is apparently going to be limited to about five more years, after which it will converted to a live performance center: http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=13672914
Someone sneaked in and multiplexed the Atlanta Fox? Sacre bleu!
It is nonsense. Go to the official Atlanta Fox website above and you will see that a live performance of The Nutcracker is playing for most of December followed by other live performances. The Fox does have a classic movie series, but it is primarily a live performance/touring Broadway show house.
This webpage has several pictures of the interior spaces of the TIFF Bell Lightbox; one is of Cinema 1, which is the largest and the one which is 70mm capable: View link
This page: View link has several pictures of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, including one of Cinema 1 (scroll down to see it) where “2001” will be showing. Yes, there are curtains. I do not know about the screen, but I am guessing it will be flat, and considering the apparent available screening area, rather disappointingly small, especially considering that masking will probably have to be used to get the right screen proportions for Super Panavision image. Still, if I could get there, I sure would.
Unfortunately, the original link has inspired; you can read most of the story here: View link but in order to read all of it, a subscription is required.
It is certainly not the only facility in Canada that can screen 70mm though perhaps, as you suggest Bob, it may be the only one that we can expect will do so on some kind of regular basis. The Cinesphere, on Toronto’s lakefront can, and so can the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec which had a 70mm festival in September, 2010.
“2001” has always had a great following and appreciation in Toronto; it had one of the longest – if not perhaps the longest – initial runs in history at the now demolished Glendale Theatre there. According to Michael Coate’s Cinerama retrospective for Toronto, it ran for 72 weeks; Jon Lidolt, on the Glendale’s page here on CT says the run was 127 weeks (I am guessing that the 72 weeks was that for the reserved seat engagement; the 127 may include the weeks when it ran non-reserved). Regardless, only a few other cities had runs like that. I am sure that many Torontoians who saw the film when it was first released will be looking forward to this.
Huh? Cinemark has theaters in or very near a number of major urban centers: Sacramento (downtown), San Francisco (downtown), Dallas, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Long Beach, and several others.
These pictures show that after it closed as a movie theater, it served as a venue for rock music events as the World Community Theater http://www.mikeziegler.com/cwt/ and then became a church: View link
Apparently, according to this website, the Empire was popularly known as “The Bughouse”: View link
This is now the Westside 4 and is operated by Dickinson Theatres:
http://www.dtmovies.com
I am guessing that you are referring to the Nile Theatre, listed here on CT at /theaters/2834/
An update on the wrangling over the future of the State and a competing proposal: http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_16873031
The Hart was in Hart and the Shelby was in Shelby, two small towns near Pentwater. It was not uncommon for small town theaters in the first half of the twentieth century to advertise in each other’s small town newspapers without specifying addresses because the locals “just knew” and the theater was always on or just off the town’s main street. In the days before multiplexes, it was how some variety in film offerings as achieved each week in more rural areas. Also, west Michigan in that era was home to a number of summer resorts and area entertainment venues would advertise somewhat broadly to attract the tourist trade. These were all small theaters and gone by the end of the 1950’s, victims of television for the most part.
I wondered the same thing when I came across the news item; the article clearly indicates that the theater is owned by the real estate company that owns Fashion Island and that it is the real estate company, not Regal, that is undertaking the renovations. That would appear to indicate that Regal currently leases the theater and that perhaps another operator will take over when the theater reopens. There were a couple of other reports of this renovation in some other Orange County online publications, and none of them mention Regal, but all of them mention that the renovated theater will be an upscale, premium experience. That suggests to me that perhaps an operator such as Gold Class or even Arclight might be approached.
I was able to find and read some pdfs of some local local histories of Pentwater, and have been able to determine that they were two separate theaters. The Pentwater Theater was indeed housed in the Hancock Building which is pictured at the link I cited above.
The Miracle was an older theater that was built on the site of an even earlier Tower Theater which was destroyed by fire; it was next to a building called for many years called “The White Elephant.” This was supposed to be a hotel, but it never functioned as one for some reason. It is not clear when the Miracle Theater closed or what is on the site now.
Incredibly, for a town the size of Pentwater (I am rather familiar with it as I used to scuba dive around there years ago – it can’t be home to more than a thousand or so people), the place actually had a third theater at one time called the Janet which apparently ran mostly westerns and serials.
This is, most likely, a picture of the former Pentwater Theatre: View link
An article about the January closing and planned renovations: View link
This theater is getting some D-BOX seats: View link
A picture of the theater from its official webpage: http://tinyurl.com/26j7kw5
The theater just got new seats and other improvements and now is running first run films, but its life as a movie theater is apparently going to be limited to about five more years, after which it will converted to a live performance center: http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=13672914
Someone sneaked in and multiplexed the Atlanta Fox? Sacre bleu!
It is nonsense. Go to the official Atlanta Fox website above and you will see that a live performance of The Nutcracker is playing for most of December followed by other live performances. The Fox does have a classic movie series, but it is primarily a live performance/touring Broadway show house.
This webpage has several pictures of the interior spaces of the TIFF Bell Lightbox; one is of Cinema 1, which is the largest and the one which is 70mm capable: View link
This page: View link has several pictures of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, including one of Cinema 1 (scroll down to see it) where “2001” will be showing. Yes, there are curtains. I do not know about the screen, but I am guessing it will be flat, and considering the apparent available screening area, rather disappointingly small, especially considering that masking will probably have to be used to get the right screen proportions for Super Panavision image. Still, if I could get there, I sure would.
Unfortunately, the original link has inspired; you can read most of the story here: View link but in order to read all of it, a subscription is required.
A picture of the AMC Showplace 12 in Hobart: http://tinyurl.com/2duuabr
It is certainly not the only facility in Canada that can screen 70mm though perhaps, as you suggest Bob, it may be the only one that we can expect will do so on some kind of regular basis. The Cinesphere, on Toronto’s lakefront can, and so can the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec which had a 70mm festival in September, 2010.
A picture of the Campbell 16 Ciné’s lobby/concession area: View link
An old postcard view of the Victoria Theatre c. 1909: View link
There is a picture of the theater on this webpage: View link
“2001” has always had a great following and appreciation in Toronto; it had one of the longest – if not perhaps the longest – initial runs in history at the now demolished Glendale Theatre there. According to Michael Coate’s Cinerama retrospective for Toronto, it ran for 72 weeks; Jon Lidolt, on the Glendale’s page here on CT says the run was 127 weeks (I am guessing that the 72 weeks was that for the reserved seat engagement; the 127 may include the weeks when it ran non-reserved). Regardless, only a few other cities had runs like that. I am sure that many Torontoians who saw the film when it was first released will be looking forward to this.
Certainly praise and thanks to Ken and to Michael, Ross, and Patrick for creating and maintaining my favorite place to go on the internet!