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October 10, 2007
Hamilton Movie Theater opens eyes with new digital films
HAMILTON, NY — Now the classic Hamilton Theater will be able to show films digitally. It’ll give the the theater access to a whole new slate of pictures using this technology.
The Hamilton Movie Theater has gone digital, which for lovers of indie films and documentaries, is very good news.
The downtown theater, a short walk from Colgate’s campus, has installed computer equipment and a digital projector that allow it to show new films that historically have been available only in major markets such as Los Angeles and New York City.
“It’s brand new for us and a bit experimental,” said theater manager Chuck Fox ‘70. “It gives us immediate access to art and independent films that we never had before.”
For more, go to the news site for Colgate University.
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Lady’s Island movie theater shuts its doors
BEAUFORT, SC — The Lady’s Island Cinema will cease its film showing operations but stay open to serve other purposes.
The owners of Lady’s Island Cinema shut its doors as a public movie theater last month, hoping to seize an opportunity to rent the property for other uses.
Trask Development’s L. Paul Trask Jr., manager of the building at 100 Sea Island Parkway, said Wednesday the decision to close the 11-year-old, family-owned business stemmed from a desire to make the location “available to other groups for meetings and so forth,” and was not due to any financial hardships at the theater.
Trask pointed out that two area churches — The Parish Church of St. Helena, an Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina congregation, and the Waters Edge United Methodist Congregation — will continue existing leases to use the facility.
Read more in the Island Packet.
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October 9, 2007
Lebowsky Center in the running for a state grant
OWOSSO, MI — Owosso is one of eight finalists for a Michigan Vibrant Small Cities Initiative grant of $1 million. Owosso would use the grant to upgrade the city’s entertainment district and rebuild two buildings in the district damaged by arson fires this year including the Lebowsky Center.
More details from the Lansing State Journal.
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Southampton’s Cinemas now updated
For my CT friends in the greater Southampton area of southern England, you now have, I hope, a full and up-to-date listing of your cinemas past and present.
My grateful thanks to many unknown friends who contributed facts and stories of cinemas they worked in or just patronized.
Just look and see what has been lost in a short time, but think back at the wonderful memories of so many classic films we saw in such lovely old theaters!
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Prevost HX 571 16mm Projector for sale
Prevost HX 571 16mm Projector for sale. Just serviced…must sell. Any idea as to the value?
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October 8, 2007
Silent SF Winter Event
From the people that bring you the San Francisco Silent Film Festival comes their Winter Event on December 1st at the Castro Theatre. Showing will be:
VITAPHONE VAUDEVILLE (1926-30)
INTOLERANCE (1916, D.W. Griffith)
FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1926, Clarence Brown)More details from the Silent Film Festival.
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Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre celebrates Halloween with Boris Karloff
JERSEY CITY, NJ – It’s going to be a VERY busy October at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre. In addition to getting the new movie season off to a “bad start” with “The Anti-Heroes” film series (showing October 5th-6th), the theatre is serving up a second helping of classic films to close out the month… “Halloween with Boris Karloff”… it will be a weekend jam-packed with thrills and chills!
Friday, October 26th special double-feature show…
7:45 PM / 9:10 PM: “The Black Cat” (1934) / “The Old Dark House” (1932)
Admission: $9-adults; $6-seniors, children age 12 or younger.
No combo discount - pay one price, see both movies.Saturday, October 27th - three “spooktacular” single features in one day!
3:00 PM: The Mummy (1932)
7:00 PM: Frankenstein (1931)
8:45 PM: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Admission for each screening: $6-adults; $4-seniors, children age 12 or younger.
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Reels for sale?
Looking for some aluminum 6K 35 mm reels, both split hub and solid, 5/16" shaft with keyway. Also a couple 3K reels. Just a few to supplement “aging fleet”, mine are getting old, need a few more. Good condition please, for Beach Cinema, Bradley Beach NJ.
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October 5, 2007
Lincoln Village 1-6 to close
CHICAGO, IL — In a move that perhaps surprises no one, Village Entertainment’s Lincoln Village 1-6 will close soon, possibly as early as this week.
It was the only cinema remaining in West Rogers Park.
The theater is closing, according to Village CEO Ron Rooding because of a lease dispute over the parking lot, which is owned by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Last March, the district prohibited theater patrons from parking in the by installing concrete barricades in the parking lot between the theater building and the Chicago River. The barricades also blocked access to the Lincoln Village Car Wash, which will also close.
“Without parking, I can’t sustain my business,” Rooding said. Theatre patrons were also prohibited from parking in the lot of the adjacent Lincoln Village Shopping Plaza and were instead directed to park their cars in the Home Depot lot across the street.
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ALL Philadelphia area multiplexes & megaplexes now on cinematreasures.org
In recent weeks, I’ve added 20 Philadelphia area multiplexes and megaplexes to cinematreasures.org so that with others previously added, EVERY Philadelphia area open multiplex and megaplex is now part of this website! Fortunately, “cinema treasures” doesn’t ignore current movie theaters. The founders cinematreasures.org wisely recognize that we should document and discuss today’s movie theaters.
Below is a list of the Philadelphia area multiplexes and megaplexes that I’ve recently added. None are “historic” but each is loved by many moviegoers.
PHILADELPHIA
UA Riverview Plaza 17, UA Main Street 6, Pearl 7
PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS
AMC Plymouth Meeting 12, Regal Plymouth Meeting 10, United Artists King of Prussia 16 and IMAX, Regal Marketplace at Oaks 24, UA East Whiteland 9, Regal Downingtown Stadium 16, Regal Richland Crossing 12, Regal Edgmont Square 10, United Artists 69th Street 9, AMC Granite Run 8, AMC Marple 10, AMC Marlton 8, Regal Burlington 20, United Artists Washington Township 14, Regal Cross Keys 12, AMC Deptford Mall 6 and AMC Deptford 8.
- Editor’s Note: Thanks for all your help with that, Howard. We try to get every theater of note up on the site. We like to think that where the story starts and stops on classic theaters is just an opinion.*