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The 650-capacity theater, which was built in 1923 as a movie house, stopped showing films in the mid-1970s, said co-owner Scott Happel, and has essentially remained the same since then.
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John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 June 2025
Opened in 1930, it was originally built as a movie house, and showed films until the 1980s.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Or, catch a screening at Cinema Rif, a classic movie house that puts on other cultural programming, often in French.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Located on Trader’s Alley, this pint-sized movie house shows one film at a time and has a dedicated local following.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
Catch up quick: Built in 1939, the venue operated as a movie house before transitioning to a dinner theater in 1978.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
The Lyric Theater, which was built in the 1920s as a silent movie house, regularly hosts plays, musicals, and performances from big-name talent in its grand, 500-seat theater.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2025
For years, this independent movie theater has been beloved by such movie greats as Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson, who are just a few cinephiles who consider it perhaps the greatest movie house in the world.
—airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
Nicki Wilson was shocked when her local newspaper reported in March 2023 that the Triplex Theater, an independent four-screen movie house in Great Barrington, Mass., was shutting down after almost three decades in business.
—Jim Zarroli, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 June 2025
Opened in 1930, it was originally built as a movie house, and showed films until the 1980s.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Or, catch a screening at Cinema Rif, a classic movie house that puts on other cultural programming, often in French.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Located on Trader’s Alley, this pint-sized movie house shows one film at a time and has a dedicated local following.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
Catch up quick: Built in 1939, the venue operated as a movie house before transitioning to a dinner theater in 1978.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
The Lyric Theater, which was built in the 1920s as a silent movie house, regularly hosts plays, musicals, and performances from big-name talent in its grand, 500-seat theater.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2025
For years, this independent movie theater has been beloved by such movie greats as Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson, who are just a few cinephiles who consider it perhaps the greatest movie house in the world.
—airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
Nicki Wilson was shocked when her local newspaper reported in March 2023 that the Triplex Theater, an independent four-screen movie house in Great Barrington, Mass., was shutting down after almost three decades in business.
—Jim Zarroli, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Movie house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie%20house. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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