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Maurice, Edward, and Barney Dubinsky would move from a life of traveling tent shows to the silver screen, building one of Kansas City's largest companies along the way, and spawning the career of a Broadway legend.
AMC Theatres was founded in 1920 by Maurice, William, Irvin, Edward, and Barney Dubinsky, sons of Russian Jewish immigrants Simon and Sarah Dubinsky. The Dubinsky brothers had been traveling the Midwest performing melodramas and tent shows with actress Jeanne Eagels.
Mar 16, 2022 · AMC Entertainment was formed in 1920 when Maurice, Edward, and Barney Dubinsky bought the Regent Theatre in Kansas City. In 1961, it was renamed American Multi-cinema by the then CEO Stanley...
In 1920, Durwood's father and uncles, Edward, Barney, and Maurice Dubinsky, bought a Kansas City movie theater which they called Regent Theater. The brothers built up the theatre chain over the next decade; by 1932 the company owned 40 theaters in Missouri and Kansas. [5]
Jul 27, 2019 · AMC had its origins in 1920 when Edward, Maurice, and Barney Dubinsky, who had performed in tent shows across the US Midwest, bought a Kansas City cinema called the Regent Theater.
Here are some key points in the history of AMC: 1920: The company was founded as Dubinsky Brothers in Kansas City, Missouri by Barney Dubinsky. 1961: Dubinsky Brothers acquired the Durwood Theatres chain, which was known for introducing the first multiplex theaters.
For several years prior to May 9, 1946, plaintiff, Stanley H. Durwood and Marjorie Grant (plaintiff's children), Irwin Dubinsky, H. W. Dubinsky and Barney Dubinsky were partners and were engaged in operating certain theatres under the name, "Durwood-Dubinsky Brothers Theatres."
