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Entries from June 2012

Westminster 10 Changes Hands

June 21st, 2012 Comments Off on Westminster 10 Changes Hands

Regency Theatres has taken over operation of the former Edwards Westminster 10 and will mark the transition with a grand reopening celebration this weekend, 6/22 – 6/24. The twenty year old theatre, located on the former site of Edwards Cinema West (66’-91’), had been in decline for quite some time and, while not facing any […]

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Cinema Milestone: The First Drive-In

June 6th, 2012 Comments Off on Cinema Milestone: The First Drive-In

On this day in 1933, Richard Hollingshead (along with Willie Warren Smith, Edward Ellis, and Oliver Willets) opened the world’s first drive-in theater, in Camden, New Jersey. Built for $30,000, the aptly named “Drive-In Theatre”, featured inclined slots for 400 cars and a “60 foot talkie screen”; unlike later drive-ins, sound was produced via large […]

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