Cleveland Cinemas was created in 1977 when founder and current president Jonathan Forman purchased the Cedar Lee Theatre. First opening its doors on Christmas Day 1925 as an 1,100 seat, single-screen theater, the Cedar Lee Theatre was transformed into a twin-screen theater in 1983 to compete with the increasing number of multiplexes and to meet the demand to play an ever growing number of specialty films. The Capitol Theatre, located in the heart of Cleveland's vibrant Gordon Square Arts District, reopened on October 2, 2009 after a massive renovation converted this historic 1921 single-screen cinema into a state-of-the-art all-digital three-screen modern movie theater. The Capitol Theatre features a mix of mainstream Hollywood films and specialty and independent films. With the addition of the Capitol Theatre, Cleveland Cinemas now operates a total of 75 screens at 9 locations.
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