In 1931, Dwight “Red” Harkins left home in Cincinnati, Ohio, to pursue a career in the “talkies” in Hollywood, California. He ran out of funds in Tempe, Arizona. After working for a few years, he decided to open his own movie house in Tempe, called the Star Theatre in 1933.
From these humble beginnings, Harkins Theatres has grown into a large movie chain in the Southwestern portion of the US. The company currently has 34 locations in 5 states, some of these through acquisition.
Harkins opened two theatres in California in 2006, later adding two additional locations in 2016 which include the “Harkins Ultimate Lounger”, which provides reclining chairs and reserved seating, as well as a “lobby bar”, which provides beer and wine.
The lobby bar has proven to be so successful that the company is expanding the idea to include beer and wine service in most of their Arizona locations.
Every summer, Harkins Theatres hosts Summer Movie Fun, which is geared for children. The program features 10 children’s movies from the previous year. Harkins developed the program more than 30 years ago as a way to offer parents an affordable summer activity for children.
The company maintains headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.
In 1931, Dwight “Red” Harkins left home in Cincinnati, Ohio, to pursue a career in the “talkies” in Hollywood, California. He ran out of funds in Tempe, Arizona. After working for a few years, he decided to open his own movie house in Tempe, called the Star Theatre in 1933.
From these humble beginnings, Harkins Theatres has grown into a large movie chain in the Southwestern portion of the US. The company currently has 34 locations in 5 states, some of these through acquisition.
History
Harkins opened two theatres in California in 2006, later adding two additional locations in 2016 which include the “Harkins Ultimate Lounger”, which provides reclining chairs and reserved seating, as well as a “lobby bar”, which provides beer and wine.
The lobby bar has proven to be so successful that the company is expanding the idea to include beer and wine service in most of their Arizona locations.
Every summer, Harkins Theatres hosts Summer Movie Fun, which is geared for children. The program features 10 children’s movies from the previous year. Harkins developed the program more than 30 years ago as a way to offer parents an affordable summer activity for children.
The company maintains headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.
We want to sincerely thank Harkins for choosing to play Sound of Freedom. This was a moving story that needs to be told and retold until people understand how real trafficking of children is!
Our family went to see this after not going to theaters due to mask policies. We felt this needed to be supported. So glad we went! Excellent movie with a very true and real message! Thank you for sharing this in your theater!!! West Family
For many many years and hundreds of movies for me and my family, I am done with Harkins forever. Went today as I usually got with my loyalty cup (now $ 2 refill) and my empty bag of XL popcorn. Never in since they opened that location have they not refilled my popcorn. The SAID NO REFILLS. Must be same day, which was always the policy. But they always waived it.
I ask we since I have the bag can you honor it one last time and then I’ll know to fill up when I leave. ABOSULTLELY NOT. Ask the manager. ABSOLUELY NOT.
So I got a refund for the movie, canceled my drink and will never go to another Harkins.
For 30 cents worth of popcorn, they lost $ 8.00 for the ticket plus $ 2.00 for the drink.
Not a good financial decision. Plus they lost all future business with me and my family. Who in their right mind would let $ 10 walk out the door plus hundred in future sales over 30 cents worth of popcorn
To whom it may concern: I am a 57-year-old Father of 5, Grandfather of 6 and counting and the husband to my wife of 34 years. My wife and I went on Saturday to see the ELVIS movie and after not going to the theaters for what seems forever due to the mask policy, we ventured out greatly anticipating the movie and got in seats to have to watch 10-15 homosexual propaganda, not sure if this is always or it was pride month, just wonder why you don’t promote other social, religious and political subjects. I have been a Christian for 35 years and form my views from the Bible , you could have refrained from the propaganda and allowed all the audience to enjoy what they came to watch. I will no longer support your business if I have to sit and watch two men kissing and transgenderism being promoted , During Christmas and Easter Ive never seen promotions for a Christian view on both of these Christian Holidays
I doubt that Dan Harkins reads these messages. I have been taking my kids to Harkins since we moved from Hollywood to Phoenix in 1987. I was used to having a choice of spectacular old theaters and huge screens. Dan and other theater owners started dividing the theaters into small viewing rooms with lsss than 100 seats. That is not really movie going, crammed in a tiny theater with an itty bitty screen. Harkins used to have a terrific art film theater behind the Scottsdale Mall. He clued it down and built that “whatever ya want to call it” Camelview thing that costs a fortune. If we want yo see a really good film instead of THOR – or some DISNEY PROPAGANDA, we go yo Harkins Shea, where REAL FILM CRITICS go- but we again, get crammed into an itty bitty theater because DAN DOESNT UNDERDTAND his film going audience much less respect all the theater goers who watch foreign snd creative films. We saw NicolS Cages film recently, in an itty bitty theater- BEST FILM OF THE YEAR but DAN DOESNT GET IT. We just saw a British film “The phantom of the Open”. Amazing film, comical, creative, great actors. Again we were crammed into an itty bitty theater. And it was full – DAN ONLH SHOWED IT ONCE A DAY – DAN JUST DOESNT GET IT.
