Richard A. Smith, chief executive of General Cinema Corp., in 1979 was eager to invest in a satellite-TV venture. Since he was the boss and his family owned around a third of the company, little stood ...

AMC Entertainment Inc., one of the survivors after a wave of cinema chain bankruptcies in recent years, has agreed to buy General Cinema as part of that company's Chapter 11 reorganization plan. In ...

Robert Redford’s dream of converting the landmark Aero Theater in Santa Monica into a showplace for independent art films has run into a snag. The actor and his Sundance Film Centers were planning to ...

Richard A. Smith, who built a Boston company started by his father into a leader in movie theaters and soft-drink bottling, died Wednesday at age 95, his family said. Mr. Smith, who was 36 in 1961 ...

After intense negotiations, General Cinema Corp. on Friday terminated a tender offer that was vital to its $1.4-billion proposed merger with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. A General Cinema spokesman ...