75:, a weekend of films shown at the Crandell. Following Tony Quirino’s death in 2010, the Crandell was closed and faced an uncertain future. With an outpouring of community support and the leadership of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, Lael Locke, and Judy Grunberg, Chatham Film Club raised approximately $ 600,000 to buy the theatre and make much needed repairs. The immediate renovations included a new roof, new HVAC system, new steam boiler, and façade and marquee repair. Additionally, the installation of digital projection and compliant sound systems allowed the Crandell to keep pace with industry Digital Cinema Projection (DCP) standards and show first-run and feature films the way the filmmakers intended.
86:, directors and editors. The Crandell Theatre is the main venue for the FilmColumbia Festival, now an annual 10-day film festival held every October. Over the past decade the festival has shown more than 600 pre-release movies from around the world. Of these, 41 have received Academy Awards in individual categories to date.The Crandell also hosts
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Crandell was added to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, selected by
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Crandell was built by Walter S. Crandell, a Chatham native and local banker. Considered an architectural gem, the theater was constructed in Spanish Renaissance style and remains largely unchanged since it opened on Christmas Day, 1926, with a Jules Verne photoplay. It has a seating capacity of
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Crandell includes a one-story, 4,500-square-foot (420 m) double-height theater auditorium with a balcony, a two-story southern section, with 1,100 square feet (100 m) of floor space a one-story, 945-square-foot (87.8 m) double-height stage, two rental spaces on the street level,
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Crandell reopened just six months later on July 9, 2010, as a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit, community-based theater. In August 2018 the name of the organization was officially changed to the Crandell Theatre, bringing together all of its many ongoing programs and shared core values: an enthusiasm
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Crandell has been in continuous operation for 97 years. For nearly 50 of those years it has been associated with the Quirino family. Anthony Quirino purchased the Crandell in 1960, and the theater was owned and operated by his son, Tony, until Tony's death in 2010.
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