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In 1933, the theatre closed on account of the Great Depression, and in 1936 it was seized by the City of Winnipeg due to unpaid taxes. [3] In 1944, the theatre was purchased by theatre owner Henry Morton. [3] Odeon Cinemas' Canadian subsidiary converted the theatre to a cinema in 1945. During the conversion to a cinema, many of the original ...
Landmark Cinema of Canada Inc. is a Canadian cinema chain. Based in Calgary, Alberta , Landmark operates 36 theatres with 299 screens, [ 2 ] primarily in Ontario and western Canada. Its holdings include much of the former Empire Theatres chain which it acquired in late 2013, and some Famous Players locations divested as part of that chain's ...
Odeon cinema in Reading, Berkshire in 1945 with filmgoers outside queuing for tickets. Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by entrepreneur Oscar Deutsch. [5] Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation", [5] but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek ...
Pages in category "Cinemas and movie theatres in Manitoba" ... Winnipeg Cinematheque This page was last edited on 25 July 2024, at 17:46 (UTC). Text ...
In 2012, the former Cinema City McGillivray in Winnipeg was renamed to Cineplex Odeon McGillivray and VIP Cinemas, and its lineup was changed to first-run films. The Cinema City Movies 12 in Edmonton closed on January 8, 2023, due to age and unpopularity, and the Cineplex Cinemas Manning Town Centre up north outperformed it as well.
The renovation began in 2011, [11] with $17 million of the funding provided by Canad Inns, $1.5 million by the municipal government of Winnipeg as a heritage grant from the Heritage Investment Reserve Fund, [12] and $1.5 million from the provincial Government of Manitoba. [9]
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The Winnipeg Film Group (WFG) is an artist-run film education, production, distribution, and exhibition centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, committed to promoting the art of Canadian cinema, especially independent cinema. [1]