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[88] [89] The Loew's Jersey had cost $2 million [21] [90] and was the first movie theater in New Jersey to be developed specifically for sound films. [22] [81] [82] The theater's opening featured performances from local musicians, [91] directed by Don Albert; [92] [93] in addition, the actor George K. Arthur greeted visitors at the opening. [94]
Movie theatre with 12 screens on former drive-thru movie theatre: Closed and demolished in 2014 Newark Drive-Thru: 170 Foundry Street: 1955: 2,500 cars: Redstone Drive-In Theatres: 1985: First showings of Kirk Douglas in Man Without a Star and Edward G. Robinson in A Bullet for Joey. Three screens in 1982. Outdoor movie theatre. [5]
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).
Loew's Jersey Theatre exterior 2006. Loew's Valencia, Jamaica, Queens. The Loew's Wonder Theatres were movie palaces of the Loew's Theatres chain in and near New York City. These five lavishly designed theaters were built by Loew's to establish its preeminence in film exhibition in the metropolitan New York City area and to serve as the chain's ...
Paramount Pictures, Inc., all the major movie studios, including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), were ordered to sell off the movie theater chains they owned and operated. In 1959, the Tisch brothers purchased a controlling interest in Loew's Theatres , a nationwide chain of 102 movie theaters, from MGM.
While Magic Theatres are patterned after the Loews Cineplex Entertainment model, they focus on urban markets. Each complex is around 60,000 square feet (5,600 m 2 ) with multiple concession areas, 10 to 15 screens with SDDS stereo sound, stadium seating and a capacity of 3,200 to 5,000.
Opening on June 30, 1956, the first Loews Theatres open-air theater in the state, it was built to be ultimate family-safe destination. [3] Built on a former watermelon farm, it was originally destined for a shopping center, but instead a drive-in was built to provide an all-inclusive night for both the parents and children.
Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North America's largest movie theatre operators and live theatre, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States.The Cineplex Odeon brand is still being used by Cineplex Entertainment at some theatres that were once owned by the Cineplex Odeon Corporation, with newer theatres using the Cineplex Cinemas (French: Cinémas Cineplex) brand.