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negative1
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Is the theater where you saw Star Wars still standing ?
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19-Jul-2012, 5:10 PM

nope,

it was either the grand, or the odeon

in calgary alberta:

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Odeon

 

 AKA: Marda 33 Av. SW* 

January 18th, 1952 opened as Marda* 

March 26th, 1964 opened as Odeon* 

1965 opened with “The Sound of Music by

Odeon Theatres* 

June 1975 twinned* 

1978 became part of Canadian Odeon* 

1984 became part of Cineplex Odeon* 

1988 closed

Odeon owned the Odeon Theatre


the grand

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Grand

Opened 1912 twinned on September 15th,1972 

and closed about 1985

Odeon owned the Grand from the 1940's on,

W. P. Sherman was the manager in 1912.

Seating: About 1924 to 1972 1409 seats

1972 to about 1985

Cinema # 1 561 seats

Cinema # 2 568 seats

Total 1129 seat


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for empire strikes back, leicester odeon 70mm

in london england: may 1980

http://www.in70mm.com/news/2012/odeon/index.htm

 

later

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