West Columbia 7 closed March 16, 2020 along with all of the Goodrich Theatre Circuit’s portfolio. Goodrich then declared bankruptcy ceasing operations.
The theatre opened under new management of GQT Movies Circuit on April 23, 2021 as GQT West Columbia 7. (Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group purchased the bankrupt circuit with partner VIP Cinemas taking over operation of 22 former Goodrich Quality Theatre locations including the Oxford location. GQT Movies' home office is located in Kentwood, Michigan.) This entry should be listed as Formerly Operated by Goodrich Quality Theaters and Operated by GQT Movies.
Lebanon Cinema 7 closed March 16, 2020 along with all of the Goodrich Theatre Circuit’s portfolio. Goodrich then declared bankruptcy ceasing operations.
The theatre opened under new management of GQT Movies Circuit on August 21, 2020 as GQT Lebanon 7. (Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group purchased the bankrupt circuit with partner VIP Cinemas taking over operation of 22 former Goodrich Quality Theatre locations including the Oxford location. GQT Movies' home office is located in Kentwood, Michigan.) This entry should be listed as Formerly Operated by Goodrich Quality Theaters and Operated by GQT Movies.
GQT Quality 10 GDX closed March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Goodrich Quality Theatres subsequently ceased operations in bankruptcy. This venue was not picked up immediately by any other circuit remaining inactive / closed.
Closed March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Goodrich Quality Theatres subsequently ceased operation in bankruptcy. This venue was not picked up immediately by any other circuit remaining inactive / closed.
Closed March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic, Goodrich Quality Theatre Circuit subsequently ceased operations. It wasn’t picked up by the GQT Movies circuit which partnered with VIP Theatres to run a subset of the Goodrich Quality portfolio and sat inactive.
Currently not open and not showing movies. The theatre opened originally on November 19, 1999. Closed for COVID-19 on March 16, 2020. Its reopening was uncertain when Goodrich Quality Theatres went out of business. The reformulated GQT Theatres run by a new group of folks with partner VIP Theatres opted not to reopen this location.
The American Theatre in Madrid launched October 31, 1919 as the replacement for its opera house. The venue opened with a live play. The theatre would find its audience with motion pictures and converted to sound to stay viable. Seating was purportedly increased to 300 during a 1933 renovation.
The American got a streamline makeover in 1940 along with its new name and neon sign, the Zala Theatre. It was stated that the name was selected in honor of an Indian tribe and its name was translated to “an evening of rest and amusement.” There isn’t much information to factually link the claim to the name but the miniker stuck for more than 15 years. The Zala closed in 1956 and the town’s citizenry had to drive to nearby Grant for films until the theater closed there in 1962. Then they had to drive further to Ogallala if they were to have a cinematic evening of rest and amusement.
Alamo Drafthouse Springfield closed March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. The theatre then reopened in August of 2020 only to close again on October 12, 2020. Alamo Drafthouse would file for bankruptcy on March 2, 2021. Just a day after the takeover of the company by Fortress Investment Group, the Springfield location then reopened on April 28, 2021 becoming the first theater in the Circuit to reopen for the circuit in 2021.
The FairVu Drive-In Theatre launched in 1969. It fulfilled a 25-year lease closing at the end of season in 1994. (Technically, it opened as the FairVu Cinema Drive-In.)
The Hillcrest Shopping Center opened theater-less in 1963 with anchors Woolworth’s and Grand Central department store. In 1969, expansion brought about the Plaza Twin cinema. The theatre played “Star Wars” to enthusiastic crowds. Two decades after closing, the Plaza Twin was still fully intact although locked up.
A major renovation of the Alpine Theatre occurred in 1964. The theatre was gutted and renovated as the Lynn Theatre relaunching on December 23, 1964 as the Lynn Theatre by owners Ed and Julia Lynn of the Tri-State Drive-In Theatre in Hancock, Maryland.
The former Star Theatre was the town’s first movie venue and was in a different location in downtown. The Sanilac Theatre was housed in a converted retail location opened by the Thumb Circuit on 1937 on a 20-year lease. Under a new 30-year lease, Stan Fetting and his wife operated from 1957 to 1987 closing there after the theatre’s 50-year run. Steve Kurinsky of the nearby Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre, Sanilac County’s only ozoner at the time, took on the venue. Never reopened, the Sanilac was undergoing a renovation to a twin-screen venue when fire destroyed the building on April 5, 2000.
