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The company was founded by Michael Redstone in 1936 in the Boston suburb of Dedham as Northeast Theater Corporation, operating a chain of movie theaters in the region. In 1959, when the founder's son Sumner Redstone joined the company, it was renamed National Amusements, the present name.
Sumner Murray Redstone (né Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate.He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom, chairman of CBS Corporation (both companies merged in 2019, a year before Redstone's death), and the majority owner and chairman of the National Amusements theater chain.
Alliance Cinemas – after selling its BC locations, it now operates only one theater in Toronto; Cinémas Guzzo – 10 locations and 142 screens in the Montreal area; Cineplex Cinemas – Canada's largest and North America's fifth-largest movie theater company, with 162 locations and 1,635 screens
The Megaplex Theatres at The Gateway was a venue for the Sundance Film Festival in 2023. [15] In 2023, Megaplex Theatres expanded its Kids Summer Movies program by giving free admission to children from families which receive public food benefits. The program covers one adult per family. The regular Megaplex Kids Summer Movies pass is unaffected.
Mojo Theatre, in the Redstone Building at 2940 16th Street, in the Mission District [51] Northpoint Theatre ... "San Francisco Movie Theaters". Cinema Treasures
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]
The question of who was the inventor of the multiplex is "one of the longest-running debates in movie theater history." [5] In a 2004 book, Ross Melnick and Andreas Fuchs identified five leading candidates: James Edwards, Sumner Redstone, Stanley Durwood, Charles Porter, and Nat Taylor.
The Loews Theatres name was used until 2017 when AMC simplified their branding to focus on three main lines: AMC, AMC Classic, and AMC Dine-In after their purchase of Carmike Cinemas. Prior to the discontinuation, Loews Cineplex operated its theatres under the Loews Theatres, Cineplex Odeon, Star Theatres , Magic Johnson Theatres , Cinemex and ...