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Thomas Lincoln Tally (1861 – November 24, 1945) [4] on or near April 16, 1902, opened the Electric Theatre in Los Angeles, the first movie theatre in that city and the first movie theater in California known to have been built from the ground up inside a larger building on the ground floor. (Photographs exist but rights are not available).
Cinemas and movie theaters in Hollywood, Los Angeles (18 P) F. Former cinemas and movie theaters in Los Angeles (42 P)
The theater became one of the first in the United States built specifically to show movies. [4] In 1921, a US$50,000 Wurlitzer organ was installed in the theater. [5] In 1924, Los Angeles theater proprietor H. L. Gumbinger closed the facility for renovation. The overhaul included the addition of a 16-piece house orchestra. [6]
The Downtown Independent (formerly the ImaginAsian Center) was a one screen theater and cinema located at 251 S. Main Street in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] It was operated by the Downtown Independent and owned by Orange County, California's Cinema Properties Group.
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March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35 mm movie film technology. [1] April 2 – Thomas Lincoln Tally opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles. [2] Tally co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917. [3] [4]
On January 25, 1988, Columbia agreed to acquire USA Cinemas Inc., with 325 screens, for $165 million; the acquisition was closed on March 2. [9] Later in 1988, Loews bought 48 screens in the Washington, D.C. area from Roth Enterprises, M&R Theatres with 70 screens in the Chicago area, and JF Theatres, Inc. with 66 screens in the Baltimore area.