Stanley Warner Corporation
American movie theater chain
The Stanley Warner Corporation, also known as Stanley Warner Theatres, was an American movie theater chain that existed from 1953 until 1967 when it was acquired by the Glen Alden Corporation to form RKO–Stanley Warner Theatres. Its headquarters were located in Manhattan at 1585 Broadway.
History
The Stanley Warner Corporation (SWC) had its roots in the Warner Bros. Pictures company, who merged with the Stanley Company of America (SCA) theater chain in 1928, the largest theater holding company in the world , which also controlled First National Pictures. This history informed the crafting of the SWC's name. Warner Bros. used the former SCA theaters to start their Warner Bros. Theatres chain empire which existed from 1928 until it was forced by consent decree to divest itself of its 436 theaters following an antitrust lawsuit. The consent decree made with the United States Department of Justice was reached on January 5, 1951 and in December 1952 a sale of the theaters was made to (Fabian Theaters) Fabian Enterprises Inc. Stockholders voted to form a new company to oversee the theatre chain purchased by Simon H. Fabian (Fabian Enterprises), and the SWC was formally incorporated on January 30, 1953.
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