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Washington MovieTheatres and Drive-Ins
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Mike Rivest
 
 
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WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
Academy
434 8 th se? 1935-? 1955Bernheimer owned this 560-seattheatre 1945-1950.
Acme
 332 Pennsylvania se1908-1915
Acme
 3034 14th St NW1909-1915
 AFI American Film Institute
 Kennedy Center? 1974-
Airdome
 217 Fourth St NE
Airdome
 3219 N St NW1914
Airdome
 23rd St & Pennsylvania Ave NW1910
Airdome
 Good Hope Road
Airdome
 12th St NE1915
Alamo
 1293 7th st nw1911-1955This Afro-American theatre had 230seats
Albaughs Grand OperaHouse
 1424 Pennsylvania Ave1884-1930
Alhambra
 519 Seventh St NW1908-1917
Ambassador
 2464 18th st nw1923-19601,344 seatsOwners:1923-1925 Harry M. Crandell1930-1960 Warner Brothers Theatres / Stanley Warner
American
 D/10th? 1979-? 1985
American
 106-12 Rhode Island Ave NW1914
American
 1911-1912
 American City Movie Diner
 5532 Connecticut Avenue NWhttp://www.americancitydiner.com/  2002-
Anacostia
 1415 Good Hope SE1947-1967896 seatsOwners:1950 Fairlawn Theatres1955-1967 Stanley Warner
Apollo
 624 H St ne1913-1955894 seats1920-1925 Harry M. Crandall1925-1953 Warner Brothers Theatres1953-1955 Stanley Warner
Apyx
 4813 Massachusetts Av nw1940-1976KB Theatres owned this 1,026-seattheatre.
Aragon
 815 Maryland Ave NE1914This was a outdoor theatre.
Arcade
 3134-38 Park Rd NW? 1910
Art
 
AKA: Hippodrome, Mark II
9th below F? 1969-? 1970
Ashley
 505 7th st sw? 1940-? 1955827 seats
Atlantic
 21 Atlantic1945-1968Owners:1945-1950 Fairlawn Theatres1955-1967 Stanley Warner
 
 
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 Atlas
 
1331 H St ne1938-1976993 seatsOwners:1945-1950 KB Theatres1955 Stanley Warner1964 District TheatresThis is now a live theatre.
 Avalon
 
AKA: Chevy Chase
 5612 Connecticut Nwhttp://www.theavalon.org 1929-2001, 2003-Owners:1929-1953 Warner Brothers Theatres1953 Stanley Warner1961 RKO1969 RKO Stanley Warner1985 Circle Theatres1989 Cineplex Odeon1998 Loews Cineplex2 screens 1970-2001Movies and stage shows.
Avenue Grand
 
AKA: Capitol Hill
645 Penn av se1910-1970840 seatsOwners:1920-1925 Harry M. Crandall1925-1953 Warner Brothers Theatres1953-1955 Stanley Warner
Belasco
 
AKA: Lafayette Square Opera House
189517 Madison Pl NW1906-1940
Beverly
 519 15th st ne1939-1963946 seatsOwners:1939-1953 Warner Brothers1953-1961 Stanley Warner1961 RKO Stanley Warner
Biograph
 2819 m st nw1967-1996
Bluemouse
 1209 26th St NW1910-? 1930Afro-American theatre.
Booker-T
 1443 U nw (1443 You St.)? 1930-? 1975507 seatsThis was an Afro-American theatre.Owners1935-1940 Lichtman Theatres1950-1964 District Theatres
Broadway
 1515 7th st nw1921-1964510 seatsThis was an Afro-American theatre.Owners1935-1940 Lichtman Theatres1950-1964 District Theatres
Cairo
 1923-1926
Calvert
 2324 Wisconsin NW1937-1967990 seats1937-1953 Warner Brothers1953-1961 Stanley Warner1961-1967 RKO Stanley Warner
Capitol
? 1920Tom Moore owned it in 1920.
Capitol
 
AKA: Loew's Capitol
1326 F st nw1927-1963Loew's owned this 3,432-seat theatre,which was the biggest in theWashington area.
Capitol Hill
 645 Penn se1961-1970
Capitol Hill 2
 645 Penn se? 1979-1993Owners:1985 Circle Theatres1990 KB
Carolina
 105 11th st se1913-? 1950310 seats
Carver
 2405 Nichols se? 1955
Casino
 401 E Capitol St1907
Casino
 632 F St NW1910
Casino Royal
 806 14th st nw? 1979-1985This was an adult theatre.
Central
 425 9th st nwDec 21, 1922-1950851 seatsOwners:1922-1925 Harry M. Crandall1925-1950 Warner Brothers Theatres
Central Park
 728 Ninth St NW1914Outdoor theatre.

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Michael Dolanleft a comment

And you list as being in Anne Arundel County many theaters that are in Prince Georges County, which has an "s" in the second word of its name. And it's "Damascus," not "Damacus." I'll stop now.
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It's "Apex," not "Apyx."
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