To who it may concern
I am complaining about your website and your app both of them are not accessible to the blind community we can not get on the website or app to purchase tickets, and the website and the app does not let you pick your seats with a screen reader .I am a member of a legally blind group and buying tickets at the harkin box office in person is ok but there is no way for us to be able to purchase tickets or be able to pick our seats on the website or on the app wee would appreciate if this could be fixed.
I have been going to Harkins Theatres since my children were small (1985). I have always been impressed with your “way of doing business” and not giving in to “political/industry” pressures on what movies to show, when to show them and how to show them. Your benevolence in giving back to the children of the cities you serve set well an example for others to emulate. God bless you, the founders and your amusement business.
Hey Dan, Ben Faiss here used to clean for you, and was wondering how you would feel about building a couple of drive ins in place of the indoor theaters? Any way man hope you’re well. Sorry I couldn’t keep cleaning for ya man. My body just couldn’t keep going man.
Harkins just wanted to let you know we will not be coming to see movies at your theater again as well as many of our friends. I was disgusted to see you would particpate in what’s happening in regards to the vaccines. Medical privacy should be respected not trampled over, not to mention how disturbing it is you’re allegedly doing this for people’s health while offering free high fat high calorie fake food as a reward. There are several other options that will respect people’s privacy and rights you should be ashamed of yourselves!!
Date: May 11, 2021
To Whom It May Concern:
I am sending you this notice, related to your organization’s mask policy. My findings raise significant concerns, both medically and legally, of the current mask policy in place. Masks are ineffective for the purpose claimed by the mandate, potentially harmful, and only authorized for use by an EUA.
Masks are ineffective and in many ways they harm.
It’s a myth that masks prevent viruses from spreading. The overall evidence is clear: Standard cloth and surgical masks offer next to no protection against virus-sized particles or small aerosols.[1] The size of a virus particle is much too small to be stopped by a surgical mask, cloth or bandana. A single virion of SARS-CoV-2 is about 60-140 nanometers or 0.1 microns.[2] The pore size in a surgical mask is 200-1000x that size. Consider that the CDC website states, “surgical masks do not catch all harmful particles in smoke.” And that the size of smoke particles in a wildfire are ~0.5 microns which is 5x the size of the SARS-CoV-2 virus! Wearing a mask to prevent catching SARS-CoV-2, or similarly sized influenza, is like throwing sand at a chain-link fence: it doesn’t work. There has been one large randomized controlled trial that specifically examined whether masks protect their wearers from the coronavirus. This study found mask wearing “did not reduce, at conventional levels of statistical significance, the incidence of Sars-Cov-2-infection.”[3]
Consider also, that the existence of more particles does not mean more virus. Research shows less virus does not mean less illness. Dr. Kevin Fennelly, a pulmonologist at the National Heart, Lung and Blood institute debunked the view that larger droplets are responsible for viral transmission. Fennelly wrote:
“current infection control policies are based on the premise that most respiratory infections are transmitted by large respiratory droplets- i.e., larger than 5 [microns] – produced by coughing and sneezing, …Unfortunately, that premise is wrong.”[4]
Fennelly referenced a 1953 paper on anthrax that showed a single bacterial spore of about one micron was significantly more lethal than larger clumps of spores.[5] Exposure to one virus particle is theoretically enough to cause infection and subsequent disease. This is not an alarming thought – it simply means what it has always meant, that our immune system protects us continually all our life.[6]
There have been hundreds of mask studies related to influenza transmission done over several decades. It is a well-established fact that masks do not stop viruses. “Part of that evidence shows that cloth facemasks actually increase influenza-linked illness.”[7] Bacteria are 50x larger than virus particles.[8] As such, virus particles can enter through the mask pores, yet bacteria remain trapped inside of the mask, resulting in the mask-wearer continually exposed to the bacteria.
