Premier Cinemas closing Sunday

A bargain theater has stood at the intersection of Jumpers Hole Road and Ritchie Highway for more than three decades, surviving different owners and operating under changing names.

But the curtain will fall for good on Sunday when the theater - now called Premier Cinemas at Jumpers - closes forever.

"There's just not enough funds to refurbish it and keep it going," owner Cheryl Severe said.

Ms. Severe bought the theater, at 8120 Jumpers Hole Road in Pasadena, from entrepreneur Gill Stern in August 2005, when he was ready to sell it or close it.

"The reason I took it over to begin with was to keep it open," said Ms....