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List of drive-in theatres in the United States Name City State Founded Defunct Remarks Reference 66 Drive-In: Carthage on U.S. Route 66: Missouri: 1949 [3] [4] 88 Drive-In: Commerce City: Colorado: 1971 [5] 56 Auto Drive-In Theater: Massena: New York: 1955: Bengies Drive-In Theatre: Middle River: Maryland: 1956 [6] Beverly Drive-In Theatre ...
The theater was completed in 1978, replacing the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, which had been demolished in 1975. [ 1 ] The theater accommodates a wide variety of events including local performances, church services, dance competitions, beauty pageants, Broadway touring productions, industrial conventions, symphony performances, and operas.
J. D. Sherer of Long Beach served as general contractor on the project. The building cost US$16,000 to construct and total expenses exceeded $50,000. [1] The venue, colloquially named the "Scott theater" after its owner, opened on May 20, 1925, with a ceremony attended by actress and local resident Mary Philbin as well as a delegation from the ...
A drive-in theater/theatre or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars.
Among the changes was the closures of 46 theatres in North America including 21 Loews theatres in the U.S. and 25 Cineplex Odeon theatres in Canada. [18] In 2002, Onex Corporation and Oaktree Capital Management acquired Loews Cineplex from Sony and Universal and the company was filed for initial public offering (IPO).
Fox Theatre in Oakland Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California. Fox Theatres was a large chain of movie theaters in the United States dating from the 1920s either built by Fox Film studio owner William Fox, or subsequently merged in 1929 by Fox with the West Coast Theatres chain, to form the Fox West Coast Theatres chain. [2]
A Century Theatres location in Oregon in 2011. The company started using the name "Century Theatres" in the early 1990s. Century Theatres has a long history of litigation against its much larger competitor, AMC Theatres, for alleged anti-competitive behavior. However, since the late 1990s, both sides have generally refrained from suing each other.
The Art Theatre is a historic movie theater on Retro Row in Long Beach, California. Opened in 1925 as the Carter Theatre , it is the oldest operating cinema in the city. After sustaining damage from the 1933 Long Beach earthquake , the venue was remodeled and reopened as the Lee Theatre in 1934.