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  • April 12, 2005
    Jobs

    Searching For Info on The Brighton

    I am searching for ANY information about The Brighton, Westgate Road / Lynwood Terrace in Newcastle upon Tyne which was a cinema up until 1963 when it became a tenpin bowling alley. The Brighton was also a dance hall and billiard hall at the same time as the cinema.

    Any help would be much appreciated!

    Email:

    Paul Royal

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  • For Sale

    Theater Seats For Sale Only $1.50 each!!!

    Hi,

    The Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg PA has over 800 theater seats that we must move out NOW…We are selling them for only $1.50 each!!!. At that price how can you go wrong??? Buy one or all of them for just $1.50. For about the cost of some microwave popcorn you can have theater seats for your home theater!!!

    Act Fast the seats will only be available for a short time!!! They must be moved for the renovation!!!

    Email me at or call me at 570-604-2608.

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  • April 11, 2005
    Today's Newsreel

    Today’s Newsreel

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  • Jobs

    Looking for the Origins of the “Red Carpet” Tradition

    I’m a newspaper reporter from New Jersey and I’m trying to find the origins of the “red carpet” tradition at movie premieres.

    Any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Emailing me directly would be the quickest way for me – I’ve only got a few more days before I have to file my story.

    Thanks!

    Jennifer V. Hughes
    jvhughes @isp.com

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  • April 8, 2005
    Events

    3-Day Silent Film Festival At Lafayette Theatre Begins Tomorrow

    SUFFERN, NY — The SOUNDS OF SILENTS Film Festival comes to the historic Lafayette Theatre . Nine silent film programs with LIVE musical accompaniment to be screened April 8-9-10, 2005.

    The SOUNDS OF SILENTS Film Festival at the historic Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York, presents nine unique and entertaining silent film programs from the golden age of cinema, all on the Lafayette Theatre’s giant silver screen – and all with live musical accompaniment. Screening will be films with stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Lon Chaney, Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Lillian Gish. All of the films are showing in the finest archive prints available and all will feature live musical accompaniment. Selected short subjects will also be a part of several shows. Festival Dates: April 8-9-10, 2005.

    Among the musicians playing with the films will be the renowned silent film accompanists Dennis James playing “Robin Hood,� Robert Israel playing “The Thief of Bagdad� and “Grandma’s Boy,� Jeff Barker, John Baratta, and, making his United States debut, Michael Holmes of Great Britain playing “The Italian Straw Hat�.

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  • Events

    Chicago To Honor Roger Ebert At Chicago Theatre

    CHICAGO, IL — Film critic Roger Ebert will be honored June 23rd with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

    A couple weeks later, on July 12th, the Illinois native will be also honored in Chicago, with Mayor Richard Daley declaring that day “Roger Ebert Day” and also with the dedication of a plaque in the sidewalk in front of the landmark Chicago Theatre on State Street.

    At the sixth annual Chicago Outdoor Film Festival at Grant Park, which also kicks off on July 12th, Ebert will debut the first of several films he has selected to be shown each Tuesday during the seven week-long event. Among Ebert’s choices are “E.T.”, “Star Wars”, “Citizen Kane”, “Annie Hall”, and “The Hustler”.

    Read more in this report from the Chicago Sun Times.

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  • April 7, 2005
    Today's Newsreel

    Today’s Newsreel

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  • Memories

    Ellis Theatre Chain?

    PHILADELPHIA, PA — Does anyone have info on the Ellis Theatre circuit (family-owned) from the Phila., Pa. area? They operated mostly neighborhood houses.

    Thanks, rg.

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  • April 6, 2005
    Jobs

    Did Any Of These Boston Theatres Show Movies?

    Does anyone know if any of the following Boston theatres ever showed movies? If so, I would like to add them to this site.

    • Colonial Theatre
    • Wilbur Theatre
    • Shubert Theatre
    • Hollis Street Theatre (formerly in Theatre District)
    • Boston Theatre (formerly in Theatre District, demolished in 1926 to make way for BF Keith Memorial Theatre)
    • Tremont Temple (now a Baptist church, but has in the past also served as a theatre)
    • Columbia Theatre (former on Washington St in the South End)
    • Castle Square Theatre (formerly in the South End; later renamed Arlington Theatre)
    • Selwyn Theatre (formerly in Park Square, also called Cort Theatre)

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  • April 5, 2005
    Cinema Treasures

    Cinema Treasures Adds Google Maps

    We’ve upgraded our theater pages to support Google Maps.

    With Google Maps, you can now view beautiful, detailed maps of your favorite theater locations. And, as of yesterday, you can also view satellite imagery of a theater.

    To see a sample, take a look at Graumann’s Chinese, Ziegfeld Theater, or the Balboa Theatre.

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