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Encyclopedia > Famous Players Film Company

Toronto ON-based Famous Players is a Canadian company which owns many movie theatres across Canada. A corporation is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name AS (anonymous society) or something similar, depending on language (see below). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ...


Famous Players Canadian Corporation was founded in 1920 and acquired by Viacom in 1994. 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...


In June 2005, Famous Players was sold by Viacom Canada to Onex Corporation's Cineplex Galaxy LP for $500 million June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Viacom (short for Video & Audio Communications) (NYSE: VIA) is an international media conglomerate. ... Toronto based Cineplex Galaxy LP was created in May 1998 after the merger of New York NY-based Loews Theatres (founded in 1904 by Marcus Loew) to form Loews Cineplex Entertainment. ...


Famous Players once operated a number of drive-in theatres, but most if not all have closed and replaced with modern theatres:

Famous Players Theatres
Name Location Status Screens
The 400 Drive-In Woodbridge, Ontario Closed/Demolished 3
Airport Drive-In Neepawa, Manitoba Closed/Demolished 1
Airport Drive-In Quebec City, Quebec Open 4
The Avalon Hamilton, Ontario Closed 1
The Avon Hamilton, Ontario Closed 1
Brockville Arts Centre Brockville, Ontario Open 1
Burlington Mall Cinemas Burlington, Ontario Closed 3
Burton Cummings Theatre for the Performing Arts Winnipeg, Manitoba Open 1
The Capitol Hamilton, Ontario Closed/Demolished 1
The Capitol London, Ontario Open 2
The Capitol St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Closed 1
Capitol St. Thomas, Ontario Open 3
Capitol 6 Theatre Vancouver, British Columbia Open 6
Capitol Centre North Bay, Ontario Open 1
Capitol Theater Guelph, Ontario Closed 1
Capitol Theater St. Catharines, Ontario Closed -
Capitol Theatre Kitchener, Ontario Open 1
Capitol Theatre Montr顬, Quebec Closed/Demolished 1
Capitol Theatre Ottawa, Ontario Closed/Demolished 1
Capitol Theatre Winnipeg, Manitoba Closed/Demolished 2
Cedarbre Cinemas 8 Toronto, Ontario Closed 8
Centre Laval Laval, Quebec Closed/Demolished 12
Centre Metafloria Montreal, Quebec Closed 6
Century Theatre Hamilton, Ontario Closed 1
Chatham Capitol Theatre Chatham, Ontario Closed / Renovating / Restoring -
Cinema At The Toronto Dominion Centre, The Toronto, Ontario Closed 1
Cinema du Parc Montreal, Quebec Open 3
Cinema V Montreal, Quebec Closed/Renovating 2
Cinéma V-Salle Hermes Montreal, Quebec Closed/Demolished 2
Club Metropolis Montreal, Quebec Open 1
College Theatre Winnipeg, Manitoba Closed 1
Colossus Laval 18 Laval, Quebec Open 18
Colossus Theatres Vaughan, Ontario Open 19
Coronet, The Victoria, British Columbia Closed 1
Crescent Theatre Winnipeg, Manitoba Closed/Demolished 1
Eglinton Theatre Toronto, Ontario Closed/Renovating 1
Eglinton Theatre Toronto, Ontario Closed/Renovating 1
Empress Theatre Fort Macleod, Alberta Open 1
Fleur de Lys Montreal, Quebec Closed 1
Galeries D' Anjou Anjou, Quebec Closed 1
Globe Cinema Winnipeg, Manitoba Open 3
Granada, The Hamilton, Ontario Closed 1
Greenfield Park Greenfield Park, Quebec Closed 3
Imperial Oil Centre for the Performing Arts Sarnia, Ontario Open 1
Imperial Theater Montreal, Quebec Open 1
Jackson Square Cinemas Hamilton, Ontario Open 6
Kent, The Bathurst, New Brunswick Closed 2
Kent, The Montreal, Quebec Closed 2
Kings Drive-In Burlington, Ontario Closed/Demolished 1
Le Parisien Montreal, Quebec Open 7
Le Spectrum Montreal, Quebec Open 1
Lincoln Theater St. Catharines, Ontario Closed 1
Loew's Theatre Montreal, Quebec Open 5
McPherson Theatre Victoria, British Columbia Open -
Metropolitan Theatre Winnipeg, Manitoba Closed 1
Northstar Cinema 1 & 2 Winnipeg, Manitoba Closed 2
Orpheum Montreal, Quebec Closed/Demolished 1
Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, British Columbia Open 1
Osborne Theater Winnipeg, Manitoba Closed 1
Paramount, The Red Deer, Alberta Closed 2
Paramount Montreal Montreal, Quebec Open 13
Paramount Theater Kamloops, British Columbia Open 2
Paramount Toronto Toronto, Ontario Open 14
Park, The Windsor, Canada Closed 1
Park Royal Cinemas West Vancouver, British Columbia Closed/Demolished 3
Plaza, The Toronto, Ontario Closed 2
Raymond Burr Performing Arts Centre New Westminster, British Columbia Open / Renovating / Restoring 2
Regent Gala Theatre Toronto, Ontario Open 1
Regent Theatre Oshawa, Ontario Closed / Renovating / Restoring 1
Regent Theatre Ottawa, Ontario Closed/Demolished 1
Rideau Theatre Ottawa, Ontario Closed/Demolished 1
Roxy Theater Barrie, Ontario Closed 1
Royal, The Victoria, British Columbia Closed 1
Royal, The Woodstock, Ontario Closed 1
Royal Theatre Victoria, British Columbia Open -
Runnymede, The Toronto, Ontario Open 1
Seneca Cinemas Niagara Falls, Ontario Closed 2
SilverCity St. Vital Winnipeg, Manitoba Open 6
SilverCity St. Vital Winnipeg, Manitoba Open 6
Skyline Theater Toronto, Canada Closed 2
Skyway 6 Cinemas Toronto, Ontario Closed 6
Skyway Drive-In Stony Creek, Ontario Closed/Demolished 1
Strand, The Brandon, Manitoba Open 1
Sudbury Silver City Greater Sudbury, Ontario Open 12
Sussex Center Missisauga, Ontario Closed -
Tivoli Theatre Hamilton, Ontario Closed 1
Tivoli Theatre Winnipeg, Manitoba Closed 1
Towne Cinema Flin Flon, Manitoba Closed 1
Uptown Cinema Centre Red Deer, Alberta Open 4
Uptown Theater 1 & 2 Orangeville, Ontario Closed 2
Versailles 6 Montreal, Quebec Open 6
Vogue Theatre Sydney, Nova Scotia Closed 1
Westdale Theater Hamilton, Ontario Open 1
York, The Montreal, Quebec Closed/Demolished 1
Yorkdale Silver City North York, Ontario Open 10

Woodbridge is not to be confused with Woodridge, Ontario, a place near Ottawa, Ontario Woodbridge is a medium sized town (2001 pop. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put Gods gift to good use) Ville de Québec, Québec, Canada Location. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ... Brockville (2001 population 21,375, metropolitan population 44,741) is located in the Thousand Islands region on the St. ... Burlington (2003 population 176,334) is located in the Golden Horseshoe, across the Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay harbour from Hamilton, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ... Motto: Nickname: The Forest City City of London, Ontario, Canada Location. ... St. ... Motto: Quaerite Primum Regnum Dei (Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital St. ... Motto: Come, let us build together. ...

References

  • Cineplex Galaxy buying Famous Players movie chain from Viacom for $500 million

External link

  • Famous Players Official Website
  • Cineplex Galaxy LP

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