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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Former cinemas of Canada, Former cinemas of Dublin (city), Former cinemas of London, Former cinemas of the United States, Indian Hills Theater, Hammersmith Apollo, Ben's Chili Bowl, Canon Theatre, Roxy Theatre, Brixton Academy, Former cinemas in Harringay, Apollo Victoria Theatre, Capitol Cinema, The Music Hall, London Astoria, Rainbow Theatre, St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, Uptown Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Colonial Theatre, Idaho Falls, Grafton Cinema, Gaumont State Cinema, Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, Stanley Theater, Granada, Tooting, Regal Cinema, Dublin, Kon-Tiki Theatre, Loew's Grand Theatre, Alhambra Theatre, University Theatre, Capitol Theater, The Coronet, Ambassador Cinema, Scala, Runnymede Theatre, Volta Cinematograph, Troxy, Coliseum Theater, Granada Theatre, Nickel Theatre, Capitol Theatre, Green Cinema, Elgin Theatre, Fox Theatre, Edisonia Hall, The Carlton Cinema, Great Northern Theatre, Woods Theatre, Imatra, Studio 28, The Adelphi Cinema, Chelsea Classic Cinema, 66 Drive-In, Telekinema, Paradise Theatre. Excerpt: The Indian Hills Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, was built in 1962 as a movie theater showcasing films in the Cinerama wide-screen format. The theater's screen was the largest of its type in the United States. Despite the protests of local citizens, Hollywood legends, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the theater was demolished in 2001 by Nebraska Methodist Health Systems, Inc., for a parking lot. The theater was built for Swanson Enterprises of Omaha at a cost of one million dollars by A. Borchman Sons Company. The theater was leased to the Cooper Foundation of Lincoln, Nebraska, for exhibition of films in the Cinerama format. The theater was designed by architect Richard L. Crowther of Denver, Colorado, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Cr...
