- Norman Adie
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Norman Allen Adie (born November 25, 1946) is a theater owner/operator/developer based in New York City and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He has a B.A. from Coatbridge College and a Masters from the Institute of Theater Management. Born in Scotland, Adie began his career in London with the Rank Organization and Twentieth Century Fox[1] before moving to the United States to work at Radio City Music Hall.
Adie then founded Screen Arts Corporation and developed his own New York theaters in Times Square and Brooklyn. Adie currently operates Brooklyn Heights Cinema[2] in Brooklyn, New York and the Monroe 6 Cinema in Monroe, New York. Adie operated the Foxmoor 7 Cinemas in Marshalls Creek, Pennsylvania from 2006 through 2009, but was evicted in December, 2009 for failing to pay rent.[3] On November 23, 2010, Adie was arrested and charged with Federal securities and wire fraud. [4] [5] Foxmoor property owner Dr. Ram Rayasam has called Adie "a con man and egomaniac".[6]
Notes
- ^ Monroe Cinema Debuts Today, Times Herald Record, May 9, 2008.
- ^ Little Theater to Expand, The Brooklyn Paper, January 26, 2008.
- ^ Foxmoor 7 Theater Evicted After Failing to Pay Rent, Pocono Record, December 11, 2009.
- ^ Brooklyn cinema owner a reel swindler: feds, The New York Post, November 24, 2010.
- ^ Feds: Heights Cinema owner was Ponzi schemer, The Brooklyn Paper, November 24, 2010.
- ^ Movie Magic Gone Bad, The Pike County Courier, January 7, 2010.
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