The Pastime Theatre launched here in 1926. It then added sound to remain viable. At its ten-year mark, the Thumb Theatres Circuit owned by C. Harold Shuckert gave the venue a streamline moderne makeover renaming it as the Cass Theatre in 1936. That structure was completely gutted by fire on November 29, 1939 with the structure in place. The theatre was rebuilt using its existing walls. Bathed in blue carpeting and blue and orange seating by Irwin Seating, the theatre reopened on March 1, 1940 with walls covered in Nu-Wall wood paneling. The opening features were Jackie Cooper in “Seventeen” and Andy Devine in “Mutiny on the Blackhawk.” The grand opening marquee can be seen in the photo section.
In 1981, it was renamed the Studio Cinema and returned to English-language films for the next five years. It then reverted back to the moniker of Studio Theatre in its final months of operation.
Architectural plans for the modest $70,000 venue were made by Walter L., Culver, Sr. of San Bernardino for Cabart Theatres Circuit in 1935. In 1990, the theater showed up on the delinquent tax roster and was auctioned off. The theatre appears to have ceased operations on January 28, 1988 - likely at the end of a 10-year leasing agreement - with “Cold Steel” and “Rolling Vengeance.”
Cabart Theatres announced this $125,000 project in 1945 as the War was ending. The theater was designed to hold 1,000 patrons and its interesting feature was to allow for the usage of television which Cabart felt would be important post-War. Its streamline moderne design by architect Hugh Gibbs featured a 110 foot sign tower. Starting out well, the theatre quickly struggled to retain its audience in the correctly-predicted world of television. The theatre had launched May 29, 1946 with Fred MacMurray in “Pardon My Past” & Deanna Durbin in “Because of Him.” But just 7.5 years later, it ended operations with Doris Day in “Calamity Jane” and Peter Lind Hayes in “5000 Fingers of Dr. T.”
Hugh Gibbs was brought back to the project to redesign the facility as a bowling venue. It launched as the Santa Fe Bowl on November 7, 1958. It closed and was demolished in favor of multi-family residences.
The Rivoli was operated by Cabart Theatres Circuit owned by C.A. Caballero and Milt Arthur (Cabart) (and Fanchon & Marco). Harry Arthur had the St. Louis Amusement Circuit that became Arthur Enterprises. Related and yet not the same. The Rivoli closed September 17, 1979 with “The Wanderers” and “American Hot Wax.”
William H. and George F. Brayton launched the Brayton Theatre on July 29, 1925. They added sound to stay current. After shutting down in 1950 for films, the Brayton - then owned by Milton Arthur as part of the Cabart Theatre Circuit - was used as a church and a lodge. But the Brayton made an improbable movie comeback thanks to the community in 1966. The Brayton appears to have finished its run as an ultra-discount double-feature house where all double-features cost just 49 cents a ticket. It appears to have ceased operations on February 25, 1971 with Lee Marvin in “Monte Walsh” playing with Jimmy Stewart in “Cheyenne Social Club”.
Now called the Regal UA Regency, the theatre closed for the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16, 2020. It reopened in July of 2020 but closed in early October along with virtually the entire Cineworld/Regal circuit’s locations. The Regal UA Regency reopened on May 21, 2021.
This theater was announced in May of 1994 and was similar to the 17-screen theatre proposed in Dallas at Forest Lane and Inwood Road that was vetoed by the city two months prior. (That project would end further west on Forest Lane at Webb Chapel Road.) Tinseltown Grapevine was on a 17-acre tract of land off of Highway 114 not far from the DFW Airport in Grapevine and the city was pleased with the 4,000-seat megaplex.
The $20 million theatre had two large, 600-seat auditorium with stadium seating and 75-foot screens. It was across the street from a former Rand Theatre turned Trans-Texas 8-screen location that was aging poorly. Tinseltown launched on December 8, 1995 four months after the Dallas Cinemark 17 had launched. As a gesture, Cinemark donated projection equipment to the downtown, single-screen Palace Theatre.
Tinseltown was a success with short order food and ice cream available at its pizza snack bar and large game room. Tinseltown’s success drove the Hollywood 8 across the highway to sub-run, discount status and then closure. Cinemark would add its branded, XD “Extreme Digital” and D-Box motion seating to the venue. In 2018, it would move the theater to all-recliner seating under the banner of Cinemark Tinseltown Grapevine and XD.
West Columbia 7 closed March 16, 2020 along with all of the Goodrich Theatre Circuit’s portfolio. Goodrich then declared bankruptcy ceasing operations.
