Theatre Circuits In Quebec

Quebec Theatre Circuits Action Film

Canadian Odeon

Choquette, Leo

GREATER MONTREAL  MONTREAL: Le Dauphin 2  MONT ST. HILARE: CP Mont St. Hilaire 2  GREATER SHERBROOKE:  ROCK ISLAND: Cinema 9  ST. JEAN: Capitol 5  TROIS RIVIÊRES OUEST:Fleur De Lys 5/9

1977-1984 Bought Odeon in 1977 and sold to Cineplex Odeon in 1984. MONTREAL AREA:  MONTREAL: Berri /5  Carrefour  Champlain /2  Cote De Neiges 2  Crémazie  Le Dauphin 2  Montcolm  Cinéma De Paris  St. Denis 3  Villery  BOUCHERVILLE: Ciné-Parc Odeon 2  BROSSARD: Brossard 3  COTE ST LUC: Decarie Square 2  LAVAL: Ciné-Parc Laval 2/4  Odeon Laval 2 Hypermarché  LONGUEUIL: Place Longueuil /2  MERCIER: Ciné-Parc Chateauguay 3  ST. MATHIEU: CP St. Mathieu  VAUDREUIL:CP Vaudreuil 2  WESTMOUNT: Atwater 2/3

 ALYMER: Pix  BERTHIERVILLE: Parisian  Royal  COWANSVILLE: Princess  FARNHAM: Rialto  MAGOG: Capitol  Cartier  Magog  Palace MONTREAL AREA  LONGUEUIL: Le Petit Theatre  Rio  POINTE-AUX-TREMBLES: Bellevue  VILLE ST. PIERRE: Lux

Allen   

MONTREAL: Allen WESTMOUNT: Allen QUEBEC: Allen

Allevato Family  

ROUYN-NORANDA: Alexander Allevato

American Multi-Cinemas MONTREAL: Forum 22

Bessette & Blanchard MONTREAL AREA  MONTREAL: Boite a Films  CHAMBLY: Boite a Films  ST. CESAIRE: Boite a Films   

QUEBEC: La Boite a Films ST. JEAN: Boite a Films 2/3 Capitol

Busque, Michel ST. GEORGES-DE-BEAUCE: Centre-Ville 3-6 St. Georges

GREATER QUEBEC:  QUEBEC: Canardiére  Frontenac 2  Le Dauphin  BEAUPORT: CP Beauport 3  ST. NICOLAS: CP de la Colline 2  

ST. JEROME: CP St. Jerome Rex 2

Canadian Theatres 1973-1977 Taken over NGC in 1976 and bought Odeon to become Canadian Odeon  MONTREAL AREA:  MONTREAL: Bonaventure /2  Cote De Neiges 2  Vendome (Place Victoria)  LONGUEUIL: Place Longueuil

 PONT ROUGE: Bellevue  ST. AGATHE: Alhambra  ST. GEORGES-DE-BEAUCE: Royal  ST. JEROME: Theatre Du Nord  ST. SAUVEUR: Nordic SAGUENAY AREA  BAGOTVILLE: Saguenay  CHICOUTIMI: Imperial  JONQUIÈRE: Bellevue  Centre  Empire  Princesse  THETFORD MINES: Bey’s TROIS RIVIÊRES AREA:  CAP DE LA MADELEINE: Champlain  VALLEYFIELD: Bellerive  Salaberry  WATERLOO: Star

Ciné-Centre (Regan Guy)  

BAIE COMEAU: Cine Centre 2/3 SEPT ISLES: Ciné-Centre 3

Cine Enterprise

Cinémas Guzzo

Cinémas Unis

? 1990 GRANBY: Élysée 8  Fleur De Lys MONTREAL AREA:  MONTREAL: Cinéma 7e Art  LACHENAIE: Cinema Trimophe 10  ST. BASILE: St. Basile 7 SAGUENAY AREA:  CHICOUTIMI: Imperial 3  Odyssée 8  JONQUIÈRE: Cinéma Jonquière 2 TROIS RIVIÊRES AREA:  CAP DE LA MADELEINE: Galeries de Cap 7  TROIS RIVIÊRES: Imperial 3  TROIS RIVIÊRES OUEST: Ciné-Parc Trois Rivières 2

