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The Texas Theatre is a movie theater and Dallas landmark located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas.It gained historical significance on November 22, 1963, as the location of Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest over the suspicion he was the killer of Dallas Police Officer J. D. Tippit and President John F. Kennedy.
The Majestic was the grandest of all the theaters along Dallas's Theatre Row which stretched for several blocks along Elm Street. The Melba, Tower, Palace, Rialto, Capitol, Telenews (newsreels and short-subjects exclusively), Fox (live burlesque), and Strand theatres were all demolished by the late 1970s; only the Majestic remains today.
AMC Theatres – as of July 2012 AMC divested of its Canadian operations, selling four to Cineplex, two to Empire Theatres which were later sold to Landmark Cinemas in 2013, closing two. Empire Theatres – closed on October 29, 2013, by selling most of their locations to Cineplex Entertainment and Landmark Cinemas and closing 3 others that ...
Finally, the Oscar-shortlisted Norwegian film “Armand” is expanding to more theaters, starring “The Worst Person in the World” breakout Renate Reinsve as a mother who must face a school ...
In the 1990s, Cinemark Theatres was one of the first chains to incorporate stadium-style seating into their theatres. [24] In 1997, several disabled individuals filed a lawsuit against Cinemark, alleging that their stadium style seats forced patrons who used wheelchairs to sit in the front row of the theatre, effectively rendering them unable to see the screen without assuming a horizontal ...
The Kessler initially served as a neighborhood movie house, providing entertainment to residents of Oak Cliff and surrounding areas. [3] Gene Autry, who owned several theaters in Oak Cliff, bought it in 1945. [3] A tornado hit the building in 1957, and a fire around 1960 put the theater out of commission. [3]
Studio Movie Grill was founded in 1993 by Brian Schultz, who served as its CEO for twenty-seven years until April 2021. [1] The company originated with the opening of the Granada Prestonwood in Addison, Texas, which featured five screens with private luxury boxes and valet parking. The concept evolved into the Studio Movie Grill chain. [2]
Rave Cinemas, formerly known as "Rave Motion Pictures", is a movie theater brand founded in 1999 and owned by Cinemark Theatres.It previously was headed by Thomas W. Stephenson, Jr., former CEO of Hollywood Theaters, and Rolando B. Rodriguez, former Vice President and Regional General Manager for Walmart in Illinois and northern Indiana.