Beverly Center was Cineplex’s first entry into the US market, in the early 1980s. This was before Cineplex merged with Odeon. It is not actually in the City of Beverly Hills, but just outside it in LA.
I had at least one friend who refused to go to this place because the theatres were so small.
Ian’s a bit too modest to announce it here, but the Somerville Theatre has a spiffy new website, complete with lots of historical photos. Check it out.
While you’re there, check out the pages for the Somerville’s sister theatre, the Capitol in neighboring Arlington.
I read in one of the SEC reports that Loews Cineplex sold off its Canadian holdings in preparation for the merger. The current Loews website lists no Canadian locations.
The only Sack Theatre to survive into the current Loews-AMC merger is the 12-screen Assembly Square Cinema in Somerville, Mass, which opened in 1981. It’s way below modern megaplex standards, and is the kind of place that AMC will be embarrassed to put their logo on.
After Sack turned into USACinemas, they also bought the Harvard Square, a 1920s single-screener that over time has been gracelessly chopped up into five screens. This isn’t really AMC’s kind of place either, but it too will be theirs soon.
No other former Sack or USACinema theatre is still part of Loews today. Most have been closed.
This is the Fiddlehead Theatre Company website, which as you can see hasn’t been updated since April 2005. I called both the town hall and the town library, but wasn’t able to find out anything about why this company closed. I’ve also phoned both of the town newspapers (neither of which have a web site), and hope to learn more from them.
Ross: No, I got several notifications of new comments during the ‘outage’, and those comments are still not posted. I hope you can recover and post them.
I notice that Loew’s web site no longer contains promotions for LavaLife “Click at a Flick” (special showings for singles) or the free Thursday night (not-very-)classic film series.
It doesn’t look to me like it’s been fixed yet. I got e-mail notification of a number of comments to various pages, and those comments have not in fact been added to the pages. (For instance, the “AMC – Loews Merger to Close Soon” news item should have many more than 2 comments.)
Although the Loews circuit of today is far from its glory days, it will still be sad to see the name disappear, especially in favor of something as non-descript as ‘AMC’.
I assume the five Loews theatres they are required to divest, such as NYC’s E-Walk, will continue to be called ‘Loews’ until they are in fact sold. Anyone know for sure?
Beverly Center was Cineplex’s first entry into the US market, in the early 1980s. This was before Cineplex merged with Odeon. It is not actually in the City of Beverly Hills, but just outside it in LA.
I had at least one friend who refused to go to this place because the theatres were so small.
Ian’s a bit too modest to announce it here, but the Somerville Theatre has a spiffy new website, complete with lots of historical photos. Check it out.
While you’re there, check out the pages for the Somerville’s sister theatre, the Capitol in neighboring Arlington.
AMC now has theatres in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, and presumably will still have them after this merger.
I read in one of the SEC reports that Loews Cineplex sold off its Canadian holdings in preparation for the merger. The current Loews website lists no Canadian locations.
The only Sack Theatre to survive into the current Loews-AMC merger is the 12-screen Assembly Square Cinema in Somerville, Mass, which opened in 1981. It’s way below modern megaplex standards, and is the kind of place that AMC will be embarrassed to put their logo on.
After Sack turned into USACinemas, they also bought the Harvard Square, a 1920s single-screener that over time has been gracelessly chopped up into five screens. This isn’t really AMC’s kind of place either, but it too will be theirs soon.
No other former Sack or USACinema theatre is still part of Loews today. Most have been closed.
Sack Theatres, renamed USACinemas for a few years before Loews gobbled it up
And Loews Cineplex of course is the combination of Loews with Cineplex Odeon, which itself is a combination of (at least) two chains.
Looks to me like they’re already showing that film. What makes you think they aren’t?
This is the Fiddlehead Theatre Company website, which as you can see hasn’t been updated since April 2005. I called both the town hall and the town library, but wasn’t able to find out anything about why this company closed. I’ve also phoned both of the town newspapers (neither of which have a web site), and hope to learn more from them.
> hidden levels … theaters 7 and 8 are located on a half level that can throw you if your not paying close attention
Sound like a good place to show Being John Malkovich.
I don’t really understand what you are saying.
The web site hasn’t been updated with new shows since April 2005, and the phone is disconnected. This is not good. Anyone know more?
Ross: No, I got several notifications of new comments during the ‘outage’, and those comments are still not posted. I hope you can recover and post them.
With this name, did it show films (or live shows) of primarily Jewish interest?
I notice that Loew’s web site no longer contains promotions for LavaLife “Click at a Flick” (special showings for singles) or the free Thursday night (not-very-)classic film series.
It doesn’t look to me like it’s been fixed yet. I got e-mail notification of a number of comments to various pages, and those comments have not in fact been added to the pages. (For instance, the “AMC – Loews Merger to Close Soon” news item should have many more than 2 comments.)
Was it demolished? If not, what now occupies this building?
Here’s a link to Loews annual reports from 1965 through 1984.
Although the Loews circuit of today is far from its glory days, it will still be sad to see the name disappear, especially in favor of something as non-descript as ‘AMC’.
I assume the five Loews theatres they are required to divest, such as NYC’s E-Walk, will continue to be called ‘Loews’ until they are in fact sold. Anyone know for sure?
Is Regal the name of this theatre? Where exactly is it located?
This discussion has gone far afield from the original news item, which was about a theatre owner cancelling an advertised booking on opening day.
Apparently there was also a Laffmovie in Baltimore, and another in Newark. Wondering now if this was an actual chain in the 1940s and 50s.
Two theatres with the same name, four blocks apart? How did they distinguish from each other in advertising?
Boston also had a Laffmovie in the 1940s. Was this once a common name for a movie theatre?
Brigham Young University is not located in Salt Lake City.
Are any of these buildings still standing?