10-Screen Theater Opens in Anaheim; Historic Port Changes Ownership
Orange County’s theater community underwent some dramatic changes last week.
First, SoCal Cinemas opened a 43,560-square-foot cinema called Cinemapolis in Anaheim on Wednesday. The theater features 10 screens.
Then Landmark Theatre Corp. bought the historic Port Theatre in Corona del Mar for an undisclosed sum.
For 28 years, Port--one of only three art movie houses in the county--was operated by Western Amusement Co. of Pacific Palisades, which returned audiences to the past by, among other things, featuring a singer between movies.
Port’s new owner said it will continue to show art and foreign films at the 900-seat theater. Landmark’s management believes Port is a perfect complement to its Balboa Cinema in Newport Beach, which also shows offbeat pictures.
The Lido theater, an Edwards Cinema property in Newport Beach, also shows art films on occasion.
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