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Opening on April 29, 1928, the theater primarily played vaudeville performances, big bands, and movies. However, by the 1950s, the theater had transitioned to almost exclusively showing first-run movies. [2] [3] The building was sold in 1962 to Towne Realty (now Zilber Ltd.), who leased the theater to United Artists.
Magic Lantern Theatres is a chain of 11 movie theatres in Canada. Three of these locations are Rainbow Cinemas discount theatres. Magic Lantern Theatres was founded in 1984 in Edmonton, Alberta, while Rainbow Cinemas was founded in the early 1990s in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The two chains merged and are now based in Edmonton.
It is located in the Upper East Side neighborhood of the East Side of Milwaukee. The cinema became part of the Landmark Theatre chain in 1990, and was renovated and converted to a twin-screen venue. [1] The theatre closed in September 2023. In March of 2024, the reopening of the theatre was announced after being purchased by Milwaukee Film. [2]
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In 2010, it was re-opened under new management, Rainbow and Magic Lantern Theatres, [2] [4] who ran the cinema until 2016, when it was acquired by Imagine Cinemas. [5] [6] It was subsequently reopened in 2017. [1] The cinema is well known in Toronto for playing foreign, arthouse, and independent films that are often ignored by larger chain ...
The theater was built and opened in 1927 as a movie palace with East Indian decor. It is said to be the only movie palace to incorporate East Indian artwork. [ 2 ] Designed by Gustave A. Dick and Alex Bauer, the theater has two minaret towers, three stained glass chandeliers , several hand-drawn murals, six bigger-than-life Buddhas , dozens of ...
The Magic Lantern is a movie theater in Bridgton, Maine, United States. It was demolished due to a sinkhole located on-site. [ 1 ] The theater reopened at its new location on February 8, 2008.
Articles relating to magic lanterns and their history. They were an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source. The type was mostly developed in the 17th century and commonly used for entertainment purposes.