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The Ritz was built in 1929 by J.J. Hegman, who owned several movie theaters in Austin, Texas. It was the first theater in Austin to be built specifically for the talkies. The architect was Hugo Kuehne, the founding dean of the University of Texas School of Architecture, who also designed the Austin History Center (originally the Austin Public ...
Gaiety Theatre (planning/construction) Majestic Theatre (1915–30) Paramount Theatre (1930–76; 2000-present) Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts (1976–2000) Address: 713 Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701-3216: Location: Downtown Austin: Coordinates: Owner
In 2006, due to rising rent in downtown Austin, theater owners took steps to hand the theater over to a non-profit group called the "Heroes of the Alamo" foundation, operating the theater as a cultural arts center. However, with the historic Ritz Theater on 6th Street offered as an alternative location, the original Alamo was closed. The final ...
To provide films for his theaters, Loew founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1924, by merging the earlier firms Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions. Loew's Incorporated served as the distribution arm and parent company for the studio until the two were separated by the 1948 U.S. Supreme Court ruling United States v.
Premiere Cinemas is a privately held motion picture exhibitor headquartered in Big Spring, Texas.It is among the largest independently owned motion picture exhibitors in the U.S. and is ranked by Box Office magazine and the National Association of Theatre Owners Encyclopedia of Exhibition among the top 12 circuits in the U.S.
Ticket prices will be competitive with other multiplex theaters in the area, Harrison said. The 32,000-square foot cinema was first opened on May 22, 1992 with industry veteran Tom Boswell serving ...
Hyde Park Theatre received 13 Critics' Table Award nominations in 2003 and 9 Critics' Table Award nominations in 2004 and in 2005. Thirteen of their company members were named to the Austin Chronicle's list of Austin's top 40 stage actors. Artistic Director Ken Webster has received 46 B. Iden Payne Award nominations and 13 B. Iden Payne Awards ...
Officers were dispatched after the Fort Worth Police Real Time Crime Center saw several women fighting and one of them being loaded into a vehicle.