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Author Topic: Hollywood Theaters History Buck Wilson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 894 From: St. Joseph MO, USA Registered: Sep 2010 posted 03-04-2015 08:20 PM                     Does anyone have any history of Hollywood Theaters PRE Wallace Theaters buyout? How/when/who it got started, quality of the original theaters, etc. History on Mr. Stubbs? Anyone have any swag? Copys of that spotlight logo or the policy snipe? Early 90's? build, Midland TX 1998 build, Norman OK  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-04-2015 09:38 PM                     Wasn't Hollywood Theaters started by a former executive from Cinemark? In the 1990's various Hollywood sites had a look strikingly similar to the 1990's era Cinemark theaters. There's hardly anything special in the Hollywood Theaters logo. The lettering is in the Binner typeface. The spotlight motif is pretty easy to re-create in Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW or Inkscape. I visited that particular Hollywood Theaters location in Norman, Oklahoma just after it first opened at the end of 1997. I watched the Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies there at the Spotlight 14. Neither the movie or the theater were impressive. And that was despite the theater opening with at least a couple or so THX-certified theater screens. Regal now runs the Spotlight 14. Hollywood had a multiplex theater in Tulsa that had THX-certification in every house when it opened. But like other locations they didn't maintain the certification. This was another site I found unimpressive. I wondered why the theater earned a THX certification in the first place (other than the theater operator just paid for it and got it). The THX brand was really getting watered down at that point. Meanwhile, the General Cinemas Northpark 1-2 was shutting down for good during this time, with the #1 screen being a proper demonstration of what THX was supposed to be. Hollywood was one of the owners of the much despised Cache 8 theater here in Lawton. Hollywood bought the theater from UA. Then Wallace bought out Hollywood. If I recall correctly Hollywood, years after buying the theater, finally replaced the large yet very dilapidated street sign (which I joked about here) with a smaller, more modest sign. Wallace ran the theater for a couple years before it shut down for good. The building sat empty for several years before it was finally bulldozed in Sept. of 2013. I took some pictures of what was left after the bulldozing. Hardly anything of value remained, although some platters were among the destruction. The replacement sign (now falling apart as well) still stands on the vacant lot.  |  IP: Logged Buck Wilson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 894 From: St. Joseph MO, USA Registered: Sep 2010 posted 03-04-2015 11:19 PM                     Thank you Bobby. What was the name of the old Tulsa Hollywood you speak of? I swear this may sound crazy, but it's like Regal has scrubbed the internet of tons of old information/pictures of their acquisitions. I specifically remember being able to find pictures of a lot of these theaters, and there being a WIKI page on at least Wallace Theaters and Scott Wallace, if not also Hollywood Theaters. I'm probably just crazy.... Additional branch of information- Pre-Wallace Hollywood Theaters bought Richard Durwood's Crown Cinema in 1994  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-05-2015 12:15 AM                     quote: Buck Wilson What was the name of the old Tulsa Hollywood you speak of IIRC, its official name was the Hollywood Theatres Palace Stadium 12. The theater is still around, but it is now known as the Regal Promenade Palace Stadium 12. It's located at Promenade Mall in Tulsa. My guess is the theater is probably ordinary as ever. It's a good bet their business isn't all that brisk either. Not with the new all-THX Broken Arrow Warren booming on the South side of town.  |  IP: Logged Buck Wilson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 894 From: St. Joseph MO, USA Registered: Sep 2010 posted 03-05-2015 06:10 AM                     Oh wow, that same one? Before Regal bought us, the District Manager was officed in the Promanade. He got laid off with the Regal buyout and ironically enough I hear he is running or managing in some capacity the Broken Arrow Warren. And good for him. Much better off. Neat to hear Hollywood may have started from an ex Cinemark exec. I hadn't ever heard that. Hope someone else can chime in. I think they started in Dallas. They were based there until the Wallace buyout.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-05-2015 08:11 AM                        Not quite what you were looking for, but I was pretty sure there was a Rave connection (from Wikipedia Rave Cinemas page) quote: Rave Cinemas, formerly known as "Rave Motion Pictures", is a movie theater brand founded in 1999 and owned by Cinemark Theatres. It is formerly headed by Thomas W. Stephenson, Jr., former CEO of Hollywood Theaters, and was headed by Rolando B. Rodriguez, former Vice President and Regional General Manager for Walmart in Illinois and northern Indiana. The chain was headquartered in Dallas, Texas until it was acquired by Plano-based Cinemark Theatres.  |  IP: Logged

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