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Author Topic: Theatre Chains That Don't Exist Anymore Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-24-2012 09:12 AM                     I was going thru some old Film Yearbooks a little while back and was struck by how many circuits existed that have now vanished completely. Among those I remember: General Cinema Loews Sony Plitt Edwards Balaban CinemaNational United Artists RKO Pussycat Mid-States Sack USA Cinemas I didn't include Cineplex Odeon or Hoyt's because they were foreign chains that liquidated their US holdings but are still going elsewhere. How many can you add? Circuts whose name has disappeared completely, that is. If non-US, where were they?  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 06-24-2012 11:48 AM                     Fox West Coast Shaw International  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 06-24-2012 12:28 PM                     Syufy (Of the Cinedome fame) is also, IIRC, gone. I think Century Theatres bought them out.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-24-2012 12:44 PM                        There are tons of lost regional chains. From the DC/MD/VA when I was there: Circle KB Neighborhood Jerry Lewis Roth I'm sure other former 224 members can fill in others Down south: Martin theatres was huge. It eventually morphed into Carmike. Wilby-Kincey was all over the south. Moffit was Alabama regional ABC was national. Then there were the studio chains: Paramount-Publix,Fox etc.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-24-2012 01:33 PM                        Excellence Theatres was in Montana, was absorbed by Essaness Theatres which was then absorbed by Carmike. (I might have the first two reversed.)  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-24-2012 01:41 PM                     Litchfield Luxury Theatres LTD  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 06-24-2012 02:05 PM                     Video Independent, out of Oklahoma City. Originally known as Griffith Amusements.  |  IP: Logged Mike Rivest Expert Film Handler Posts: 185 From: Montréal QC Canada Registered: Nov 2009 posted 06-24-2012 03:20 PM                     In Canada: NGC Cinemas (Canada)- later became Mann theatres in California. France-Film - taken over by Cineplex Odeon Famous Players United Amusements (Cinémas Unis)- owned by Famous Players Cinevic (Drive-ins in Quebec outside of the Montreal area) Cinemas Fortune Odeon Theatres (still in UK) Canadian Odeon Theatres Canadian Theatres Consolidated Amusements (Montreal)- part of Famous Players 20th Century Theatres La Québécoise adult cinemas Rex Films Allied Theatres B & F Theatres Western Amusements (Winnipeg)  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-24-2012 03:54 PM                        Madstone Commonwealth United Artists (though their name is still on many buildings)  |  IP: Logged David Zylstra Master Film Handler Posts: 432 From: Novi, MI, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-24-2012 04:36 PM                     quote: Mark Ogden Loews Sony these 2 were the same company, Sony owned Loews and wanted to put their name on more buildings; then when they realized thier name was on some ugly buildings they went back to Loews. Star Theatres (name is still on the buildings) Plitt (I recall going to AMC/Plitt theatres as a kid) Nicholas George Butterfield Suburban Detroit  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 06-24-2012 05:27 PM                     A few more from the DC area: Lust Wineland Showcase Warner Brothers Crandall  |  IP: Logged Christopher Crouch Expert Film Handler Posts: 128 From: Holywood, ca, usa Registered: May 2006 posted 06-25-2012 03:36 AM                  quote: Tony Bandiera Jr I think Century Theatres bought them out. Technically, Century is gone too (purchased by Cinemark) A few more: Act III Silver/Super Saver Sanborn/SoCal Mann Trans-Lux (now just an LED sign company)  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-25-2012 04:08 AM                        The original Consolidated Amusement Company in Hawaii was a locally owned theatre chain that was founded in 1917. It remain locally owned until it was purchased by Los Angeles based Pacific Theatres in 1959. As a division of Pacific Theatres, Consolidated's theatres was the best place to see movies, especially at the three theatres in Waikiki with that name. Beside the Waikiki 3s, there was the Cinerama, the Kuhio and the Waikiki IMAX, a 15/70 house. All of the theatres are gone now but the memories remain. After 49 years, Pacific Theatres sold Consolidated to a Reading International in 2008.. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 06-25-2012 04:19 PM                        In the upper Midwest... Central States Theatre Corp (sold to CEC) Midco (aka Mid-Continent) (sold theatres off to various chains including a significant number to Carmike, continues as a cable television company)  |  IP: Logged Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 06-25-2012 06:17 PM                        In Texas: ABC Interstate... Long's Theaters... Dollar Cinemas... General Cinema... Jefferson Amusement... Gulf States...  |  IP: Logged

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