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Usherettes at the Columbia Theater in Portland, 1916. At the advent of the 20th century, the city of Portland, Oregon, was among the first on the United States West Coast to embrace the advent of the silent and feature film. The city's first movie palace, the Majestic Theatre (later known as the United Artists Theatre), opened in 1911.
The establishment is operated by McKee Enterprises, who own the Wunderland arcade company which operates at the theatre. [2] John McKee purchased the Avalon in 1964, and became the first cinema in Portland to operate with multiple screens. [5] In 2008, Portland Monthly named the Avalon the "Best Way to Stretch a Dollar" on their "Best of the ...
Tomorrow Theater is a movie theater and multimedia space in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is operated by PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow, the film and new media center of the Portland Art Museum. [1] Previously, the venue was an adult movie theater known as Oregon Theater. [2]
Cinema 21 is a movie theater in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon, United States. The venue opened as State Theatre in 1925, and was known as Vista during 1941–1942 and 21st Avenue Theatre from 1942 to 1965.
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The cinema opened in October 1970, under the name Cine-Mini Theater in rented space formerly used by the Portland State University Bookstore. Larry Moyer, owner of Moyer Theaters and rival brother of Tom Moyer, believed that Portland was ready for an intimate, fully automated niche market movie house where the projector, house music, curtains, and house lights were automatically controlled.
Antoinette Hatfield Hall, 2012 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 2007 Hollywood Theatre, 2013. 5th Avenue Cinema; Academy Theater; ... List of theatres in Portland, Oregon.
It was also Portland developer Tom Moyer's first major project. It reportedly cost US$90 million to build the tower. 1000 Broadway opened to the public in 1991. [2] The half-block lot formerly hosted the Broadway Theater, an art deco movie house. Plans to restore and include the old marquee never came to fruition.