Uptown Theatre

~~~ SAVE THE UPTOWN THEATRE ( Toronto, Ont, Canada ~~~ The Uptown Theatre opened in 1920 as a movie theatre & live stage show theatre. In 1960 The Uptown was damaged by a fire, which gutted the main auditorium. In 1969 The Uptown then split into (5) screens (2) in the Backstage (2) on the main level & (1) in the balcony which is now cinema (1) the big auditorium of them all with 922 seats. Cinema (2) has 604 seats & cinema (3) has 404 seats. In the Backstage area, there is (2) Screens cinema (1) with 170 seats & cinema (2) with 140 seats. The Backstage Theater is now closed. The Uptown Theatre is a great place to see great action & horror movies on a very larger then life 50' X 80' Screen, with THX sound in cinema (1) & Dolby sound in cinemas (2) & (3). The Uptown is going to close its theater forever in 2003 if we don’t do anything about it, so please sign the petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/uptown/petition.html Thank You.