Hitchcock Cinema & Public House

Hitchcock Cinema & Public House is a movie theater and public house in Santa Barbara, California, in the United States. It is part of the circuit operated by Metropolitan Theatres Corporation, a Los Angeles-based, privately held exhibition company that has been owned by the Corwin family since 1923. The Hitchcock venue combines a cinema with a public house, reflecting the modern exhibition trend of pairing film screenings with food and beverage service. Metropolitan Theatres was founded in 1923 by Joseph H. Corwin, who moved to California from Sioux City, Iowa, and opened his first theater, the Broadway, in downtown Los Angeles. Under his sons Lawrence and Sherrill, the company became the dominant motion picture exhibitor in downtown Los Angeles by the late 1940s. Sherrill Corwin later became chief executive and led expansion into Palm Springs and Santa Barbara, California. Metropolitan has operated in Santa Barbara County since 1950, and that county remains its largest area of concentration. Today Metropolitan Theatres operates a diverse collection of historic properties and state-of-the-art multiplexes, with 10 theatres, 52 screens, and two IMAX auditoriums in California and Colorado. The company is focused on next-generation growth through new development, theater acquisitions, and theater management services. Bruce C. Corwin, the company's Chairman and CEO, led the company for 40 years and passed away on November 4, 2021. His son, David, is Metropolitan's President and represents the fourth generation of the Corwin family to run the company. Hitchcock Cinema & Public House sits within this Santa Barbara County concentration, where Metropolitan has been active since 1950. As a cinema and public house, the venue offers film programming alongside food and drink in a social setting, consistent with Metropolitan's mix of historic and modern exhibition properties.

Hitchcock Cinema & Public House is a movie theater and public house in Santa Barbara, California, United States. It operates within the circuit of Metropolitan Theatres Corporation, a Los Angeles-based exhibition company owned by the Corwin family since 1923. Metropolitan Theatres was founded in 1923 by Joseph H. Corwin, who moved to California from Sioux City, Iowa, and opened the company's first theater, the Broadway, in downtown Los Angeles. His sons, Lawrence and Sherrill, grew with the business, and by the late 1940s Metropolitan was the dominant motion picture exhibitor in downtown Los Angeles. Sherrill Corwin ultimately became chief executive of the growing circuit and fostered expansion into Palm Springs and Santa Barbara, California. Metropolitan has operated in Santa Barbara County since 1950, and that county remains its largest area of concentration. In the mid-1960s, Metropolitan was among the first exhibition circuits in the nation to venture into a Spanish-language film policy, both in subtitle form for American movies and in Spanish for Mexican-produced films. The company continues to operate a Spanish-language theater in greater Los Angeles, California. In September 2003, the company formed Metro/Rocky Mountain Cinemas, which operate state-of-the-art cinemas in the Denver, Colorado DMA of Loveland, Colorado. Bruce C. Corwin, the company's Chairman and CEO, led Metropolitan for 40 years and passed away on November 4, 2021. His son, David, is Metropolitan's President and represents the fourth generation of the Corwin family to run the company. Metropolitan currently operates a diverse collection of historic properties and state-of-the-art multiplexes among its 10 theatres, 52 screens, and two IMAX auditoriums in California and Colorado. The company is focused on achieving its next-generation growth plan through new development, theater acquisitions, and providing theater management services. Hitchcock Cinema & Public House belongs to this Santa Barbara County concentration, where Metropolitan has been active since 1950. As a cinema and public house, the venue pairs film programming with food and drink service, consistent with the circuit's blend of historic and modern exhibition properties.

• 2021

  Bruce C. Corwin, Chairman and CEO who led the company for 40 years, passes away on November 4.

• 2003

  In September, the company forms Metro/Rocky Mountain Cinemas, operating state-of-the-art cinemas in the Denver, Colorado DMA of Loveland, Colorado.

• 1950

  Metropolitan begins operating in Santa Barbara County, California, which remains its largest area of concentration.

• 1923

  Joseph H. Corwin founds Metropolitan Theatres Corporation with one theater, the Broadway, in downtown Los Angeles.

A Santa Barbara cinema-and-public-house venue within Metropolitan Theatres' mix of historic and modern exhibition properties.

• Cinema screenings

  Film programming at the Hitchcock Cinema & Public House venue.

• Public house food and beverage

  Food and drink service in a public house setting alongside the cinema.

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