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Plitt Theatres was a major movie theater chain in the United States and went under a number of names, Publix Theaters Corporation, Paramount Publix Corporation, United Paramount Theatres, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres and ABC Theatres and operated a number of theater circuits under various names. The chain was originally ...
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Plitt Theaters was a major movie theater chain in the United States. It was originally the theater division of Paramount Pictures. This included a number of theater circuits acquired by Paramount, notably Balaban and Katz. In the late 1930s the United States government filed an antitrust lawsuit against five Movie studios.
Plitt Theatres. Plitt Theatres, owned partly by former ABC Films Syndication president Henry G. Plitt, purchased ABC Theatres northern group of 123 single-screen movie theaters including the Balaban & Katz chain in 1973. [11]
Plitt Theaters was a major movie theater chain in the United States. It was originally the theater division of Paramount Pictures . This included a number of theater circuits acquired by Paramount, notably Balaban and Katz.
He renamed the chain Plitt Theatres and grew the chain to 600 screens which was at the time the largest independently owned theater chain in the United States. In 1985, he sold the chain to Cineplex Odeon (founded by Canadians Garth Drabinsky and Nat Taylor in 1979) for $130 million.
When ABC sold their theatre circuit (what was left of Paramount Publix) to Henry Plitt the twin became known as the Plitt Century Plaza Theatres. The theatres were a favorite for trade screenings. Filmex used the theatres for their festivals in the late 70s and early 80s.
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