XYZ Cinemas

Background: XYZ Cinemas is a small but international chain of cinemas (or movie theaters) based in Canada, and later opening branches in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Argentina. The chain was founded in Charlottetown by Nova Scotia born film producer and former Famous Players employees David and Laura Smith in 1986. The chain started with a drive-in theater located on the outskirts of Charlottetown that played second-run prints of mainstream films as well as foreign, independent and art films. (To be continued...)