His collection, he said, is down to around 1,500 - a fifth of what he originally had, he said, after the couple moved a few years back and downsized.
Joseph started collecting them around 2007 or 2008, when he worked as a corporate technician and had free rein to grab posters. The Governales have also decorated the lobby with movie posters. Their tagline is “nostalgic films, new memories,” which, Joseph said, “encompasses everything six months or older.”įinding a building with a history, even if it meant restoring the place, was part of the Governales’ original dream. Outside, a bulb-lit marquee and a ticket booth - literally a box office - add to that nostalgic feeling that the Governales say they will guide their operation of the theater. Both have a classic movie theater feel, with a long narrow aisle down the center of the auditorium, leading to the screen. (The previous owners put on live shows instead of movies, Joseph said.) The smaller theater seats 200. The larger of the Maven’s two theaters seats 300 people, and includes a stage. Joseph has also spent 17 years working in movie theaters, in Florida and in New England.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Maven Cinemas, on Main Street in American Fork, on Tuesday, Oct.
