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The Geigers consolidated their theater holdings under the Neighborhood Cinema Group branding in 1992, the year the chain's Midland, Michigan theater opened. By the end of the 20th century, two more theaters, located in Lapeer and Coldwater, Michigan, had opened. The company's name was shortened to NCG in early 2000.
Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website and their mobile app.It also owns Fandango at Home (formerly known as Vudu), a streaming digital video store and streaming service, as well as Rotten Tomatoes, which provides television and streaming media information.
The ceiling of the theater collapsed in the 1930s and after the repairs were made, the seating capacity changed to 600. [2] By 1948, the theatre was operated by the Peerless Corporation. [ 5 ] Starting in March 1954 with The Lavender Hill Mob , through the 1960s, the Ritz showed fine art and foreign films.
On reopening, the Liberty switched from a first-run movie theater to a second-run and arthouse venue. [5] Renovations included the creation of a second screen, dubbed The Granada as a nod to the Liberty's history. The theater reopened on March 17, 2011, with a showing of Darby O’Gill and the Little People. [9]
Carl Heinrich Boller (1868–1946) and Robert Otto Boller (1887–1962) are credited with the design of almost 100 classic theaters ranging from small vaudeville venues to grand movie palaces. About 20 Boller Brothers works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Downtown Los Angeles's Palace Theatre was originally built as the third home of Los Angeles's Orpheum Circuit.Opened in 1911, the building was designed by G. Albert Lansburgh and Robert Brown Young, [5] the former of whom would later design the nearby Orpheum Theatre, Hollywood Pacific Theatre, and many other theaters across the United States.
In 1922, Lee moved to Los Angeles. His first major movie palace was the Tower Theatre, a Spanish-Romanesque-Moorish design that launched a career that would make Lee the principal designer of motion picture theaters in Los Angeles during the 1930s and 1940s. He is credited with designing over 400 theaters throughout California and Mexico.
His first complete theater design was the City Theatre, built on 14th Street in 1909 for film mogul William Fox. His designs for the 1914 Mark Strand Theatre , the 1916 Rialto Theatre and the 1917 Rivoli Theatre , all in Times Square , set the template for what would become the American movie palace.