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October 2, 2006
Woolton Cinema, Liverpool (UK). Closes after 75 years
WOOLTON VILLAGE, ENGLAND — This single screen cinema, situated in Woolton Village closed on 03/09/2006. The untimely closure of the cinema was due to the death of its owner, Mr David Wood. Mr Wood’s widow felt she could no longer operate the cinema and a decision was made to close the doors.
A group formed by members of the local community is campaigning to raise enough funds to reopen the cinema. There is a website which has more infomation and links to members of the campaign: Woolton Picture House Homepage.
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September 29, 2006
Campaign ad hits theater
TWIN CITIES, MN — Much to the audience’s surprise, a candidate for county sheriff started running a campaign ad in one theater.
Going to the movies is the ultimate form of escapism — or at least it was until Friday.
That was when the curtain came up before the 7:30 showing of “The Illusionist” at the Highland Theater, and where there materialized a leading man so familiar to the St. Paul audience that some in the theater gasped at his sudden appearance on the silver screen.
It was former Police Chief Bill Finney. Seems he’s running for Ramsey County sheriff.
For more on this story, visit The St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Globe Theater Reconstruction
GLOBE, AZ — After the devastating fire, Globe-Miami’s own Globe Theater is being rebuilt. The theater will be built over the lot of the building next store that was the Trust/Hotel building. The new Globe will be built with four screens and stadium seating. A brick face will surround the theater using some of the original bricks from the Hotel.
The marquee is being spruced up a bit; the original marquee was changed in the 1960’s-1970, but is being put back to the original design with neon lignting all around the historic sign. After the restoration of the marquee, the marquee will be place on the corner of Broad and Cedar Streets. This is an exiciting move forward for this historic small-town community.
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Cast Aluminum 12" Marquee Letters for sale
Vintage old “Adler Silhouette (cast aluminum) Letters” for sale. They are 12" tall and I have 58 letters comprised of the following mix:
1) A
1) D
6) E
4) F
3) G
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Village Theatre’s days are numbered
VALPARAISO, IN — After a hard-fought battle to keep it open for a bit longer, it looks like the Village Theatre will soon shut its doors.
Village Entertainment CEO Ron Rooding hoped the movie theater could remain open until January, but Porter Superior Court Judge William Alexa ruled Tuesday that the theater has 15 business days to cease all operations.
The north-side theater located in the former County Seat Plaza can file for an extension of 15 additional days for good reason, Alexa said. After that, Porter County police will be called to change the locks.
For the full story, visit The Post-Tribune.
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September 28, 2006
Movie theater tosses texting teens
ARLINGTON, TX — Looks like there is some justice in this world yet. Two teenagers were thrown out of a theater, just for texting!
A local movie theater is in the spotlight after kicking out a group of teenagers for sending and/or receiving text messages inside one of its auditoriums.
The AMC 24 in Arlington Parks Mall used police officers to escort the teens from the theater during the weekend.
Did they go too far?
For more, visit NBC5.
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Same day burning now possible
A company called CinemaNow, is breaking out some new technology with its same-day release of the new Fast and the Furious DVD.
Online movie service CinemaNow on Tuesday said it will offer a version of Universal Picture’s “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift” that customers can download onto a blank DVD the same day it is available in stores.
The “download-to-burn” Web release on the same day the DVD lands in stores is a first for a major Hollywood studio. Until recently, studios have been reluctant to offer downloads to “burn,” or copy, for fear of piracy and because doing so might cannibalize retail sales in the $24 billion home DVD market.
For the rest of the story, visit Reuters.
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MovieLand investigation
EUGENE, OR — I’m sad to say MovieLand in Eugene, Oregon has been demolished. It had sat vacant for so long and people had vandalized it really bad. I was in Eugene, looking for a vacant theater to make into a brew pub, when I stumbled across the boarded up Movie Land.
Vandals had broken the glass doors. I got brave and made a plan. I ran to Fred Meyers store and bought a throw away camera and flash light. When I entered Movieland, it was huge and ominous. The whole entire lobby had been trashed. The Electricity had long ago been shut off.
Vandals had spray painted graffiti and kicked over garbage cans. I could tell Regal had just shut the doors and locked the place up. Everything was still there, ice machines, popcorn popper, hot dog wrappers.
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September 27, 2006
Odeon Morecambe
I think this cinema was the best designed provincial Odeon, perhaps the very best ever!! The main foyer was bigger and better than any other??? Anyone else know of this theater and feel the same way?
Best wishes to all
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Westgate Cinema closes
RACINE, WI — The first-run Marcus Westgate Cinema opened in the late 1960’s and was named to honor the recently-demolished Westgate Outdoor Theatre which itself had been truncated over the years for encroaching commercial construction (the Westgate shopping center) which eventually overwhelmed the Westgate Outdoor.
The Westgate Cinema’s demise had been expected to occur around Thanksgiving as the Marcus chain prepares its new multi-screen complex in the nearby village of Sturtevant. So the sudden closing on Sunday night after the final screening of “Hollywoodland” at 11:39 pm took the community by surprise.