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The basement lounge in 2005. Designed by Rapp & Rapp, the 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m 2) theater opened on October 30, 1921 as the Mainstreet Missouri.The 3,200-seat theater was a popular vaudeville and movie house, and the only theater in Kansas City designed by Chicago firm Rapp and Rapp.
The Midland Theatre is a 3,000-seat theater located in the Power & Light District of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The National Collegiate Athletic Association under Walter Byers had its headquarters in the building from the 1950s until it moved to 6299 Nall Avenue at Shawnee Mission Parkway in Mission, Kansas in 1971. [ 2 ]
In 1936, Commonwealth purchased its headquarters in downtown Kansas City, part of a "film row" that hosted several regional film distribution companies. [1]In 1983, Commonwealth went private through a merger with CMN Capital Corp. [2] By 1984, Commonwealth was reported to be one of the largest movie theater chains in the country, with over 400 screens in 14 states.
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This is a list of historic theatres in Kansas City, Missouri. Pages in category "Theatres in Kansas City, Missouri" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The inside of the theater replicated an outdoor Mediterranean courtyard, complete with a nighttime sky ceiling with twinkling stars, clouds, and mechanical flying birds. The Uptown opened on January 6, 1928, to a film showing of The Irresistible Lover". The Uptown was the first theater in Kansas City outside of downtown to show first-run films.
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Amc Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (doing business as AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC) is an American movie theater chain founded in Kansas City, Missouri, and now headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. It is the largest movie theater chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the ...