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Edwards Ocean Ranch 7, in Laguna Niguel, will be converted in to a high end boutique cinema this fall. The Latin American chain, Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, has announced that they will be taking over the lease and conducting a five to six month remodel; with plans to reopen the site in April of 2012.     Once completed, the […]

A novel anniversary, as Disneyland’s Main Street Cinema opened on this week, back in 1955. Some might argue that this is more of a theme park attraction than true cinema, but, when one gets down to it, the Main Street Cinema is actually a throwback to the storefront nickelodeons of movie going’s founding years.   […]

As mentioned in an earlier post, restrooms are likely the least documented feature of cinemas. Despite this long standing decorum fueled omission, here are two pictures of what might be the most famous cinema restroom in existence; the men’s room of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.              Nothing fancy or truly unique to be seen, […]

Pictured below is an advertisement which ran somewhat regularly in “Popular Mechanics” throughout 1907. Capturing the novice, “do it yourself”, attitude, which drove the early years of film exhibition, the ad promotes one of the many outfits that offered “start your own motion picture business” packages. Companies like Amusement Supply and the Miles Brothers (profiled […]