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Topic: Booking question for Two Towers
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Paul Linfesty
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From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-06-2002 08:29 PM
Here in Bakersfield, we have three complexes. All three complexes get all major releases. I remember these product splitting (which I thought was illegal) and allocation days, though. From the latter 60's through the mid 70's, Fox, UA and Disney went to one theatre (and all (non Cinema Center) National General films), WB and MGM went to another, and a third got Par, Columbia, and Cinema Center. One drive-in got American International, and a set of three locally-owned drive-ins got Universal, Crown, and New World. Yes, even films like AIRPORT and SWEET CHARITY debuted at the drive-in.As far as The Two Towers is concerned, Ill probably see it at the Chinese in Hollywood
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Claude S. Ayakawa
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From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA
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posted 09-07-2002 01:07 PM
All first run theatres in Honolulu would get all major films as long as they agree to the studio's rental terms.As far as product spliting, that also used to happen here in Hawaii. There were only two major theatre chains and both were locally owned. The larger one, Consolidated Amusement Company would later be bought out by Los Angeles based, Pacific Theatres. The other chain, Royal Theatres is no longer in business. Up until the mid fifties, Consolidated had first run rights to all of the major studios pictures except Republic. For some reason, Royal picked up first run rights to all Paramount Pitures in 1954 with "ELEPHANT WALK" and all of Walt Disney's pictures in 1957 with "OLD YELLER". They also picked up first run rights to all Universal-International Pictures around 1958 (Universal Pictures was known by that name at the time). Royal also used to split United Artist first run rights with Consolidated. With the exception of Universal Pictures, Royal Theatres retained their first run rights with Republic until the studio folded and with Paramount, Disney and in part with United Artist up until they went out of business around 1982. -Claude
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