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May 21, 2018 · Having overseen a period of great expansion, Stanley Durwood and his son, Edward D. Durwood, chief executive and president, respectively, remained in charge of AMC going in the early 1990s but installed a new operations team in 1992. They appointed Philip M. Singleton as chief operating officer.
Edward, the youngest brother, eventually changed his last name to Durwood, and the company they formed eventually became known as Durwood Theatres, after a legal fight with his brothers. The chain also had theaters in St. Joseph and Jefferson City, Missouri and Leavenworth and Topeka, Kansas.
Their story illustrates the changing trends of popular entertainment in 20th century America. Maurice, Edward, and Barney Dubinsky would move from a life of traveling tent shows to the silver screen, building one of the largest theater chains in the Midwest, later AMC Entertainment.
Stanley H. Durwood, the feisty and controversial theater exhibition magnate, died Wednesday at the age of 78. Durwood, founder and CEO of the AMC theater chain, passed away at his Kansas City,...
Stanley H. Durwood (August 5, 1920 – July 14, 1999) was a businessman and philanthropist born in Kansas City to Edward D. and Celia T. Durwood. He is known for building the first multiplex movie theater in the 1960s.
Jun 27, 2009 · However, despite his name being forever linked with the concept (even headlining his obituary), Stan Durwood was more modern multiplex innovator than inventor. The commonly cited inventor of the multi screen theatre is Canada’s Nat Taylor, who twined the Elgin Theatre on December 31, 1947 (the 800 seat Elgin and 350 seat Little Elgin).
Mar 3, 2023 · Founded in 1920 as Durwood Theatres, the company we know today first started taking shape when Stanley Durwood, son of Edward Durwood – one of the founders, took control of the company in 1961. Stanley had the idea he could double his box office by adding a second screen to one of their early theatres and still operate with the same size staff.
