SERVICE SET FOR MOVIE CHAIN OWNER MANN.Byline: Holly Andres Staff Writer ENCINO - A memorial service will be held today for legendary movie theater owner and producer Ted Mann, who died of a stroke Monday. He was 83. Mann began his movie theater career in 1936 when he leased the struggling Selby Theatre in St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn., for a $100 a month. A hands-on owner, Mann rented the films, sold the tickets and ran the projector. By the time he was 40, he had acquired 25 theaters and drive-ins throughout Minnesota. Mann eventually developed a chain of movie theaters that stretched from the upper Midwest The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. to Washington, D.C. He sold the chain to General Cinema Corp. in 1970. Moving to Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , Mann became involved in film producing. Some of the movies he produced included ``The Illustrated Man,'' ``Buster & Billie,'' ``Lifeguard'' and ``Brubaker.'' When the National General Theatre chain, with 276 screens, came on the market, Mann bought it in March 1973. The acquisition included the landmark Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The re-named Mann Theatres grew to 360 screens throughout the United States. He sold Mann Theatres to Gulf & Western, predecessors to Paramount Communications, in 1986. He remained chairman of the Encino-based chain until 1991. Mann was born on April 15, 1917, in Wishick, N.D. The eldest of four children, he attended the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. after the family moved to Minnesota. He received honorary degrees from Pepperdine University and the University of St. Thomas University of St. Thomas can refer to:
Mann was well-known as a philanthropist. He was the founder and president of the Boy's Club of Minneapolis. He was the founder of Landmark West School for children with dyslexia dyslexia (dĭslĕk`sēə), in psychology, a developmental disability in reading or spelling, generally becoming evident in early schooling. To a dyslexic, letters and words may appear reversed, e.g. . Other organizations that he supported included Childhelp USA and Mount Olivet Rolling Acres. He established the Ted Mann Foundation, which contributes to various charities including the Salvation Army, United Way, the United Jewish Fund and the Boys and Girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. Club. Mann is survived by his wife, actress Rhonda Fleming; two daughters, Victoria Mann Simms and Roberta Mann Benson; four grandchildren, and his sister, Edythe Mann. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 Centinela Ave., Culver City. Donations in his memory may be made to the Rhonda Fleming Mann Resource Center for Women with Cancer at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX or the Boys & Girls Club of Minneapolis. |
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