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  2. Philip Smith (theater owner) - Wikipedia

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    Smith died in 1961 and his son succeeded him as CEO; his son changed the name to General Cinema in 1964. [4] [1] Smith is considered one of the fathers of Jewish philanthropy in Boston during the 1940s when he joined Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston in assisting Jewish immigrants, resettling refugees, and helping to establish Israel. [5]

  3. Texas City (film) - Wikipedia

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    Texas City is a 1952 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison and Lois Hall. [1] It distributed as a second feature by Monogram Pictures . The film's sets were designed by the art director Martin Obzina .

  4. TV Guide - Wikipedia

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    TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. [2] [3]In 2008, the company sold its founding product, the TV Guide magazine and the entire print magazine division, to a private buyout firm operated by Andrew Nikou, who then set up the print operation as TV Guide Magazine LLC.

  5. History of cinema in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1913 opening of the Regent Theater in New York City signaled a new respectability for the medium, and the start of the two-decade heyday of American cinema design. The million dollar Mark Strand Theatre at 47th Street and Broadway in New York City opened in 1914 by Mitchell Mark was the archetypical movie palace.

  6. History of film - Wikipedia

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    Original script from the 1989 film Batman. British cinema was given a boost during the early 1980s by the arrival of David Puttnam's company Goldcrest Films. The films Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, The Killing Fields and A Room with a View appealed to a "middlebrow" audience which was increasingly being ignored by the major Hollywood studios.

  7. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    U2 3D was the first live-action film to be shot, posted, and exhibited entirely in 3D, [129] the first live-action digital 3D film, [130] and the first 3D concert film. [131] Regarding its production, it was the first 3D film shot using a zoom lens , [ 132 ] an aerial camera , [ 133 ] and a multiple-camera setup . [ 130 ]

  8. Fox Theatres - Wikipedia

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    Detroit—Largest of the Fox theatres, opened 1928, fully restored 1988; El Paso, Texas—Opened in 1965, [27] and was the first in Texas. Has since been demolished. Forest Hills, New York. Kew Gardens [28]-Opened September 14, 1929, later became a miniature golf course, demolished late 1950s

  9. List of films set in Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Detroit 1-8-7 (TV). Michael Imperioli. 2010. David Zabel, Executive Producer. Detroit 9000, Arthur Marks. 1973. Hari Rhodes, Alex Rocco. Detroit (film), Kathryn Bigelow. 2017. Although set in Detroit principal photography took place in Boston, Massachusetts with later scenes shot at the Fox Theater (Detroit). Detroit Rock City. Shot mostly in ...