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All the cinemas of Mann Theatres were gradually sold off to other chains. [6] [7] Mann Theatres was a dominant cinema chain across Colorado, including the Denver area. In 2000, Colorado Cinemas Theatres acquired the Mann Theatres locations in Denver. Carmike Cinemas took over most of the Mann Theatres locations outside of the Denver area.
Mann Theatres is a cinema chain in Minnesota with 13 theatres and 86 screens. It was founded in 1935, around the same time that Ted Mann was getting into the business, in St. Paul . This chain was started in 1970 by Marvin Mann, [ 1 ] Ted Mann's brother, through the purchase of Highland and Grandview theaters in St. Paul. [ 2 ] Following Marvin ...
Ted Mann, owner of the Mann Theatres chain and husband of actress Rhonda Fleming, purchased it in 1973. From then until 2001, it was known as Mann's Chinese Theatre. Mann Theatres grew to become the largest independent chain in the country before Mann sold the business, including the Chinese Theatre, to Gulf+Western in 1986. [20] [21]
Ted Mann (April 16, 1916 – January 15, 2001) was an American businessman involved in the film industry and head of Mann Theatres.In 1973, he purchased the National General Theatre chain and changed the name of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, which was a part of the chain, to Mann's Chinese Theater.
Fox West Coast went into bankruptcy and was sold to The National Theatres Corporation, led by Charles Skouras, on November 19, 1934, for $17,000,000.00. [3] Eugene Klein later became CEO of National, and turned it into the conglomerate National General. Mann Theatres bought National General's theatres in 1973. [4]
In 2010, Mann Theatres went out of business. Regency Theatres became the operator of both the Village Theatre and a multiplex cinema at "The Plant" in Van Nuys. [8] In 2014, Regency added the immersive Dolby Atmos sound system to the theater in time for the movie Transcendence. In 2019, it became the first THX Ultimate Cinema™ theatre. [9]
Hollywood Theater opened on December 20, 1913, the second to open in Hollywood's emerging theater district. A 700-seat Nickelodeon, [1] it was owned by H.L. Lewis and designed in the Romanesque style by Krempel and Erkes. [2] In 1927, the theater was remodeled by Clifford Balch and in 1936, it was remodeled a second time by S. Charles Lee.
A screening of Shrek the Third at the Vispathè cinema, in Campi Bisenzio, Italy IMAX at Gading XXI, North Jakarta (second largest IMAX in Indonesia) This is a list of movie theater chains across the world. [1] [2] The chains of movie theaters are listed alphabetically by continent and then by country.