Two Baltimore-Based Movie Theatres at Odds Over Distribution of the Same Film at the Same Time
The Daily Record (Baltimore) › June 21, 2004
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The Charles Theatre and the Senator Theatre in Baltimore seem much alike: both opened in 1939, both are among the last independently owned theaters in the area and both would like to reap the benefits from releases that appeal to wide audiences.
Yet for many years the two theaters, located six miles from each other, have been at odds over clearance - whereby one theater convinces a distributor to keep a competing theater from showing the same film at the same time.See the full content of this document
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Two Baltimore-Based Movie Theatres at Odds Over Distribution of the Same Film at the Same Time
Tom Kiefaber, owner of the Senator, deplores the practice, while James Buzz Cusack, owner of the five-screen Charles, has cleared movies to defend his turf.
The opening of Mi...See the full content of this document
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