1974This circuit was booked by France-Film and Cineplex Odoen until 1998 with the exception of the Langier 6, which was booked until 2003 GREATER MONTREAL  MONTREAL: Mega-Plex Marché Centrale18  Paradis /3  DEUX MONTAGNES: Mega-Plex Deux Montagnes 14  DOLLARD-DES-ORMEAUX: Galeries Des Sources 10  GREENFIELD PARK: Mega-Plex Greenfield Park 16  LAVAL: Mega-Plex Pont Viau 16  LONGUEUIL: Mega-Plex Place Jacques Cartier 14  MASCOUCHE: Mascouche 2  STE-THÉRÈSE: Ste-Thérèse 8  ST. LAURENT: Mega-Plex Spheretech 14  ST. LEONARD: Astre 4  Lacordaire 7/11  Langelier 6  Mega-Plex Lacordaire 16  TERREBONNE:  Mega-Plex Terrebonne 14  Terrebonne 8

This was controlled by Famous Players, integrated into Famous Players in 1987  GATINEAU: Les Promenades 4  GRANBY: Galeries de Granby 3 GREATER MONTREAL  MONTREAL: Ahunstic  Alouette  Avon  Belmont  Capitol (890 St. C. W)  Capitol (858 St. C. E)  Corona  Dominion  Empress  Eros  Eve (Eve Pool)  Français  Imperial  Kent /2  La Cité 3  Laval  Loew’s /5  Outremont  Palace /6  Papineau  Parisien, Le /5  Pigalle  Place Ville Marie 2 (With th Townart-20 Century)  Plaza  Regent  Rialto  Rivoli /2  Rosemont  Seville  Snowdon  Strand  Van Horne  Versailles 2/6  Westmount  York  DOLLARD-DES-ORMEAUX: CP Dollard 2/4  DORVAL: Dorval 2/3/4  GREENFIELD PARK: Greenfield Park 2/3  LACHINE: Empress  Royal Alexander  LAVAL: Centre Laval 2/5  POINTE CLAIRE: Fairview 2  REPENTIGNY: Plaza Repentigny 6  ST. LAMBERT: Astor  Victoria  ST. LAURENT: Lucerne  Normandie  VERDUN: Savoy  WESTMOUNT: Avenue  Cinema at Westmount Square  Claremont  Westmount

Cine Ro   

CHANDLER: Paradiso 2 GRAND RIVIÈRE Cinéma Grand PABOS: CP Rene François

Cinémas Chateauguay   

GREATER MONTREAL: CHATEAUGUAY: Chateauguay 5/6 Encore 5

Cinémas Fortune, Inc. 2006All came from Cineplex Entertainment  GATINEAU  StarCité 16 (Hull)  GREATER MONTREAL  MONTREAL: Cote De Neiges 7  Parisien 7  COTE ST. LUC: Cavendish Mall 8  LASALLE: Carrefour Angrignon 10 GREATER QUEBEC  QUEBEC: Galeries de la Capitale 12/6  STE FOY: StarCité 18

Cinema International   

JOLIETTE: Le Studio Venus MONTREAL: Ciné Centre 2

Cinema Investments          

BEAUHARONIS: Capitol MONTREAL: Eve Midi-Minuit Vendome QUEBEC: Midi-Minuit RIMOUSKI: Cartier SHERBROOKE: Capri SOREL: Rio TRACY: Tracy TROIS RIVIÊRES: Midi-Minuit

Cinémas RGFM-Marcel Venne ? 1995      

DRUMMONDVILLE: Capitol 8 CP Drummond 2 RGFM Drummondville 6 JOLIETTE: Carrefour Joliette 8-10 Cinema Joliette 3 CP Joliette 3 TRACY (SOREL): St. Laurent 5-7

GREATER QUEBEC:  QUEBEC: Capitol  Cartier  Empire

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Galeries de la Capitale 4/6 Lairet Place Quebec 2 Victoria SILLERY: Sillery STE FOY: Canadien Ste Foy 2/3

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CHICOUTIMI: Place Du Royume 3 ST. HYACINTHE: Maska ST. JEAN: Imperial SHERBROOKE: Carrefour De L'Estrie 3 Granada TROIS RIVIÊRES: Le Rivières 2 Rialto

