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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) The parent company of the General Cinema theater chain filed for bankruptcy reorganization Wednesday, saying its older movie houses were not competitive with the growing number of ...

The Summit Park 6 Cinema in Wheatfield will close Thursday night, fallout from unprecedented turmoil in an industry that is grappling with a nationwide glut of movie screens. Officials at General ...