industry entertainment movie theatres founded 1920 in manhattan kansas defunct 2014 headquarters overland park kansas key people glen w dickinson sr. founder ron horton ceo products dickinson theatres website www.dtmovies.com dickinson theatres was a privately owned movie theater chain based in overland park kansas usa . operating 18 theaters with 210 screens in seven states arkansas arizona kansas missouri nebraska oklahoma and texas . 1 contents 1 history 2 locations 2.1 arkansas 2.2 arizona 2.3 kansas 2.4 missouri 2.5 nebraska 2.6 oklahoma 2.7 texas 3 references history edit in 1920 company founder glen w. dickinson sr quit the family business a ford dealership in brookfield missouri specializing in tractors to purchase a small two screen theatre in a booming agricultural college town . the dickinson marshall theatre in manhattan kansas was christened in november 1920 as the first of many dickinson theatres . 2 after overwhelming success with his first venture in the motion picture exhibition dickinson soon added a second market to his circuit . the dickinson bowersock theatre sprung up in a booming college town less than 2 hours away in lawrence kansas . 2 it wasn t long after when a second lawrence theatre was opened and within a brief period of time the fledgling circuit had expanded its size and scope to include theatres in junction city ellsworth beloit and great bend kansas . he also added a theatre in springfield missouri . 2 by 1931 dickinson theatres had grown to parent 26 theatres and continued to expand . it was at that time dickinson decided to relocate the company office to lawrence kansas . 2 in 1946 the company branched out to introduce its first drive in theatre . the first dickinson drive in opened in pittsburg kansas and was followed in 1948 by the construction of the 81 drive in theatre in salina kansas the shawnee drive in in shawnee kansas and the leawood drive in theatre in leawood kansas . 2 company expansion and diversification continued under the operation of glen w. dickinson jr. as theatres sprung up in waterloo iowa quincy illinois monroe missouri noel missouri anderson missouri and branson missouri . property was also purchased near a little known town called overland park kansas with contract and the dream to build dickinson s finest theatre . 2 after more expansion the company decided to move dickinson s corporate headquarters to kansas city s suburban mission kansas . at that time the small city only included a filling station barber shop taxi service and bicycle rental shop . 2 the next ten years became very important for dickinson theatres as the construction of a major motor hotel complex the glenwood manor motor hotel began at 95th and metcalf just a short distance away from what would be dickinson s flagship glenwood theatre already in construction . in 1966 the glenwood theatre opened with the midwest premiere of the popular movie is paris burning 2 the new glenwood theatre received instant recognition for movie theatre comfort quality and design . its overwhelming popularity with the public and film companies soon warranted the construction of additional screens and expansion to the complex . 2 the decade of the 60 s also marked the passing of the company s founder glen w. dickinson sr. in 1963 . the company was passed on to glen w. dickinson jr. who would go on to run the theatre chain for the next 20 years . 2 one of the company s most significant milestones occurred in early 1980 when dickinson theatres purchased 25 screens from mann theatres . the acquisition increased the company s size from 46 screens to 71 screens with operation in 4 states . 2 glen w. dickinson jr. died in 1983 leaving the leadership of the company to kent dickinson the second of three sons . the other two jon scott dickinson and glen wood dickinson iii assisted as vice presidents for the company . 2 throughout the 80 s under kent dickinson s administration existing theatre properties were refurbished and updated with the latest technology . new luxurious theatre complexes were constructed over the next few years and included major multi plexes in kansas city kansas wichita kansas springfield missouri and columbia missouri . 2 a change in company direction occurred in october 1992 when wood dickinson was named president of dickinson theatres . 2 during wood dickinson s appointment to office dickinson theatres opened its first 12 screen motion picture entertainment complex the southglen theatre in suburban overland park kansas as well as the new plaza cinema 6 facility in leavenworth kansas . 2 1995 marked dickinson theatres 75th anniversary and a year of great success . dickinson introduced the crown jewel to the kansas city area opening the extraordinary westglen 12 theatre in shawnee kansas . destined to become dickinson s most luxurious movie center and model operation for excellence the westglen soared expectations and later expanded to 18 screens . 2 with a minimum addition of 20 new screens during 1995 dickinson theatres was operating 168 screens in 39 locations throughout mid america . 2 in september 1999 a monumental event propelled the company in a new and exciting direction . wood dickinson the last of the dickinson family decided the time was right to leave the theater business and start renegade pictures llc a feature film production company 3 in his place a young and motivated team led by john hartley head of purchasing for dickinson theatres stepped up and took control of the company . reviving the company mission to provide the best of family entertainment the following years show a rebirth of the dickinson theatres . 2 in october 2011 dickinson theaters added national cinemedia to its network afflitates which has started on december of that year . 4 in july 2012 john hartley retired and sold the company to ron horton who at the time was executive vice president of film buying and marketing . 2 today ron horton continues to lead the company into the digital age . the company currently operates 18 theatre locations with 210 screens across 7 states . 2 in october 2014 missouri based operator b & b theatres purchased dickinson . all of dickinson s locations are expected to be re branded under the b & b name . 5 locations edit arkansas edit little rock chenal 9 imax theatre 6 arizona edit mesa gateway 12 imax theatre 6 goodyear palm valley 14 theatre 6 kansas edit emporia flint hills 8 theatre 6 olathe great mall theatre 6 hutchinson mall 8 hutchinson theatre 6 overland park palazzo 16 theatre 6 shawnee westglen 18 theatre 6 junction city westside 4 theatre 6 missouri edit lee s summit eastglen 16 theatre 6 kansas city extreme screen union station 6 kansas city northglen 14 theatre 6 nebraska edit hastings imperial 3 theatre 6 oklahoma edit muskogee arrowhead mall 10 theatre 6 bixby starworld 20 theatre 6 texas edit port arthur central mall 10 theatre 6 references edit welcome to dickinson theatres a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t dickinson theaters history retrieved 7 september 2013 wood dickinson leaves and starts renegade pictures llc . dickinson theatres joins national cinemedia ncm s network . thesreet . october 17 2011 . retrieved july 14 2013 . overland park s dickinson movie theater chain changes hands . kansas city star . october 10 2014 . retrieved october 14 2014 . a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p dickinson theatres locations retrieved 7 september 2013 v t e major cinema chains in the united states alamo drafthouse cinema amc theatres loews theatres starplex cinemas b & b theatres dickinson theatres bow tie cinemas carmike cinemas cinemark theatres century theatres rave cinemas classic cinemas cobb theatres dipson theatres emagine entertainment goodrich quality theaters harkins theatres kerasotes theatres landmark theatres loeks theatres inc. malco theatres marcus theatres marquee cinemas megaplex theaters national amusements neighborhood cinema group pacific theatres reel theatres regal 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