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Cineplex 1981-1984 Taken over Canadian Odeon in 1984 to become Cineplex Odeon  MONTREAL: Cineplex 9

Cineplex Entertainment

Cineplex Odeon

2005Taken over Famous Players in 2005  GATINEAU  Cinema 9 (with Didler Farre)  StarCité 16 (Hull) to Cinémas Fortune MONTREAL AREA  MONTREAL: Centre Eaton 6  Cinéma Banque Scotia & IMAX 13  Cote De Neiges 7  Paramount Montréal & IMAX 13  Parisien 7  Quartier Latin 17 (with FranceFilm)  StarCité 17  BOUCHERVILLE: Cinéma Boucherville 10  Ciné-Parc Odeon 2  BROSSARD: Les Quartier Dix/30 16  CHATEAUGUAY: Chateauguay Encore 5  COTE ST. LUC: Cavendish Mall 8  DELSON: Delson 7  DORION: Carrefour Dorion 8  KIRKLAND: Coliseé Kirkland 12  LASALLE: Carrefour Angrignon 10  Place LaSalle 12  LAVAL: Colossus Laval 18  MERCIER: Ciné-Parc Chateauguay 3  ST. BRUNO: St. Bruno 11

1984-2005 Takeovers: 1984 Cineplex 1984 France-Film  GATINEAU: Cinema 9 (with Didler Farre) MONTREAL AREA:  MONTREAL: Berri /5  Champlain 2  Complexe Desjardins 4  Cote De Neiges 7  Crémazie  Le Dauphin 2  Egyptien 3  Le Faubourg 4  Nouveau Elysee  St. Denis 3  Quartier Latin 17 (with FranceFilm)  ANJOU: Galeries D' Anjou  BOUCHERVILLE: Cinéma Boucherville 10  Ciné-Parc Odeon 2  BROSSARD: Brossard 3/7  CHATEAUGUAY: Chateauguay Encore 5  COTE ST. LUC: Cavendish Mall 8  Decarie Square 2  DELSON: Delson 7 (built by Guzzo)  DORION: Carrefour Dorion 8 (built by Guzzo)  LASALLE: Place LaSalle 12 (built by Guzzo)  LAVAL: Carrefour Laval 6  Ciné-Parc Laval 2/4  Galleries Laval 8 (built by Guzzo)  Odeon Laval 2 Hypermarché  LONGUEUIL: Place Longueuil 2/5  MERCIER: Ciné-Parc Chateauguay 3  POINTE CLAIRE: Pointe Claire 6  ST. BRUNO: St. Bruno 11  WESTMOUNT: Atwater 3

QUEBEC AREA  QUEBEC: Galeries de la Capitale12  Place Charest 8  BEAUPORT: Beauport 16  ST. NICOLAS: CP de la Colline 2  STE FOY: Ste Foy 14  StarCité 18  ST. JEAN: Capitol 5 GREATER SHERBROOKE:  ROCK ISLAND: Galaxy 12  TROIS RIVIÊRES OUEST:Fleur De Lys 9  VICTORIAVILLE: Galaxy 7 @ La Grande Place des Bois-Francs

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GREATER QUEBEC: QUEBEC: Canardiére Frontenac 2 Laurentien 12 Paris, Cinema De 3 Place Charest 8 BEAUPORT: Beauport 16 CP Beauport 3 ST. NICOLAS: CP de la Colline 2 STE FOY: Ste Foy 14

ST. HYACINTHE: Cinéma De Paris (booked)  SHERBROOKE: Capitol  TRACY (SOREL): CP Tracy 2 TROIS RIVIÊRES AREA:  TROIS RIVIÊRES: Cinéma de Paris 2  TROIS RIVIÊRES OUEST: Ciné-Parc Trois Rivières 2

Cinevic

Dydzak Bros.

