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Their story illustrates the changing trends of popular entertainment in 20th century America. Maurice, Edward, and Barney Dubinsky would move from a life of traveling tent shows to the silver screen, building one of the largest theater chains in the Midwest, later AMC Entertainment.
May 21, 2018 · AMC's beginnings go back to 1920 and a man named Edward Durwood. At the time, Durwood and his brothers were operating tent shows in the Midwest. Seeking a more settled lifestyle, Durwood acquired the lease to a motion-picture theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
Stanley H. Durwood (August 5, 1920 – July 14, 1999) was a businessman and philanthropist born in Kansas City to Edward D. and Celia T. Durwood. He is known for building the first multiplex movie theater in the 1960s.
Edward, the youngest brother, eventually changed his last name to Durwood, and the company they formed eventually became known as Durwood Theatres, after a legal fight with his brothers. The chain also had theaters in St. Joseph and Jefferson City, Missouri and Leavenworth and Topeka, Kansas.
Stanley H. Durwood, the feisty and controversial theater exhibition magnate, died Wednesday at the age of 78. Durwood, founder and CEO of the AMC theater chain, passed away at his Kansas City,...
Jun 27, 2009 · Often referred to as the “father of the multiplex”, Durwood opened his first multi screen theatre in 1963, via Kansas City’s Parkway Twin; company folklore stating that the idea came to him a year earlier, while standing in the empty lobby of the Roxy theatre (realizing that multiple auditoriums would provide a more ...
Apr 25, 2020 · AMC was founded in 1920 in Kansas City, Missouri by Maurice, Edward, and Barney Dubinsky. The Durbinsky's would later change their name to Durwood. The precursor to AMC Theatres, is American...
