movie house

noun

US
: a building in which movies are shown : a movie theater

Examples of movie house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 1960s Vietnam, a family-run movie house becomes a sanctuary for a boy amid war. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024 His father, Fabien, ran a neighborhood movie house, and his mother, Édith, worked at a pharmacy. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024 On August 22, 1929, only two months before the Wall Street crash that would sink the United States into the Great Depression, a movie house opened in Chicago, Illinois. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2024 According to the petition, the building owner plans to disband the Revue Film Society, hike the rent by 50%, and take over cinema operations at the venue to turn the non-profit cinema into a private movie house. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 July 2024 The company’s San Jose movie house is at Westfield Valley Fair Center on Stevens Creek Boulevard and the Mountain View cinema complex is at The Village at San Antonio Center on California Street. George Avalos, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024 The Garde first opened in 1926 as a silent movie house, endured the ravages of times and massive changes in how Americans get their entertainment, then in the 1990s was elaborately restored to its former glory. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2024 After a remarkable history as a giant movie house for talkies, then a magnet for the likes of Miles Davis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, and Ethel Merman, the Paramount closed as a live music stage more than 60 years ago. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2024 Cinémathèque de Tanger Behind the great art deco façade is a cultural gathering place: a movie house showing new and classic films and an indoor-outdoor cafe. Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024

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“Movie house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie%20house. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.

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