The Harkins Theatres chain is has been owned and operated by the Harkins family since the year 1933, founded by Dwight “Red” Harkins. The movie theater business is the fifth largest in all of North America, with thirty-four theatres across five states. With over eighty years of quite a colorful history, the business is still one of the leading entertainment companies in the southwest region of the United States. Red opened his first movie theater, The State Theatre, in 1933 in Tempe, Arizona at just eighteen years of age, making him possibly the world’s youngest theater owner and operator.

Address: Harkins Theatres, 10250 W McDowell Rd, Avondale, AZ 85392, Phone: 623-478-9411

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