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2. Magic Johnson Theatres - Wikipedia

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   Magic Johnson Theatres. Magic Johnson Theatres is a chain of movie theaters, originally developed in 1994 by Johnson Development Corporation, the business holding of basketball player-turned-entrepreneur Magic Johnson, and Sony Pictures Entertainment through a partnership with Sony-Loews Theatres. [1] [2]

3. List of theatres in Louisville, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   317 W. Broadway. Stopped showing films in 1962. Currently operating as a concert/live performance venue in conjunction with The Kentucky Center. Now called the W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre. Buckingham also known (at times) as the Savoy and Grand Opera House. 1820–1897 (operated as the Savoy until ca. 1989.)

4. Movie theater - Wikipedia

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   The etymology of the term "movie theater" involves the term "movie", which is a "shortened form of moving picture in the cinematographic sense" that was first used in 1896 [8] and "theater", which originated in the "...late 14c., [meaning an] open air place in ancient times for viewing spectacles and plays".

5. AMC Theatres - Wikipedia

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   AMC Theatres. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ( doing business as AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain founded in Kansas City, Missouri, and now headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.

6. Loews Cineplex Entertainment - Wikipedia

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   Loews Cineplex Entertainment. Loews Cineplex Entertainment, also known as Loews Incorporated, was an American theater chain operating in North America . The company was originally called "Loew's," after the name of its founder, Marcus Loew. In 1969, when the Tisch brothers acquired the company, it became known as "Loews."

7. History of cinema in the United States - Wikipedia

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   1900–1919. The first permanent motion picture theater in the state of California was Tally's Electric Theater, completed in 1902 in Los Angeles. Tally's theater was in a storefront in a larger building. The Great Train Robbery ( 1903 ), which was 12 minutes in length, would also give the film industry a boost.