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December 21, 2011
Looking for theater seats
SEATTLE, WA — I am presently converting my garage into a family & friends, deluxe cinema and need about:
WANTED: 20, professional, used but clean, red color cinema seats w/cup holders and 10 end caps, for a flat floor mounting.
Will pick-up and willing to remove if required! I have advertised on Craigslist, under the Seattle-Tacoma columns, but without any luck!
Simon Overton
360-550-80270 comments -
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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L.A.’s art house theaters squeezed by growing competition
LOS ANGELES, CA — With the closing of the Laemmle Sunset 5 last month, it’s been rough for art-house theaters in Los Angeles. However, newcomers like Sundance Cinemas and Alamo Drafthouse are still planning on entering the market. While they think there’s plenty of room for providing a luxury experience, the neighborhoods of Los Angeles can only support so many such theaters. Laemmle is trying to fight this by expanding into less competitive areas.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
(Thanks to DavidSimpson for providing the photo.)
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December 19, 2011
More than $5 million raised for Saginaw’s Temple Theatre
SAGINAW, MI — The Temple Theatre Foundation has exceeded its goal of $5 million by raising $5,083,000 for the foundation’s endowment fund of which interest from the fund will be used for operations and upkeep of the historic theater. The money was raised by hundreds of people, businesses and foundations. The Shaheen family donated $700,000. They bought the Temple Theatre in 2002, saving it from demolition and restored the theater. They turned over the theater to the newly formed Temple Theatre Foundation last year.
Additional details, including video, are available from WJRT.
(Thanks to ifmuth for providing the photo.)
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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 16, 2011
Come for the smut, but stay for the classics
BROOKLYN, NY — The Brooklyn Paper did an interesting feature on the unique programming model of the Cinema Kings Highway. Taking advantage of a loophole in the city’s rules on adult establishments, they are able to show adult films on one screen while they present standard classics on another. All of this sets the stage for a very interesting mix of clientele.
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Early Northfield theater stories
NORTHFIELD, MN — The Northfield Historical Society has just released a new book about the history of the town’s cinemas. The go as far back as the dawn of film and discuss the excitement of the new medium in town.
Read more in the Northfield Patch.
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December 15, 2011
Wurlitzer organ breathes new life into silent movies
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — The Edison Street Organ Loft is delighting audiences thanks to its unique musical accompaniment. The organ was built with parts from instruments around the state and provides a backdrop to their silent film series.
Read more in The Republic.
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Malco closes Raleigh Springs theater
MEMPHIS, TN — Malco recently closed its Raleigh Springs Cinema. The early multiplex is one of many tenants of the Raleigh Springs Mall.
Read the full story in the Memphis Business Journal.
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December 14, 2011
Will Rogers Theatre to be restored
CHARLESTON, IL — The new owners of the Will Rogers Theatre don’t want to just reopen, they want to restore it to its grandeur. Vacant since 2010 when AMC left town, the plan is now to take whatever time necessary to install a new large screen after looking at the elements present and decide how to thoughtfully make it a palace again.
Read more of the exciting news in the Daily Eastern News.
(Thanks to Norman Plant for providing the photo.)