Big Wood 4 Cinemas

Big Wood 4 Cinemas is a movie theater located in Hailey, Idaho, United States. It operates as part of Metropolitan Theatres Corporation, a Los Angeles-based, privately held exhibition circuit owned by the Corwin family since 1923. The Big Wood 4 name reflects its position as a four-screen cinema serving the Wood River Valley community in central Idaho. Metropolitan Theatres describes itself as operating 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. Big Wood 4 Cinemas is one of the circuit's locations, extending the company's reach into Idaho. The theater offers first-run film programming typical of a small-market multiplex, with showtimes and coming-soon titles listed through the Metropolitan Theatres website. The parent company traces its origins to 1923, when Joseph H. Corwin moved from Sioux City, Iowa, to California and founded the company with a single theater, the Broadway, in downtown Los Angeles. By the late 1940s, Metropolitan was the dominant motion picture exhibitor in downtown Los Angeles. The Corwin family has continued to lead the business across four generations. Bruce C. Corwin, chairman and CEO for 40 years, passed away on November 4, 2021; his son David Corwin now serves as president. Metropolitan's largest area of concentration is Santa Barbara County, where it has operated since 1950. In the mid-1960s, the circuit was among the first in the nation to adopt a Spanish-language film policy, and it continues to operate a Spanish-language theater in greater Los Angeles. In September 2003, the company formed Metro/Rocky Mountain Cinemas, which operates state-of-the-art cinemas in the Denver, Colorado, DMA, including Loveland, Colorado. Big Wood 4 Cinemas forms part of this broader, family-owned exhibition portfolio.

Big Wood 4 Cinemas is a movie theater in Hailey, Idaho, United States. It operates as part of Metropolitan Theatres Corporation, a Los Angeles-based exhibition circuit that has been privately held by the Corwin family since 1923. The Big Wood 4 name indicates a four-screen cinema serving Hailey and the surrounding Wood River Valley. Metropolitan Theatres was founded in 1923 by Joseph H. Corwin, who moved to California from Sioux City, Iowa, and opened a single 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 and fostered expansion into Palm Springs and Santa Barbara, California. The company's largest area of concentration remains Santa Barbara County, where it has operated since 1950. 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. In September 2003, the company formed Metro/Rocky Mountain Cinemas, which operates state-of-the-art cinemas in the Denver, Colorado, DMA, including 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 Corwin, 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. Big Wood 4 Cinemas is part of this circuit, extending the family-owned company's operations into Idaho.

• 2021

  Bruce C. Corwin, chairman and CEO for 40 years, passes away on November 4; his son David Corwin serves as president.

• 2003

  Metropolitan forms Metro/Rocky Mountain Cinemas, operating state-of-the-art cinemas in the Denver, Colorado, DMA.

• 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 the Broadway theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

A small-market multiplex within the family-owned Metropolitan Theatres circuit, serving the Wood River Valley with first-run film programming.

• Big Wood 4 Cinemas

  A four-screen movie theater in Hailey, Idaho, part of the Metropolitan Theatres circuit.

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