| 词条 | B&B Theatres |
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|name = B & B Theatres Operating Company, Inc.[1] |logo = B&B Theatres Logo.png |logo_size = 300px |type = Private |traded_as = B&B Theatres |foundation = January 1, 1924 |location = Liberty, Missouri |num_locations = 50 |key_people = |industry = Entertainment (movie theatres) |homepage = B&B Theatres | }} B&B Theatres is a family-owned and operated American movie theater chain based in Liberty, Missouri.[1] Founded in 1924, B&B is the eighth-largest theater chain in the United States, operating 400 screens at 50 locations in Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas.[5] The company also maintains offices in Salisbury, Missouri and Fulton, Missouri.{{Citation needed|reason=No substantiating information found.|date=January 2017}} HistoryIn 1924, Missourian Elmer Bills, Sr., founded Bills Theaters in Salisbury, Missouri. Elmer met his wife Johnnie when he purchased the Lyric Theater in Salisbury, where she was the piano player for the silent films. Their son Elmer Bills, Jr. was born a few years later. In 1959, Elmer Jr. graduated from the University of Missouri and married one of his "popcorn girls", Amy. The two generations of Bills continued the expansion of the company, and welcomed the birth of Elmer Jr. and Amy's daughter, Bridget. Sterling Bagby went to work for Elmer Sr. as a concession clerk at age 10 in 1936. After serving a stint in World War II, Bagby returned to Missouri and married a ticket seller from Higbee, Pauline. Together, the Bagbys started the Bagby Traveling Picture Show. The Show was, in essence, a portable movie theater, and the Bagbys traveled along with the equipment (including seats, snack bar, film, and projectors) showing movies in schools and barns. Their company became a Kansas circuit of both drive-ins and "hardtop" indoor movie theaters. Sterling and Pauline have three children: Steve, Bob, and Paula.{{Citation needed|reason=No substantiating information found.|date=January 2017}} The two companies formally merged after years of friendship and combined efforts as B&B (Bills and Bagby) Theaters on January 1, 1980, making the Fulton Cinema the first official B&B Theatre. Just months earlier in 1979, Bob Bagby married Bridget Bills and cemented the convergence of the two companies.{{Citation needed|reason=http://www.bbtheatres.com/about-us/ says 'At the same time, Sterling and Pauline's son Bob married Elmer and Amy's daughter Bridget truly wedding the families together.'|date=January 2017}} Sterling died in October 2000, and the remaining family run the National Association of Theater Owners-recognized Midwest chain. From 2000 to 2014 B&B replaced several of their existing locations with new state-of-the-art facilities as well as acquired, remodeled, or built several new locations. In 2010 B&B premiered their first PLF (premium large format) Grand Screen® and their first dine-in Marquee Suites® concept auditoriums. In October 2014, B&B purchased Overland Park, Kansas-based operator Dickinson Theatres.[9] Digital cinemaIn September 2009, B&B Theatres announced that it had selected Christie Digital Systems to supply 2K digital projectors for the circuit's transition to realD 3D-capable digital cinema.[10] The digital conversion was completed by August 2012.[11] LocationsFlorida
Kansas
Mississippi
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
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References1. ^1 2 {{Cite web|first=|last=|title=Gen. Business - For Profit Details as of 1/14/2017|url=https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=397787|date=January 14, 2017|accessdate=January 14, 2017|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|language=}} [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]2. ^1 {{Cite web|first=|last=|title=Locations|url=http://www.bbtheatres.com/locations/|date=|accessdate=January 14, 2017|publisher=B&B Theatres|language=}} 3. ^1 {{cite news| url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article2637419.html|first=Diane|last=Stafford|title=Overland Park’s Dickinson Movie Theater Chain Changes Hands|work=Kansas City Star|date=October 9, 2014|accessdate=January 14, 2017}} 4. ^1 {{cite news| url=http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/pr.aspx?newsID=1539|first=|last=|title=Midwest’s B&B Theatres Selects Christie DLP Cinema® Projectors for Its Newest Locations|work=DCinemaToday.com|date=September 14, 2009|accessdate=January 14, 2017}} 5. ^1 {{cite news| url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/digital-revolution-could-be-curtains-for-old-theaters/article_a4c809ee-e1e9-11e1-bc6b-0019bb30f31a.html|first=Joe|last=Williams|title=Digital Revolution Could be Curtains for Old Theaters|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=August 11, 2012|accessdate=January 14, 2017}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://directoryofstlouis.com/blog/wildwood-10-now-open-has-over-21-theaters/|first=Denise|last=Bertacchi|title=Wildwood 10 Now Open, Has Over 21 Theaters|work=DirectoryofStLouis.com|date=October 1, 2010|accessdate=January 14, 2017}} 7. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://cinematreasures.org/blog/2006/1/23/fulton-cinema-moves-to-8-screen-building|first=|last=|title=Fulton Cinema Moves to 8-Screen Building|work=CinemaTreasures.org|date=January 23, 2006|accessdate=January 14, 2017}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://thebrickdistrict.tripod.com/webonmediacontents/HISTORY%20OF%20THE%20FULTON%20THEATRE.pdf|title=History of The Fulton Theatre Fulton, Missouri|work=TheBrickDistrict.Tripod.com|date=|accessdate=January 14, 2017}} }} External links
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