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Known for showing second-run films on two screens and for low prices, the theater has an Art Deco design but Avalon's main feature is its classic nickel arcade, which was established in conjunction with the theatre in 1925. [4] The establishment is operated by McKee Enterprises, who own the Wunderland arcade company which operates at the ...
Laurelhurst Theater is a movie theater located in the Kerns neighborhood in northeast Portland, Oregon. Known for showing first [ 1 ] and second-run films and for serving food and beer , [ 2 ] the theater was constructed in 1923 with an Art Deco design.
The Joy's specialty was second-run or offbeat movies, and was known for many years for being one of the only theaters in the Portland Metro Area to play Bollywood films. [3] [1] In 2010, the theater was owned by Arif Amaani, a Seattle-based businessman who also ran a theater that showed primarily Indian films in Seattle. [4] [5] [6]
Formerly a Swedish church and union hall, the theater was re-opened as a McMenamins establishment in 1987. [2] The theater was known for featuring second-run films, until 2019 when a first-run operation was implemented, [3] and for serving beer, wine, and food. [4] [5]
The Academy Theater is a historic theater in the southeast part of Portland, Oregon's Montavilla neighborhood, in the United States. The theater opened in 1948, was later used as office space during the 1970s, then returned to function as a theater in 2006 when the building was completely refurbished. A fire temporarily closed the building in ...
Usherettes at the Columbia Theater in Portland, 1916. At the advent of the 20th century, the city of Portland, Oregon, was among the first on the United States West Coast to embrace the advent of the silent and feature film. The city's first movie palace, the Majestic Theatre (later known as the United Artists Theatre), opened in 1911.
The Northern Lights Theater Pub in South Salem will start showing first-run pictures starting Friday, a move the owners say they were forced to make. Northern Lights Theatre Pub, Salem's only ...
The cinema opened in October 1970, under the name Cine-Mini Theater in rented space formerly used by the Portland State University Bookstore. Larry Moyer, owner of Moyer Theaters and rival brother of Tom Moyer, believed that Portland was ready for an intimate, fully automated niche market movie house where the projector, house music, curtains, and house lights were automatically controlled.