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Former vaudeville theatre that became one of Canada's largest cinemas. Sheraton Centre Sheraton Centre: 1974 1990s 2 Designed as a first-run theatre by Toronto-based architectural firm Searle, Wilbee, Rowland. Seating was provided for 682 & 344. Was a live cabaret venue for a short period. Now used as conference rooms. Sherway Cinemas Sherway ...
Doug Taylor (1938–2020) was a Canadian historian, professor, author and connoisseur of movie theatres. [1] [2] In two books, and multiple online articles, Taylor wrote about Toronto's history of beautiful cinemas. [3] He published a history of selected neighbourhoods in 2010, a book on Toronto lost landmarks in 2018.
The Revue Cinema is a cinema in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built between late-1911 and early-1912, it is a designated 'heritage' site and is Toronto's oldest standing movie theatre in use for showing movies. When news of its closure became public, a grass-roots community movement sprang up in order to save the cinema.
Taylor, who declined to become the general manager of Odeon in 1941, founded Twentieth Century Theatres in the 1930s and the Famous Players-aligned company grew to own sixty-five theatres by the 1960s. He opened the International Theatre in Toronto which was the first theatre in Canada dedicated towards screening art films. [146]
Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North America's largest movie theatre operators and live theatre, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States.The Cineplex Odeon brand is still being used by Cineplex Entertainment at some theatres that were once owned by the Cineplex Odeon Corporation, with newer theatres using the Cineplex Cinemas (French: Cinémas Cineplex) brand.
Fox Theatre inside in 2023. The Fox Theatre was built in 1914, making it the second-oldest cinema that is still in use in Toronto, after the Revue Cinema, [5] which was built in 1912 and later closed in 2006, [6] before re-opening in 2007; [7] as a result of this, the Fox Theatre is the oldest continuously operating cinema in Toronto.
Pages in category "Cinemas and movie theatres in Toronto" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Odeon Cinemas was founded in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch in Brierley Hill, England. In 1938, the company was bought by J. Arthur Rank, and shortly after this time, a Canadian arm of the business was opened, called Odeon Theatres Canada. Toronto's first Odeon theatre was the Odeon Fairlawn, located at 3320 Yonge Street, and was also designed by Jay ...