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'''Cobb Theatres''' is a cinema chain found in [[1947]] by [[R. C. Cobb]] and headquartered at in the [[2000-2100 SouthBridge Parkway]] building in [[Birmingham]]'s [[SouthBridge]] office park.

Cobb's grandfather, [[Jefferson Richards]], opened a movie house in [[Fayette]] in [[1921]]. Richards' daughter, [[Lucille Cobb]], bought the theater from him in [[1934]] and sold it and a second theater to her son, Richard, in [[1947]]. Starting with those to locations, Cobb expanded across North Alabama, adding drive-in theaters as well as indoor movie houses. By [[1965]] Cobb operated 27 theaters in the Alabama and Georgia. He moved the company from Fayette to Birmingham the following year and built the nation's first four-plex in [[1971]]. In [[1978]] he constructed the [[Cinema City 8]] in [[Roebuck]], then the largest multiplex in the nation.

In [[1992]] Cobb purchased Tampa, Florida's General Cinema chain, then acquired South Florida's Wometco Chain in [[1994]]. The company was operating 643 screens when it was acquired by Regal Entertainment for $200 million in [[1997]].

A new '''Cobb Theatres III''' was founded by [[Robert Cobb]] in [[2000]], building the Dolphin 19 in Miami and expanding to 11 locations by [[2006]]. It launched a CinéBistro concept in Miami and Tampa in [[2008]] and currently operates more than 253 screens at 21 locations in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and Colorado.

==Locations==
===Current Alabama locations===
* [[Hollywood 16 & IMAX]], 4250 [[Old Greensboro Road]], [[Tuscaloosa]]
* Pinnacle 14, Gulf Shores

===Former locations===
* [[Alabama Theatre]], 1817 [[3rd Avenue North]], [[Birmingham]] (owned 1981-1987, never operated)
* [[Brook Highland Cinema]], [[Brook Highland Shopping Center]] on [[U.S. Highway 280]] (1994-1997)
* [[Cobb Capri]], 2300 block of [[Center Point Parkway]] (1965–mid 1970s)
* [[Cinema City 8]], [[Roebuck Shopping City]], [[Birmingham]] (1978-1992)
* [[Center Point 6]], [[Queensbury Shopping Center]], [[Center Point]] (1983-1997)
* [[Festival 18|Cobb Festival 12]]/[[Festival 18]], [[Eastwood Festival Center]], [[Birmingham]] (1989-1997), now [[Edge 12]]
* [[Midfield Theater|Cobb Midfield 2]]/[[Midfield Theater|Midfield 6]] (early 1970s-1996)
* [[Cobb Movies 4]], 1007 [[U.S. Highway 78]], [[Jasper]] (1983-1997, 2000-2013)
* [[Cobb Vestavia]], [[Park South Plaza]] (early 1970s–early 1980s), 
* [[Galleria 10]], [[Riverchase Galleria]], [[Hoover]] (1988-1997)
* [[Hoover Square 6]], [[Hoover Square Shopping Center]], [[Hoover]] (1983-1997)

==External links==
* [http://www.cobbtheatres.com Cobb Theatres] website

[[Category:Cinema chains]]
[[Category:1947 establishments]]
[[Category:1997 disestablishments]]
[[Category:2000 establishments]]
[[Category:SouthBridge Parkway]]