The Muvico Egyptian theater in Florida was my main go-to theater for years, and it still was after it got acquired by Cinemark in 2009. I still remember the Dolby Egypt logo they played before every movie. Such great memories…
Their biggest mistake was trying to run any theater outside NY, LA or Chicago. Management was too incompetent to understand how to operate in smaller markets and had no regard for costs.
Wanda was the one that used AMC revenue to fund the Carmike purchase as they were using their own revenue to fund AMC operations and capital improvements.
When I was a kid, I used to frequently go to either AMC or United Artist to go see first run films. United Artist even had 3 locations in my hometown, with 2 of those locations a little under 2 minutes away from each other. Sadly all three of those locations were sold between 1997 to the mid-2010s, with one being fully demolished in 2021 along with the dead mall (which was called East Hills Mall- Bakersfield in case anyone is interested) that was located in (the mall itself went downhill in 2009 with the combined closures of Mervyns, Gottschalks, and Harris department stores). One location was turned a Big Lots store while the third was sold to Starplex Cinemas (which despite the fact that they played good movies for $1.00 per person, they had the worst reputation of the dirtiest restrooms for a long time) before being sold again to AMC, which became their 2nd location in my hometown. AMC's first location was a few miles down the street from their current location. Their first location closed around 2000 and was sold to Dollar Tree.
Over here admiring the research that went into this! Also I loved the Great Escape that was in McDonough..it's a Regal now but still had the old logo last time we saw a movie there. :)
Jerry Lewis Cinemas - they were pre-fab buildings with the idea you only needed two people to operate them. One for concessions and the other for the projector. And they were pitched as a way a family could break into the movie business.
@@undergroundretail thank you! I was hoping you'd see it because there's a ton of great stuff (and plenty of pictures) about them, and I think your subs would dig it 😀
Another good example is Multiplex, which was started by National Amusements in the 1980s and 1990s. Most of the Multiplex cinemas were rebranded as Showcase Cinemas (such as Cross County), were sold to Rave/Cinemark (such as Hazlet), or were closed down for good (such as Commack).
I really miss my home town's old movie theater "Sword & Sheild". It shut down not long after Galaxy Cinemas (now owned by Cineplex Odeon) moved into my home town's mall as an expansion back in the early 2000's.
That General Cinemas location was the Regency Exchange 8 in Augusta. It was behind the now-closed Regency Mall, which also had a smaller three-screen General Cinemas theater. Sadly, the Regency Exchange 8 closed in 2000 after 13 years in business and was demolished in 2017. I saw so many movies in those theaters in the 80s & 90s. There used to be a lot more theaters in the area back then, but now we're down to just two Georgia Theater Company locations and two Regal locations. Fortunately, Georgia Theater Company runs some good theaters, but General Cinemas holds a special place in my memories as those two locations were my family's go-to theaters back in the day. The "Space Candy" reel and the other pre-show reels will be stuck in my head for the rest of my life.
United Artists, Kent Theatres, and Eastern Federal Theatres also exist way back in the day. I had been to a small six screen movie cineplex that used to be a General Cinema in Orlando, FL before it left. It would be nice if AMC were to bring back GCC as a new theater chain.
Sorry I’m late to comment, but AWSOME video dude in my opinion u explain these stores like no other. I’ve never heard of any of these movie theaters probably because I never really liked going to them. Otherwise can’t wait for the next one 😊❤
Apparently the hoyts cinemas is a Australian based company was created in Melbourne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺 here and then they decided too expanded the cinemas to America shopping mall's
We used to have this movie theater called Cinema 4 which was I believe was an independent movie theater that didn't belong in any chain, sadly we lost it when Hurricane Harvey hit our town in 2017. Now it's a furniture store. Long before Cinema 4 there was a smaller movie theater that had 2 screens called Cinema 35, I guess when Cinema 4 was built, Cinema 35 kind of went out of business. Now it's a restaurant called The Groove.
What ever happened to Star 🌟 Theaters? There was one 1⃣ on Gratiot near 15 Mile Road in Clinton Township,Michigan. The Former Star 🌟 Theater is now a AMC Theater.
@@undergroundretail The Mann's owner bought the famous Graumman's Chinese theater in Hollywood & he was married to the late & beautiful redhead Rhonda Fleming for years who was one of the most stunning women to be on the big or small screen.
I like this video, but I think New Vision was a bit of a perplexing inclusion. They were all Carmikes and only existed under that name for less than 3 years. I think it would have been better to include Edwards or United Artists instead.
You are completely right! FUN FACT "New Vision" replaced "United Artists" during the final draft of writing the script. This was done to keep the video from being too long. 😔
UA was acquired in bankruptcy by Phil Anschutz who also bought Edwards theaters and Regal Cinemas. Eventually combining them all under the Regal Entertainment Group banner.
I do remember Pacific Theaters. My local Pacific Theater opened in 1997 and was one of the 15 locations that was sold to Reading International Inc in 2007. Other than addition of an IMAX screen on December 18, 2015 (with Star Wars: The Force Awakens being the first movie to play at this location), nothing else has really changed since it was Pacific Theaters.
You missed a major player in the Midwest- Wehrenberg Theaters. Started in 1906 in St. Louis and was bought by Marcus Theaters about ten years ago. They had an iconic jingle that anyone over 30 in the STL metro area still knows by heart to this day. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nKh0m8MDUt0.html&pp=ygUVd2VocmVuYmVyZyB0aGVtZSBzb25n
Cineplex Odeon was the Enron of the exhibition industry. After the Drabinsky embezzlement it was a long term survival mission until being acquired by Sony and spun off into Loews Cineplex. Those former Cineplex Odeon directors started Galaxy theaters and reacquired Cineplex Odeon Canadian assets after the '01 Bankruptcy.
