After spending more than $200,000 on improvements, Moran still had a lot of work to do, including a new roof, plaster repairs, painting and refurbishing of seats.

The costs became prohibitive. In August 2015, he told The World-Herald that he would be interested in selling the theater. A few months later, The World-Herald reported that the Sherwood Foundation was reportedly trying to buy it.

Following the theater’s sale in January, Moran said the Sherwood Foundation would be able to “return (the Dundee) to its grandeur.”

Moran said he’s thrilled that Film Streams will be the one to run the theater.

“That was my first choice,” Moran said. “We’re really happy for Rachel and them. We think it’s going to be a good thing for Omaha.”

The Dundee was built in 1925 as a vaudeville house, and it was Omaha’s westernmost theater at the time.

The theater has changed hands several times since then. In the early 1960s, it converted to widescreen film (“Spartacus” was the first movie to play on the new screen). Later that decade, “The Sound of Music” became the Dundee’s longest-running title ever, playing in 70 mm for 1,316 performances over 118 weeks.