story seat movie theater performance venue hamlet village town new_york building opened casino began showing films 1920s 1930s stage installed live acts casino eventually taken local government house town fire department tile rented building converted movie theater opened february screening film blood moon owned building outright mid-1950s time severe flood damaged theatre interior equipment replaced early years theatre showed different movies year making unpopular film distributors denied easy access run films theatre turned independent movies art films eventually began exhibiting live performances entire family helped run theatre wife sold tickets determined theatre movie selection sons grandson michael ran eventually managed day day operation business years continuous operation family decided sell theatre sell real estate developers preferred transfer property nonprofit formed late sole purpose buying preserving theatre group spent months raising funds payment building bulk money coming small individual donations held large grant provided theatre collective ran successful social networking campaign april transferred ownership property theatre collective august purchase theatre equipment upgrades including digital cinema history construction early use building constructed site occupied theatre shop erected 19th century service town cement mills delaware current story structure opened casino building doubled theater screening movies 1920s film following decade casino began exhibiting acts draw crowds raised stage installed live performances building eventually village property housed town fire house known hall building town fire department basketball court basketball extremely popular 1940s friday nights hall dance hall people square dance formal attire ownership tile bore strong resemblance filmmaker received permission rent building village mayor strongly desired movie theater opened casino room seat movie theater february critics venture wary claimed profitable theatre pronounced thee ate long sound closed months tickets sold cents apiece adults cents children film shown opening night western blood moon sons rocky worked theatre serving opening night eventually running theatre wife sold tickets held job theatre opening continued sell tickets work theatre decades requesting single theatre continued house town fire department time resident later recalled walking fire truck reach bathroom family owned building outright flooded filling theatre feet water destroying contents took loans received relief funds government rebuild new sound equipment installed pull handle machines machine added broke replaced movie theaters time generated profit selling concessions daring banning theatre seats paper bags disrupted quiet scenes trained operate theatre equipment employees union left work different theater kingston cost tickets half competing larger theaters annual attendance people years following opening theatre screen movie days double features twice week different movies shown year rapidly introducing removing movies circulation theatre unpopular film distributors forced wait film shown nearby kingston proved beneficial times theatre screened week won academy award best picture compensate lack run films theatre began showing independent films films local artists foreign art films longstanding patrons dissatisfied mainstream cinema generally receptive eclectic stuff avoiding run films weeks allowed theatre pay distributors lower percentage gross profits film stroke late 1990s continued work theatre wore suit work day including day death year grandson began help run theatre supported introduction live performances primary reason theatre began exhibiting art films grandmother remained power broker determined movies shown warned film poor quality continued work theatre death history theatre documented minute second film local teenagers attending screening theatre member audience announced birthday teens enrolled summer film camp seeking create documentary decided theatre subject filming took weeks wrapping august reporter described precious moment film got son car walked theatre doors weeks death documentary shown theatre 60th anniversary celebration time price tickets risen available bag drinks baked theatre served screening locations film festival theaters years resisting live entertainment theatre allowed stage platform rally october time event building years live performances commonplace theatre building suitable musical performances beginning autumn jazz performance preservation campaign unexpected november death prompted family sell business november real estate developer offered purchase theatre sought property private local group formed october purchase preserve theatre advised committee people included actors radio personality screenwriter author group planned raise total payment theatre march deadline raising december reaching december new_york state indicated support group january newsletter enjoyed theatre child urged hang vintage candy machine costs expressed desire sell theatre developers consisted friends family residents trusted maintain preserve theatre transfer ownership easier agreed continue operating theatre deal reached assist operation theatre sale late february raised needed reach total payment paying cost property remaining funds cover renovations building raised silent auction february people attended auction including congressman march approved nonprofit organization group managed raise half required payment deadline extended benefit march expected raise local newspaper speculated status benefit group financially new_york_times reporter feeling best small town pulse condition old downtown movie house speculated effort preserve theatre entered march hoping receive april competition created way distribute million fund super bowl ads contest sought provide funding community projects projects receiving votes receive grants april large institutions funding planned activities designed raise funds april series writing workshop music benefit online auction screening rare 1970s films activist house funding came individual donations roughly held total theatre place middle april attributed success contest use social networking services notably facebook group considered moving digital forthcoming grant replace existing expected cost late group won april competition waiting funds payment theatre initially planned june closing date sale pushed allow time deal mid june planned benefit actors perform based audience members stories experiences theatre ownership theatre collective july took mortgage theatre banks run years assumed ownership theatre august announcing intent kind movies theatre screened tenure group agreed continue exhibiting live acts continue participating film festival building add digital equipment second floors renovated offices space rehearsals performances secured new retractable screen october new windsor based entertainment supplier replace fixed screen obscured access theatre foot stage new screen opened stage feet allowing live acts screen replaced decade engineer performing maintenance months stereo surround sound speakers installed building december february added digital stage thrust digital programming new phone system group announced plans add concession stand additional power supply group intended ticket booth outside warm months late february helped secure state grant pay worth renovations building renovations included improvements ticket concession stands repairs theatre lighting system roof ceiling bathroom allow buy new wall restore building exterior march town began applying state grants restore buildings main street agency responsible distributing grants reported theatre eligible state funding help establish expand cultural business anchor key local efforts
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