Plitt Theatres was a major movie theater chain in the United States and went under a number of names, Publix Theaters Corporation, Paramount Publix Corporation...
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New Mexico under the Cinemark brand. On March 26, 1980, Henry G. Plitt of Plitt Theatres Holdings purchased the Cinemark circuit of theaters. But Cinemark...
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Henry G. Plitt (1918 – January 26, 1993) was an American businessman and war hero who founded Plitt Theatres. Plitt was born to a Jewish family in New...
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Cineplex Odeon Corporation (redirect from Essaness Theatres)
by Cineplex Entertainment at some theatres that were once owned by the Cineplex Odeon Corporation, with newer theatres using the Cineplex Cinemas (French:...
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American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. (originally United Paramount Theatres, later the American Broadcasting Companies and ABC Television) was...
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That firm and its successors—United Paramount Theatres, ABC Great States Theatres and Plitt Theatres—operated the facility until approximately 1978....
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By 1980, he controlled up to 100 screens and sold most of them to Plitt Theatres. Cinemark Corporation continued operations, holding on to around 20...
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and 1970s saw the closing of most of the downtown's movie theatres. In 1981, Plitt Theatres closed the Alabama and sold it to Cobb Theaters of Birmingham...
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show's history. From its beginning until 1968, it was a co-production of Plitt Theatres and Selmur Productions. ABC bought the series outright in 1968 and its...
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of the 1970s, business at the theatre slowed for owner Plitt Theatres, affecting ongoing viability. The Chicago Theatre was re-opened to stage shows in...
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cinemas, ABC Great States, the Central West division of ABC Theatres, was sold to Henry G. Plitt in 1974. On January 17, 1972, Elton Rule was named president...
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at the theater. The Uptown Theatre has been closed to regular events since the winter of 1981. Then-owner Plitt Theatres had inadvertently set the complex...
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film's legal status became uncertain due to changes in ownership at Plitt Theatres. "It was always a deep regret of mine that my first film was caught...
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Joseph DuciBella and published by Arcadia Publishing. United Paramount / Plitt Theatres List of experimental television stations Klingsporn, Geoffrey (2005)...
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Artists, and co-founder of Orion Pictures Henry G. Plitt (1918–1993), founder of the Plitt Theatres chain Tom Pollock (1943–2020), co-founder of the Montecito...
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to economic and safety issues. The Hilltop Mall Cinemas, operated by Plitt Theatres, opened in the mall on August 25, 1976, showing first-run films on a...
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as the Gala Opening Night film at Filmex on April 13, 1978, at the Plitt Theatre in Century City and was released in 100 theaters in the United States...
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Sport Mart sporting goods store, and a six-screen cinema owned by Plitt Theatres. In 1997, the Kmart at The Brickyard was the first in the Chicago area...
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Houston, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles before the picture was sold to Plitt Theatres which released the film in a "flat" screen monaural version. Prior to...
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Taylor, and Mervyn's, along with over 120 inline stores, a six-screen Plitt Theatres (later Cineplex Odeon) cinema, and a food court dubbed the "Fiesta Food...
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Las Vegas in 1981. The success of that Syufy theater led Mann Theatres and Plitt Theatres to exit the Las Vegas market, selling all of their theaters to...
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and Montgomery Ward, as well as 37 interior tenants, and a two screen Plitt Theatres, drawing an estimated crowd of 25,000. In March 1994, J. B. White announced...
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ceremony that day. Sixteen days later, ABC Great States Theatres (last known as Plitt Theatres) opened a two-screen movie theater at the mall. The first...
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Cooper was considered the "flagship" in the Plitt theatre chain. Efforts were made to preserve the theatre, but at the time it did not qualify for national...
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by the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. Filmex '75 moves to the Plitt Theatres in Century City. The 14-day Festival opens with the premiere of Funny...
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for overseas markets.[citation needed] Henry G. Plitt, previously president of Paramount Gulf Theatres, became president of the company in February 1959...
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retained ownership of the theater until 1980, when it was purchased by Plitt Theaters. In 1987, Midcontinent Media ("Midco") purchased the Terrace. Midcontinent...
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and did commercials. Smolen married Harold Klein, an executive with Plitt Theatres. Biography portal New York City portal Radio portal Cox, Jim (2008)...
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Jeff Award (category Theatre in Chicago)
of non-Equity theatres through the creation of a Non-Equity Wing of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee. Only five non-Equity theatres had productions...
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public health advocate pedestrian Richmond, Virginia Hit by a car. Greg Plitt 1977 2015 37 years American fitness model, actor pedestrian Burbank, California...
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