 BROMONT  CP Bromont  MONTMAGNY: CP Montmagny 2  Lafontaine  Tache GREATER QUEBEC:  BEAUPORT: CP Beauport 2/3  ST. NICOLAS: CP de la Colline 2  PORT CARTIER: Portage 2  RIMOUSKI: Auditorium 2  RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP: CP Du Grande Portage SAGUENAY AREA:  CHICOUTIMI: CP Saguenay 2  STE LUCE: Ciné-Parc Bas St. Laurent  TROIS RIVIÊRES OUEST: Ciné-Parc Trois Rivières 2  VICTORIAVILLE: Laurier  CP Victoriaville in Princeville

 CADILLAC: Palace MONTREAL AREA:  BOUCHERVILLE: CP Boucherville  VAL D’OR: Palace

Confederated Amusements ? 1930-1958. Taken over by United Amusements in 1958. MONTREAL AREA:  MONTREAL: Cartier  Corona  Dominion  Empress  Maisonneuve  Outremont  VERDUN: Savoy

Consolidated Amusements This was controlled by Famous Players.  MONTREAL: Alouette  Capitol  Chateau.  Her (His)Majesty’s  Imperial  Loew’s  Orpheum  Palace  Parisien, Le  Princess GREATER QUEBEC  QUEBEC: Classic  SILLERY: Sillery

Famous Players 1920-2005, sold to Cineplex* in 2005. Controlled Cinemas Unis (United Amusements), See Cinemas Unis for 19301987 listings * Losing bidders were Cine Enterpirse, Regal Entertainment Group and American Multi-Cinemas.  GATINEAU: Cartier (Hull)  Les Promenades 4  Montcolm (Hull)  StarCité 16 (Hull)  MALARTIC: Malartic MONTREAL AREA  MONTREAL: Capitol  Centre Eaton 6  Cinéma De Paris  Cinema Du Parc 3  Cinema V (2)  Granada  Imperial  Loew’s /5  Newsreel  Orpheum  Palace /6  Paramount Montréal & IMAX 13  Parisien, Le /5/7  Princess  Starcité 17  Unbuilt 5,000 seat theatre on St. Catherine and Stanley in the 1920’s.  Universite  Versailles 6  Victory  York  ANJOU: Galeries D' Anjou  DORVAL: Dorval 4  GREENFIELD PARK: Famous Players 8  Greenfield Park 3  KIRKLAND: Coliseé Kirkland 12  LASALLE: Carrefour Angrignon 10  LAVAL: Centre Laval 5/12  Colossus Laval 18  POINTE CLAIRE: Fairview 2  Famous Players 8  ST. LEONARD: Jean Talon GREATER QUEBEC:  QUEBEC: Capitol  Classic  Empire  Galeries de la Capitale 6/12  Place Quebec 2  Victoria  STE FOY: Canadien  Ste Foy 2/3  StarCité 18

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MURDOCHVILLE: Paramount ROUYN-NORANDA: Paramount SHERBROOKE: Carrefour De L'Estrie 3 TROIS RIVIÊRES: Capitol Rialto

Fermahian, Thomas 1948  

MT. TREMBLANT: Pine 2 STE ADÈLE: Pine 2-9 Théatre Ste. Adèle

France-Film 1934-1984, taken over by Cineplex Odeon. They now own the Quartier Latin Cinemas 17, which is operated by Cineplex Entertainment  BERTHIERVILLE: Royal  GATINEAU: Cinéma De Paris  MAGOG: Magog MONTREAL AREA  MONTREAL: Beaubien  Bijou  Complexe Desjardins 4  National  Paris, Cinéma de (694 St. C. W.)  St. Denis/Chevalier/Pierrot GREATER QUEBEC  QUEBEC: Le Pigalle  Paris, Cinema De /3 SAGUENAY AREA:  CHICOUTIMI: Capitol  Cartier  Place Du Royume 3  JONQUIÈRE: Bellevue  Centre  Elysee          

ST. GEORGES-DE-BEAUCE: Royal ST. HYACHTHE: Cinéma De Paris 2-3 ST. JEROME: Carrefour Du Nord 2 Theatre Du Nord TROIS RIVIÊRES: Cinéma de Paris /2 VALLEYFIELD: Bellerive Le Paris Salaberry VICTORIAVILLE: Bois Francs 2 Victoria

Galaxy

Odeon

Rex Film

2001-2005 This was taken over by Cineplex Entertainment. GREATER SHERBROOKE:  ROCK ISLAND: Cinema 9  Galaxy 12  ST. JEAN: Capitol 5  TROIS RIVIÊRES OUEST:Fleur De Lys 9  VICTORIAVILLE: Galaxy 7 @ La Grande Place des Bois-Francs

