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DUBUQUE THEATRE CORPORATION. The 1972 through 1987 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 75 John F. Kennedy. | DUBUQUE THEATRE CORPORATION. In 1972 the Dubuque Theatre Corporation announced that Cinema 3 was under construction. Because of the enlarged facilities, the theatre complex would be known as Cinema Center. (1) | ||
D & E Theatres, a joint venture of Dubinsky Bros. Theatres and Essaness Theatres, in 1988 entered into a long-term contract with Dubuque Theatres Corporation headed by [[YIANNIAS, Nickas J.|Nickas J. YIANNIAS]]. Essaness was a Chicago-based theater group of over 200 screens. Dubinsky, of Lincoln Nebraska, was a major theater corporation in Iowa. Dubinsky once owned the [[GRAND THEATER]]. D & E would take over both the Kennedy Mall Six movie theater and the nearby Cinema Center 8 at 75 Kennedy Road. Dubuque Theatres and its predecessor the [[YIANNIAS, James N.|James N. YIANNIAS]] proprietorship had been the motion picture business since 1915. Yiannias would continue to own the real estate on which Cinema Center 8 was located. (2) | |||
The 1972 through 1987 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 75 John F. Kennedy. | |||
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1. Advertisement, ''Telegraph Herald'', December 8, 1972, p. 4 | |||
2. "Group Buys Cinema Center," ''Telegraph Herald'', May 12, 1988, p. 5 | |||
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Revision as of 03:34, 22 October 2019
DUBUQUE THEATRE CORPORATION. In 1972 the Dubuque Theatre Corporation announced that Cinema 3 was under construction. Because of the enlarged facilities, the theatre complex would be known as Cinema Center. (1)
D & E Theatres, a joint venture of Dubinsky Bros. Theatres and Essaness Theatres, in 1988 entered into a long-term contract with Dubuque Theatres Corporation headed by Nickas J. YIANNIAS. Essaness was a Chicago-based theater group of over 200 screens. Dubinsky, of Lincoln Nebraska, was a major theater corporation in Iowa. Dubinsky once owned the GRAND THEATER. D & E would take over both the Kennedy Mall Six movie theater and the nearby Cinema Center 8 at 75 Kennedy Road. Dubuque Theatres and its predecessor the James N. YIANNIAS proprietorship had been the motion picture business since 1915. Yiannias would continue to own the real estate on which Cinema Center 8 was located. (2)
The 1972 through 1987 Dubuque City Directory listed 75 John F. Kennedy.
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Source:
1. Advertisement, Telegraph Herald, December 8, 1972, p. 4
2. "Group Buys Cinema Center," Telegraph Herald, May 12, 1988, p. 5