Related to the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, there was almost universal agreement among experts, that deaths were virtually never caused by the influenza virus itself but resulted directly from severe secondary pneumonia caused by well-known bacterial “pneumopathogens” that colonized the upper respiratory tract.[9] Dr. Fauci and his National Institute of Health studied pandemics and epidemics and concluded, “the vast majority of influenza deaths resulted from secondary bacterial pneumonia.”[10]
All parties mandating the use of facemasks are not only willfully ignoring established science but are engaging in what amounts to a clinical experimental trial. This conclusion is reached by the fact that facemask use and Covid-19 incidence are being reported in scientific opinion pieces promoted by the CDC and others.[11] The fact is after reviewing ALL of the studies worldwide, the CDC found “no reduction in viral transmission with the use of face masks.”[12]
Any intervention, especially one that is prophylactic, must cause fewer harms to the recipient than the infection. The cost-benefit of mandating an investigational face-covering with emerging safety issues is especially difficult to justify. Anthony Fauci was very clear that asymptomatic transmission was not a threat. He stated, “in all the history of respiratory-borne viruses of any type, asymptomatic transmission has never been the driver of outbreaks. The driver of outbreaks is always a symptomatic person.”[13]
Wearing respirators come(s) with a host of physiological and psychological burdens. These can interfere with task performances and reduce work efficiency. These burdens can even be severe enough to cause life-threatening conditions if not ameliorated.[14] Fifteen years ago, National Taiwan University Hospital concluded that the use of N-95 masks in healthcare workers caused them to experience hypoxemia, a low level of oxygen in the blood, and hypercapnia, an elevation in the blood’s carbon dioxide levels.[15] Studies of simple surgical masks found significant reductions in blood oxygen as well. In one particular study, researchers measured blood oxygenation before and after surgeries in 53 surgeons. Researchers found the mask reduced the blood oxygen levels significantly, and the longer the duration of wearing the mask, the greater the drop in blood oxygen levels.[16]
Moreover, people with cancer will be at a further risk from hypoxia, as cancer cells grow best in a bodily environment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes systemic inflammation which, in turn, promotes “the growth, invasion and spread of cancers.”[17] Repeated episodes of low oxygen, known as intermittent hypoxia, also “causes atherosclerosis” and hence increases “all cardiovascular events” such as heart attacks, as well as adverse cerebral events like stroke.[18]
Informed consent is required for investigational medical therapies.
Regardless of the lack of safety and efficacy behind the decision to require employees and customers to wear a mask, it is illegal to mandate EUA approved investigational medical therapies without informed consent. Mask use for viral transmission prevention is authorized for Emergency Use only.[19] Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA, means “the products are investigational and experimental” only.[20] The statute granting the FDA the power to authorize a medical product of emergency use requires that the person being administered the unapproved product be advised of his or her right to refuse administration of the product.[21] This statute further recognizes the well-settled doctrine that medical experiments, or “clinical research,” may not be performed on human subjects without the express, informed consent of the individual receiving treatment.[22]
The right to avoid the imposition of human experimentation is fundamental, rooted in the Nuremberg Code of 1947, has been ratified by the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki, and further codified in the United States Code of Federal Regulations. In addition to the United States regarding itself as bound by these provisions, these principles were adopted by the FDA in its regulations requiring the informed consent of human subjects for medical research.[23] The law is very clear; It is unlawful to conduct medical research (even in the case of emergency), unless steps taken to … secure informed consent of all participants.[24]
Furthermore, by requiring employees and customers to wear a mask, you are promoting the idea that the mask can prevent or treat a disease, which is an illegal deceptive practice. It is unlawful to advertise that a product or service can prevent…disease unless you possess competent and reliable scientific evidence… substantiating that the claims are true.[25]
The FDA EUA for surgical and/or cloth masks explicitly states, “the labeling must not state or imply… that the [mask] is intended for antimicrobial or antiviral protection or related, or for use such as infection prevention or reduction.”[26] Look at what is stated on a box of mask, masks do not claim to keep out viruses.
