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Topic: K-B Cinema is now closed
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-28-2005 08:36 AM
The once flagship theatre, K-B Cinema of the K-B Theatres chain in Washington DC, has now closed. The theatre was operated by the LCE chain in recent years.
The Cinema was a very popular theatre in its day, particularly when it was the #1 theatre for its chain, the throne it assummed when the K-B Apex closed in 1976. Seating just over 800, it saw the resurgence of 70mm in the '80s where it played many 70mm exclusive engagements and festivals.
It had one of the first CP200s (made for The Empire Strikes Back, installed in 1980. It also had the Norelco AA2s from the K-B Apex from 1980.
I was the regular operator there from 1982 - 1983 (ET and Wargames, summers, respectively).
Good bye old friend.
Also, happy retirement to Sam Brooks, the projectionist at the Cinema from the mid 70s until its close..."it was a hell of a ride."
Steve
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