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Edward Havens commented about "Exhibiting Change" Lecture at National Heritage Museum on Mar 23, 2010 at 12:57 am

I got to attend all but one of Ross’s NATO lectures, and I urge everyone who has the chance to attend to do so.

Oh, and… uhm… Roxy? :)

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Edward Havens commented about Mann Rossmoor Theatre on Mar 21, 2010 at 6:44 pm

In 1988, this became the Rossmoor Super Saver 7 Cinemas, with ticket prices always a buck or two, until it was torn down in 2002.

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Edward Havens commented about Beverly Center Cinemas 13 on Mar 21, 2010 at 6:28 pm

Not good enough. :)

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Edward Havens commented about Regency Village Theatre on Mar 19, 2010 at 5:27 pm

Stay tuned for what, Talionis? Rave is not taking over the Village and/or the Bruin, and I would really like to know where people keep hearing this rumor. If you can’t say on these boards, email me. ehavens at ravemotionpictures

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Edward Havens commented about Beverly Center Cinemas 13 on Mar 19, 2010 at 5:22 pm

I’ll take that bet.

What do I win?

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Edward Havens commented about Regency Bruin Theatre on Mar 15, 2010 at 11:43 pm

I’m curious… from whom did you hear that Rave was seriously considering taking over the Bruin and Village?

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Edward Havens commented about Redondo Beach Cinema 3 on Mar 10, 2010 at 8:12 pm

Another one bites the dust. The theatre has been removed from Regency’s web site, and the theatre’s recording confirms the closing.

I remember going here a number of times when my mom lived in Redondo Beach. I know for certain I saw Pete’s Dragon and The Empire Strikes Back here.

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Edward Havens commented about Regency Village Theatre on Mar 4, 2010 at 7:25 pm

Not Regency. Not Rave. Not Arclight/Pacific. And it’s not Regal, or AMC, or Landmark, or Cinemark, or Laemmle, or Muvico, or Krikorian, or Carmike, or Harkins, or Wehrenberg, or Gold Class, or UltraStar, or Marcus, or Kerasotes either.

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Edward Havens commented about Regency Village Theatre on Mar 4, 2010 at 6:23 pm

The funny part is, someone has already spilled it in this thread in this thread a couple days ago, but everyone is still speculating.

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Edward Havens commented about Regency Village Theatre on Mar 3, 2010 at 9:18 pm

Chris, I never said it was going to be Rave. I didn’t even imply it.

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Edward Havens commented about Regency Village Theatre on Mar 2, 2010 at 12:26 am

I can’t wait for April 1st. People are going to see who is operating the theatre on April 2nd and wonder “It’s this some kind of April Fools joke?” To which it will not be. But that’s all I can say at the moment.

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Edward Havens commented about UA Long Beach Marketplace 6 on Feb 27, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Oh, what fond memories I have of the Marketplace 6. All throughout junior high, my friends and I had a weekly ritual of biking over to the Marketplace, filling our jackets with sodas and candy from the Food and Drug store on the other end of the shopping center, buying a ticket for one movie and then sneaking in to one or two other movies before going home. Being able to see movies in the #1 house was always a treat.

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Edward Havens commented about AMC Marina Pacifica 12 on Feb 27, 2010 at 1:10 pm

Actually, the space now occupied by the “newer” half of the complex was other shops and, for a wonderful time from the late 1970s to mid 1980s, an arcade. The Marie Callender’s was farther down at one of the ends of the shopping center, and is currently a Kamal Palace Cuisine of India restaurant.

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Edward Havens commented about Beverly Center Cinemas 13 on Feb 25, 2010 at 12:08 am

Thank you, Chris. Glad you enjoyed it.

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Edward Havens commented about Fairfax Cinemas on Feb 19, 2010 at 5:07 am

It may be time to stick a fork in it. A call to the theatre’s recording line comes up with a “this number has been disconnected or is no longer in service” automated message.

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Edward Havens commented about Regency Village Theatre on Feb 8, 2010 at 11:57 am

A theatre will have posters in the lobby up to the day it closes, and the status of posters in the lobby should never be used as an indicator of how long a theatre might still stay open.

Also, for Brad… Mann did not keep the National open once their lease expired. The people who operate the old Mann Culver Plaza took over the National on that month to month lease between May and October 2007, when it closed for good.

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Edward Havens commented about Fairfax Cinemas on Jan 20, 2010 at 10:14 pm

Closed for the next nine days, for repairs due to the recent rains in Los Angeles. I wonder if the owner will use this as the excuse to kick everyone out and start turning the building into condos.

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Edward Havens commented about Last True Neighborhood Theater in Los Angeles! on Jan 15, 2010 at 6:20 pm

I love how information Mr. Chavez has posted numerous times for free on the Crest page here on CT now is going to cost a minimum of $30 to read. Does Mr. Chavez also own LoopNet?

Anyway, as much as I love the Crest, the theatre just doesn’t draw squat in customers. But then, the whole of Westwood doesn’t draw squat in customers.

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Edward Havens commented about Beverly Center Cinemas 13 on Jan 13, 2010 at 1:17 am

I don’t know if anyone saw, but we installed a Real D system this week, and will be presenting UP in a limited return 3D engagement this coming Friday.

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Edward Havens commented about Beverly Center Cinemas 13 on Jan 8, 2010 at 2:21 pm

Thanks, Mark.

Horror aficionados should be happy to hear we are scheduled to present all of the After Dark “8 Films to Die For” Horrorfest movies this year in digital projection, starting January 29th. But if you haven’t seen The Hurt Locker yet, this the time to see it, as it is back in our digital house, looking and sounding amazing. Make sure to sit in the balcony, as the sound up there is amazing.

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Edward Havens commented about Beverly Center Cinemas 13 on Dec 23, 2009 at 6:25 pm

We installed a digital projector in house #2 yesterday (the smaller of the two big houses upstairs with balcony seating). We’ll be playing Hurt Locker in DLP until Thursday night and then New Moon will be in DLP starting Friday.

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Edward Havens commented about Beverly Center Cinemas 13 on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:22 pm

This Friday, we’ll be opening Where the Wild Things Are in our main house (450+ seats, 40ft screen, balcony seating), Couples Retreat in Theatre 2 (275+ seats and balcony seating) and The Box (in our largest auditorium on the main floor). Plus we’ll be keeping some really great movies including Black Dynamite, which is an absolute must see.

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Edward Havens commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Nov 18, 2009 at 12:03 pm

Grauman’s Chinese is not getting Avatar. Sherlock Holmes has been booked for the theatre for Christmas Day for quite a while now.

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Edward Havens commented about Capitola Theater may face demolition soon on Oct 24, 2009 at 5:03 pm

“America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again.”

Such is the fate of the Capitola Theatre.

My wife, who grew up in San Jose, has no idea of what the Capitola Theatre was or how much it meant to many of us who lived in Santa Cruz for any amount of time while the theatre was open. It matters not that I only remember some of the movies I saw at the theatre during my high school and young adult years. The theatre was a great place to enjoy a communal experience with friends and family, and could have continued to be in the hands of the right person. But the time for that to happen would have been in 1995, when Ms. Jacobs sold the theatre, not 2009.

Its time has passed, but my memories will remain for many a year, thanks in part to Cinema Treasures.

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Edward Havens commented about Beverly Center Cinemas 13 on Oct 17, 2009 at 1:43 pm

And if someone at CT can fix the name and link to the theatre’s website at the top of the page (it should be beverlycenter13 and not beverleycenter13), that’d be awesome. Thank you.