Illegally mandating an investigational medical therapy generates liability.
There are proven microbial challenges as well as breathing difficulties that are created and exacerbated by extended mask-wearing.
Requiring employees and customers to wear a mask sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19, and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, a mask may very well put us at an increased risk of infection, and if so, having a far worse outcome.[27]
The fact that mask wearing presents a severe risk of harm to the wearer should – standing alone – not be required for employees and customers, particularly given that we are not ill and have done nothing wrong that would warrant an infringement of our constitutional rights and bodily autonomy. Promoting use of a non-FDA approved, Emergency Use Authorized mask, is unwarranted and illegal. This mandate is in direct conflict with Section 360bbb-3€(1)(A)(ii)(I-III), which requires the wearer to be informed of the option to refuse the wearing of such “device.” Misrepresenting the use of a mask as being intended for antimicrobial or antiviral protection, and/or misrepresenting masks for use as infection prevention or reduction is a deceptive practice under the FTC. It is clear, there is no waiver of liability under deceptive practices, even under a state of emergency. As such, forcing employees and customers to wear masks, or similarly forcing use of any other non-FDA approved medical product without the wearer’s consent, is illegal and immoral.
This letter serves as official notice that I do not consent to being forced to wear a mask. I will not fail to take the maximum action permissible under the law against your organization, and against you personally. Accordingly, I urge you to comply with Federal and State law, and advise employees and customers they have a right to refuse or wear a mask as a measure to prevent or reduce infection from Covid-19. Any other course of action is contrary to the law. I am willing to testify as to the veracity of the contents in this document. Please confirm no further pressure will be exerted upon me to follow this illegal mask mandate.
Sincerely,
Sherri
[1] jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.4221
[2] Berenson, A (November 24, 2020). Unreported Truths about Covid-19 and Lockdowns: Part 3: Masks
[3]acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817
[4] thelanced.com/journals.lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30323-4/fulltext
thelanced.com/journals.lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30323-4/fulltext
[6]sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150254.htm
[7] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/
[8]merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/virus-vs-bacteria-difference
[9] The pathology and bacteriology of pneumonia following influenza. Chapter IV, Epidemic respiratory disease. The pneumonias and other infections of the respiratory tract accompanying influenza and measles, 1921 St, LouisCV Mosby (p. 107-281)
[10]academic.oup.com/jid/article/198/7/962/2192118
[11] cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover-guidance.html
[12] Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures, Jingyi Xiao1, Eunice Y. C. Shiu1, Huizhi Gao, Jessica Y. Wong, Min W. Fong, Sukhyun Ryu, and Benjamin J. Cowling (Volume 26, Number 5, May of 2020).
[13] youtube.com/watch?v=X1orSO094uY
[14] Arthur Johnson, Journal of Biological Engineering (2016).
[15] The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005).
[16] Bader A et al. Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery. Neurocirugia 2008;19:12-126..
[17] Aggarwal BB. Nucler factor-kappaB: The enemy within. Cancer Cell 2004;6:203-208, and Blaylock RL. Immunoexcitatory mechanisms in glioma proliferation, invasion and occasional metastasis. Surg Neurol Inter 2013;4:15.
[18] Savransky V et al. Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007;175:1290-1297.
[19] fda.gov/media/137121/download
[20] childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/CDE-Superintendent-Letter0from-Childrens-Health-Defense-California-Chapter.pdf
[21] 21 U.S.C.§ S360bbb-3 (The FD&C Act)
[22] 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(e)(1)(A) (“Section 360bbb-3”)
[23] C.F.R. § 50.20
[24] invertedalchemy.com/2020/12/belief-is-not-medical-counter-measure.html, 21 C.F.R. § 50.23, 21 C.F.R. §50.20 21 C.F.R. § 50.24
[25] FTC Act, 15 U.S. Code § 41
[26] fda.gov/media/137121/download
[27] Russell Blaylock, Id. (quoting Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376. See also: Westendorf AM et al. Hypoxia enhances immunosuppression by inhibiting CD4+ effector T cell function and promoting Treg activity. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017;41:1271-84. See further: Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355.
I have 2 VIP Ultimate movie passes that I received several years ago. I have tried sending numerous emails from your website to confirm these are still valid, but never receive a response.
The numbers on the back are: 7022090026635029 and 7022090026635011.
I would like a response.
Thank you.