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The 1960s and 1970s saw another surge in the industry. Multiplexes, theaters with two to six screens, became the popular choice of movie-goers. Wehrenberg's Cinema Four Center in St. Charles was the first multiplex in the St. Louis area. In the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the circuit started building megaplexes of ten or more screens.
Classic Cinemas was founded in 1978 by Willis and Shirley Johnson, when after the previous operators of the Tivoli Theater, located in the Tivoli building owned by the Johnsons abandoned the theater, they decided to step in and run the theater themselves after they were unable to find another operator. [2]
The company closed the theater from July to October 2001 in order to renovate it with new signage. As a result of this acquisition, Classic Cinemas owned all three movie theaters serving the city of St. Charles at the time. [11] In 2002, several new tenants opened at the mall. These included Zumiez, Champs Sports, Zales, Sam Goody, and ...
While the fate of the Bruin remains unclear, Hollywood director Jason Reitman led a group that bought the nearby Village, which launched as part of the Fox theater chain during the Great Depression.
UPDATED: Jason Reitman has gathered more than two dozen filmmakers to help acquire Westwood’s historic Village Theater, which will program first-run and repertory programming. The group includes ...
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AMC Theatres – as of July 2012 AMC divested of its Canadian operations, selling four to Cineplex, two to Empire Theatres which were later sold to Landmark Cinemas in 2013, closing two. Empire Theatres – closed on October 29, 2013, by selling most of their locations to Cineplex Entertainment and Landmark Cinemas and closing 3 others that ...
National Amusements, Inc. is an American privately owned movie theater operator and mass media holding company incorporated in Maryland and based in Norwood, Massachusetts. [2] The company owns 71 theaters and 689 screens throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Latin America under several brands, such as Showcase Cinemas ...