The theatre opened under new management of GQT Movies Circuit on April 23, 2021 as GQT West Columbia 7. (Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group purchased the bankrupt circuit with partner VIP Cinemas taking over operation of 22 former Goodrich Quality Theatre locations including the Oxford location. GQT Movies' home office is located in Kentwood, Michigan.) This entry should be listed as Formerly Operated by Goodrich Quality Theaters and Operated by GQT Movies.
Lebanon Cinema 7 closed March 16, 2020 along with all of the Goodrich Theatre Circuit’s portfolio. Goodrich then declared bankruptcy ceasing operations.
The theatre opened under new management of GQT Movies Circuit on August 21, 2020 as GQT Lebanon 7. (Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group purchased the bankrupt circuit with partner VIP Cinemas taking over operation of 22 former Goodrich Quality Theatre locations including the Oxford location. GQT Movies' home office is located in Kentwood, Michigan.) This entry should be listed as Formerly Operated by Goodrich Quality Theaters and Operated by GQT Movies.
GQT Quality 10 GDX closed March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Goodrich Quality Theatres subsequently ceased operations in bankruptcy. This venue was not picked up immediately by any other circuit remaining inactive / closed.
Closed March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Goodrich Quality Theatres subsequently ceased operation in bankruptcy. This venue was not picked up immediately by any other circuit remaining inactive / closed.
Closed March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic, Goodrich Quality Theatre Circuit subsequently ceased operations. It wasn’t picked up by the GQT Movies circuit which partnered with VIP Theatres to run a subset of the Goodrich Quality portfolio and sat inactive.
Currently not open and not showing movies. The theatre opened originally on November 19, 1999. Closed for COVID-19 on March 16, 2020. Its reopening was uncertain when Goodrich Quality Theatres went out of business. The reformulated GQT Theatres run by a new group of folks with partner VIP Theatres opted not to reopen this location.
The American Theatre in Madrid launched October 31, 1919 as the replacement for its opera house. The venue opened with a live play. The theatre would find its audience with motion pictures and converted to sound to stay viable. Seating was purportedly increased to 300 during a 1933 renovation.
The American got a streamline makeover in 1940 along with its new name and neon sign, the Zala Theatre. It was stated that the name was selected in honor of an Indian tribe and its name was translated to “an evening of rest and amusement.” There isn’t much information to factually link the claim to the name but the miniker stuck for more than 15 years. The Zala closed in 1956 and the town’s citizenry had to drive to nearby Grant for films until the theater closed there in 1962. Then they had to drive further to Ogallala if they were to have a cinematic evening of rest and amusement.
Alamo Drafthouse Springfield closed March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. The theatre then reopened in August of 2020 only to close again on October 12, 2020. Alamo Drafthouse would file for bankruptcy on March 2, 2021. Just a day after the takeover of the company by Fortress Investment Group, the Springfield location then reopened on April 28, 2021 becoming the first theater in the Circuit to reopen for the circuit in 2021.
The FairVu Drive-In Theatre launched in 1969. It fulfilled a 25-year lease closing at the end of season in 1994. (Technically, it opened as the FairVu Cinema Drive-In.)
The Hillcrest Shopping Center opened theater-less in 1963 with anchors Woolworth’s and Grand Central department store. In 1969, expansion brought about the Plaza Twin cinema. The theatre played “Star Wars” to enthusiastic crowds. Two decades after closing, the Plaza Twin was still fully intact although locked up.
A major renovation of the Alpine Theatre occurred in 1964. The theatre was gutted and renovated as the Lynn Theatre relaunching on December 23, 1964 as the Lynn Theatre by owners Ed and Julia Lynn of the Tri-State Drive-In Theatre in Hancock, Maryland.
The former Star Theatre was the town’s first movie venue and was in a different location in downtown. The Sanilac Theatre was housed in a converted retail location opened by the Thumb Circuit on 1937 on a 20-year lease. Under a new 30-year lease, Stan Fetting and his wife operated from 1957 to 1987 closing there after the theatre’s 50-year run. Steve Kurinsky of the nearby Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre, Sanilac County’s only ozoner at the time, took on the venue. Never reopened, the Sanilac was undergoing a renovation to a twin-screen venue when fire destroyed the building on April 5, 2000.
The Pastime Theatre launched here in 1926. It then added sound to remain viable. At its ten-year mark, the Thumb Theatres Circuit owned by C. Harold Shuckert gave the venue a streamline moderne makeover renaming it as the Cass Theatre in 1936. That structure was completely gutted by fire on November 29, 1939 with the structure in place. The theatre was rebuilt using its existing walls. Bathed in blue carpeting and blue and orange seating by Irwin Seating, the theatre reopened on March 1, 1940 with walls covered in Nu-Wall wood paneling. The opening features were Jackie Cooper in “Seventeen” and Andy Devine in “Mutiny on the Blackhawk.” The grand opening marquee can be seen in the photo section.
