in 1976, the river oaks theatre in houston (which originally opened in 1939) and the single screen oriental theatre in milwaukee were acquired. the oriental originally opened in july 1927 and was the only standard movie palace ever built to incorporate east indian decor. the harvard exit theatre in seattle was acquired in 1979. the film programming in landmark theatres was a mix of repertory/revival double-features that changed daily. this mix also included smaller independent and foreign films and allowed landmark to grow into the largest repertory/revival movie-theater circuit in the nation by the end of that decade.