1945-1977 Still active in the United Kingdom Sold to Canadian Odeon in 1977 MONTREAL AREA:  MONTREAL: Beaubien  Berri  Champlain  Crémazie  Le Dauphin 2  Electra  Kent  Mericer  Midway  Montcolm  Perron  Villeray  BOUCHERVILLE: Ciné-Parc Odeon 2  BROSSARD: Brossard 3  COTE ST LUC: Decarie Square 2  LAVAL: Odeon Laval 2 Hypermarché  VERDUN: Verdun  WESTMOUNT: Atwater /2

 CABANO: Cabano  DOUGLASTOWN: Holy Name Hall  ESTCOURT: Centre l’Accuel GREATER MONTREAL:  CHATEAUGUAY: Alamo

General Theatres Owned by Odeon from the 1940’s. They taken over some France-Film theatres in 1939. MONTREAL:  Beaubien  Champlain  Electra  Mericer  Midway  Perron  VERDUN: Verdun  ST. JEAN: Capitol

Loew’s 1917-1924 Montreal: Loew’s

Loews Cineplex Entertainment 1998-2005 Did business as Cineplex Odeon in Canada. See the Cineplex Odeon listings for the theatres.

Mathers   

REPENTIGNY: Ciné-Parc Repentigny 2 ST. EUSTACHE: St. Eustache 8/12/16 Ciné-Parc St. Eustache 2/3/5

National General Cinemas This is now Mann Theatres in Southern California. 1966-1973 MONTREAL AREA:  MONTREAL: Bonaventure  Cote De Neiges 2  LONGUEUIL: Place Longueuil

Normétal Mining ? 1950-1955  NORMETEL: Club House  Normétel

GREATER QUEBEC:  QUEBEC: Frontenac /2  Le Dauphin  

ROUYN-NORANDA: Odeon ST. JEROME: Rex

Palermo, Nick GREATER MONTREAL  MONTREAL: Étoile  La Québécoise 1: Étoile  La Québécoise 2: Marquis  La Québécoise 3: Monaco  LAVAL: La Québécoise 3/5: Chomedy  MONTREAL NORD: La Québécoise 6: Majestic

Premiere Still active in Ontario  CHIBOUGAMAU: Marcel (Chibougamau Theatres Ltd.)  Vimy (Chibougamau Theatres Ltd.)  MONTREAL: Amherst  VAL-D’OR: Capitol  Marcel  New Royal  Strand

Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) MONTREAL: Imperial

Northeast Theatres This circuit had nothing to do with the current National Amusements chain in the U. S.  FREMONT: Rio  SCHEFFERVILLE: Roxy

RKO Stanley Warner This was partially controlled by Pacific Theatres, which still have theatres in Los Angeles County  MONTREAL: Imperial Cinerama

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NEW RICHMOND: Parish Hall PERCE Perce Salle Paroissial PONT ROUGE: Paris Hall RIMOUSKI: Centre Loisirs ST CROIX: Parish Hall ST. DAMIEN-DE-BUCKLAND: Centre Paroissial ST. JEAN-DE-DIEU: Salle Paroissale ST. MARTIN: Centre Paroissial THETFORD MINES: Centre Paroissial

Societe Nouvelle Cinematographic Inc (Michel Custom) To Famous Players in 1987  GATINEAU: Pussycat  Vendome GREATER MONTREAL:  MONTREAL:  Canadien/Festival  Cinema V (2)  Fleur de Lys  Cinéma De Paris  Plaza  ST. LEONARD: Jean Talon GREATER QUEBEC:  Canardiére  TROIS RIVIÊRES OUEST:Fleur De Lys

Standard Amusements MONTREAL AREA  MONTREAL: Century  VERDUN: Park

Stanley Warner 1953-1961  MONTREAL: Imperial Cinerama (leased from Famous Players)

Trans-Beacon Theatres Was this controlled by Pacific Theatres? They had theatres in Chicago,IL, Fresno, CA and San Francisco. MONTREAL: Imperial Cinerama

TROW, T:   

BEAUHARONIS: Iroquois RIMOUSKi: Cartier TROIS RIVIÊRES: Imperial

Veillette, Michel 1990  

VAL D’OR: Capitol Ciné-Parc Boréal

World Wide Special Attractions    

GRAND MERE: National Palace SHAWINIGAN: Capitol Roxy