Listed as a Cabart Theatre in 1936, Fox took control of this location on September 15, 1936 - its third location in town.
In 1981, it was renamed the Studio Cinema and returned to English-language films for the next five years. It then reverted back to the moniker of Studio Theatre in its final months of operation.
Architectural plans for the modest $70,000 venue were made by Walter L., Culver, Sr. of San Bernardino for Cabart Theatres Circuit in 1935. In 1990, the theater showed up on the delinquent tax roster and was auctioned off. The theatre appears to have ceased operations on January 28, 1988 - likely at the end of a 10-year leasing agreement - with “Cold Steel” and “Rolling Vengeance.”
Cabart Theatres announced this $125,000 project in 1945 as the War was ending. The theater was designed to hold 1,000 patrons and its interesting feature was to allow for the usage of television which Cabart felt would be important post-War. Its streamline moderne design by architect Hugh Gibbs featured a 110 foot sign tower. Starting out well, the theatre quickly struggled to retain its audience in the correctly-predicted world of television. The theatre had launched May 29, 1946 with Fred MacMurray in “Pardon My Past” & Deanna Durbin in “Because of Him.” But just 7.5 years later, it ended operations with Doris Day in “Calamity Jane” and Peter Lind Hayes in “5000 Fingers of Dr. T.”
Hugh Gibbs was brought back to the project to redesign the facility as a bowling venue. It launched as the Santa Fe Bowl on November 7, 1958. It closed and was demolished in favor of multi-family residences.
hpThe Towne was opened by Cabart Theatres Circuit owned by C.A. Caballero and Milt Arthur (Cabart) (and Fanchon & Marco).
Opened October 15, 1936 with Swing Time and Adventure in Manhattan for Cabart Theatre Circuit.
The Rivoli was operated by Cabart Theatres Circuit owned by C.A. Caballero and Milt Arthur (Cabart) (and Fanchon & Marco). Harry Arthur had the St. Louis Amusement Circuit that became Arthur Enterprises. Related and yet not the same. The Rivoli closed September 17, 1979 with “The Wanderers” and “American Hot Wax.”
William H. and George F. Brayton launched the Brayton Theatre on July 29, 1925. They added sound to stay current. After shutting down in 1950 for films, the Brayton - then owned by Milton Arthur as part of the Cabart Theatre Circuit - was used as a church and a lodge. But the Brayton made an improbable movie comeback thanks to the community in 1966. The Brayton appears to have finished its run as an ultra-discount double-feature house where all double-features cost just 49 cents a ticket. It appears to have ceased operations on February 25, 1971 with Lee Marvin in “Monte Walsh” playing with Jimmy Stewart in “Cheyenne Social Club”.
In January of 1931, it changed names from the Ramona and became the short-lived New Redondo Theatre
The theatre is listed until the end of March 1998 which times out with the end of a 25-year lease - likely the end of the theater’s operation.
Now called the Regal UA Regency, the theatre closed for the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16, 2020. It reopened in July of 2020 but closed in early October along with virtually the entire Cineworld/Regal circuit’s locations. The Regal UA Regency reopened on May 21, 2021.
This theater was announced in May of 1994 and was similar to the 17-screen theatre proposed in Dallas at Forest Lane and Inwood Road that was vetoed by the city two months prior. (That project would end further west on Forest Lane at Webb Chapel Road.) Tinseltown Grapevine was on a 17-acre tract of land off of Highway 114 not far from the DFW Airport in Grapevine and the city was pleased with the 4,000-seat megaplex.
The $20 million theatre had two large, 600-seat auditorium with stadium seating and 75-foot screens. It was across the street from a former Rand Theatre turned Trans-Texas 8-screen location that was aging poorly. Tinseltown launched on December 8, 1995 four months after the Dallas Cinemark 17 had launched. As a gesture, Cinemark donated projection equipment to the downtown, single-screen Palace Theatre.
Tinseltown was a success with short order food and ice cream available at its pizza snack bar and large game room. Tinseltown’s success drove the Hollywood 8 across the highway to sub-run, discount status and then closure. Cinemark would add its branded, XD “Extreme Digital” and D-Box motion seating to the venue. In 2018, it would move the theater to all-recliner seating under the banner of Cinemark Tinseltown Grapevine and XD.