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Preservation Alert
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January 16, 2012
Higginsville tries to save its Davis Theatre 4
HIGGINSVILLE, MO — With so many theatres across the country struggling to upgrade to digital projection, the Davis Theatre is no exception. The community is trying to raise money to help the owners out, but the oft-threatened theatre might not be able to make it.
Read more at NBC
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January 9, 2012
New caretakers sought for Cochranton movie theater
COCHRANTON, PA — What started out with an ownership focused on Christian film but eventually developed into a cinema for family films, the Iris Theatre has been a local treasure for decades. Jack and Grace Motzing are now both in their 80s and someone new needs to come and save the theatre.
Read more in The Republic.
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January 6, 2012
Iconic Old Town Theater to close doors for good this weekend
ALEXANDRIA, VA — After many ups and downs, it appears to be the end for the Old Town Theater. The owner has struggled to keep it open and blames poor product and a new trolley ushering people away from his neighborhood as the major factors for its declining revenue. It’s functioned as a cinema for almost 100 years but retail may be the next chapter for the space.
Read more in the Alexandria Times.
(Thanks to JackCoursey for providing the photo.)
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December 23, 2011
Art House Theaters: Cinema of Dreams
RICHMOND, VA — The venerable Westhampton Theater could be closing and residents are dreading being without their local treasure. Providing the only local venue for art-house film, residents are concerned that only a focused community effort can save this theatre or open a new channel for it’s product’s presentation.
Read the full story at Richmond.com
(Thanks to JackCoursey for providing the photo.)
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December 20, 2011
Majestic Crest for sale
LOS ANGELES, CA — The Majestic Crest Theatre on Westwood Blvd. has just gone on the market (I just co-listed it) for $4.5 million. The history and architectural style of this theatre is incredible.
I would love to find a buyer who has an interest in a single screen theatre and keep this venue alive!
If you have any additional questions please contact me.
Best wishes,
TomTom Maloney / MALONEY COMMERCIAL
Client Advisor ~ Broker Associate
323-251-2556 cell(Thanks to Michelle Gerdes for providing the photo.)
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December 19, 2011
Fight for 35mm
LOS ANGELES, CA — My name is Julia and I work at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, California. We are a repertory double feature house that opened in 1978. We screen films from every decade of cinema – from silents to foreign, independents, art house to contemporary. Films that make-up the glorious history of the art, that should be viewed as they were meant to be – in a theater with fellow film lovers, projected from film.
We only show films on 35mm.
The major film studios have decided that they eventually want to stop renting all archival 35mm film prints entirely because there are so few revival houses left, and because digital is cheap and the cost of storing and shipping prints is high.
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December 13, 2011
Former employee wants Toler Cinema reopened
BENTON, IL — A passionate former employee is trying to save the Toler Cinema. The theatre that AMC recently shut down, has meant so much to the area as a source of entertainment for the residents as well as the soldiers stationed nearby.
Read more in the Benton Evening News.
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December 8, 2011
Hope to restore Park Theatre
AVON, NY — There’s a growing movement to restore the Park Theatre but it still needs a new owner to bring it to fruition. There’s a Facebook Page dedicated to bringing it back, hopefully as both a cinema and a community center.
Read last year’s article at YNN for more info.
(Thanks to bobbyd for providing the photo.)
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November 30, 2011
Michael Moore talks about helping to organize restoration of Downtown Flint’s Capitol Theatre
FLINT, MI — While in Flint to promote his latest book “Here Comes Trouble”, which was on sale to benefit the Flint Public Library, Michael Moore talked about trying to restore the long-shuttered Capitol Theatre at his appearance at Whiting Auditorium on Tuesday, November 22. Moore said that he went over there to see them to see when they could get it open. He offered his assistance in fundraising to restore the John Eberson designed atmospheric theater based on his experience in restoring the State Theatre in Traverse City, MI.
Read more in the Flint Journal.
(Thanks to steelbeard1 for providing the photo.)
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Forest City’s movie theater to close soon unless buyer found
FOREST CITY, IA — The Compston’s have been running the Forest Theatre for almost forty years but have been trying to sell it for the past three. Without a buyer in site or a local group in place to raise funds, it is set to close soon.
Read more in the Globe Gazette where they also discuss other local projects.