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guarina commented about Cine Avenida on Jun 4, 2015 at 7:01 am

This movie theater was located on Calzada de Columbia (now named Avenida 41) #5614 between Calles 56 and 58, north side of street, in the municipality of Marianao. It is named Avenida after Avenida 41 where it was located. It is erroneously positioned on Lombillo street in El Cerro.

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guarina commented about Multicines A Marina on Jun 4, 2015 at 6:25 am

My paternal grandfather was born nearby and his sisters' descendants still live in the area, my 3rd cousin, my 4th cousins, my 5th cousins. I visited them in August 2009, and was charmed by the peaceful countryside and amazed by the vibrant city.

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guarina commented about Cine Manzanares on May 30, 2015 at 7:04 pm

Manzanares is the river that flows through Madrid, Spain. Curious detail, 1957 Ford and threatening guy with a rifle.

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guarina commented about Cine Jagua on May 30, 2015 at 6:59 pm

Jagua is the name of the bay by which the city is located.

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guarina commented about Cine Ismaelillo on May 30, 2015 at 6:54 pm

Oriente is the easternmost province of the country. “Ismaelillo” was the title of a book of poems by José Martí y Pérez.

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guarina commented about Cine Caimanara on May 30, 2015 at 4:24 pm

The town, on the west shore of Guantánamo Bay, was named for the caimans once common in the bay and the Guaso river.

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guarina commented about Cine Valentino on May 30, 2015 at 3:20 pm

This movie theater was located at Calzada del Cerro 1202 and Infanta, and stood high on the northwest corner of Esquina de Tejas (the corner of clay roof tiles). It had a lone palm tree in front, and was modest and very old. It had been named after Italian actor of silent movies in the ‘20’s Rodolfo Valentino. I was never inside, but it showed “Tania la bella salvaje”, a 1948 Mexican movie with Rosa Carmina. There was a cock-fight ring behind it. I believe it was torn down in the ‘80’s to make way for two 21- and 22-story apartment buildings.

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guarina commented about Cine Tunas on May 30, 2015 at 8:39 am

This theater is located at Calle Francisco Varona #288, between Joaquín Agüero and Angel Guardia, in Las Tunas. It was blessed by Father Marco de Acha at its opening, attended by city Mayor Pepillo Hernández.

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guarina commented about Cine Manati on May 30, 2015 at 7:18 am

The first Cine-Teatro Manatí was a wooden structure built on Calle A, which opened in 1914 and was destroyed by a fire in 1928. This theater, located in the Manatí Sugar Mill across the José Martí Pérez Park, opened in November 1944 and initially showed Argentinean and Mexican films, and Westerns.

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guarina commented about Cine Oriente on May 29, 2015 at 9:07 pm

This theater was the property of impresario Santiaguito Hernández. There is an Oriente theater in Santiago in the 1959 telephone book listed at José A. Saco 115.

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guarina commented about Teatro Hanoi on May 29, 2015 at 9:01 pm

This theater was built by artistic impresario Santiaguito Hernández, opened on February 2, 1946, opposite Juan Vicente Cárdenas Park, named after the first mayor of the town. It has been renamed Hanoi.

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guarina commented about Cine Florindo Gomez Cancio on May 29, 2015 at 6:36 am

The building had been a tobacco warehouse. Florindo Gómez Cancio had been the film operator in the theater, nicknamed “Ñego”, who died in 1991.

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guarina commented about Cine Fedora on May 28, 2015 at 10:32 am

This theater was located at Independencia #41 between Calixto García and Maceo.

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guarina commented about Cine El Milanes on May 28, 2015 at 8:22 am

El Milanés theater was destroyed by fire and the Aguada was built in 1948, with 675 seats, owned by Vicente Alvarez, Lorenzo Rosa and Antonio Dobaño.

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guarina commented about Cine Cespedes on May 26, 2015 at 6:11 pm

It is now named after Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo.

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guarina commented about Cine Cervantes on May 26, 2015 at 6:05 pm

It was inaugurated on January 1, 1925 as Teatro de la Colonia Española with the performance of the Lupes Riva Corcho theater company. It was later managed by the Cía. Hermanos F. Cima. Ample remodeling was carried out by Engineers Herminio Lauderman and Ricardo Martínez from 1935 and new modern equipment installed, due to the efforts of its owner Teresa Cima, reopening on March 8, 1940. It was named after nationalist pianist and composer Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh. It now lies in ruins, only part of the façade standing.

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guarina commented about Cine Dela on May 26, 2015 at 10:25 am

The town is on the north coast. Hershey Sugar Mill was in the municipality. The theater was operating on December 31, 1958.

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guarina commented about Cine Yarey on May 26, 2015 at 10:22 am

The town is south of the capital. The area was the most important milk basin that supplied the capital. The theater was open on December 31, 1958.

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guarina commented about Cine-Teatro America on May 26, 2015 at 10:17 am

The Teatro “Atenas” was opened at this location on June 28, 1916 due to the effort of the Martínez-Illa family, who were its owners for a short time. In the 20’s it was bought by Roldán who changed its name to “Sauto”. In the 40’s the company managed by Nicolás Cosio bought it, demolished the old structure and built the present one. Mariano del Toro worked on the design, the construction was directed by architect Pedro Páez and built by contractor Fermín Rodríguez, and it was inaugurated in April 1948. It was repaired and re-opened on April 25, 1984.

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guarina commented about Cine Jaronu on May 26, 2015 at 10:09 am

This theater was located in the Jaronú sugar mill. It was the largest sugar mill in the country, owned by the American Sugar Refining Company. The church sacristy can be seen in back.

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guarina commented about Teatro Principal on May 26, 2015 at 10:06 am

It’s said the local residents volunteered to carry the wood and other heavy materials for the building’s roof for 13 miles. Its constructor was Blas Cabrera, its construction lasted 11 months. It opened on July 15, 1839, in neoclassic style. It was burned down in 1868. And it rose from the ashes.

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guarina commented about Cine Conrado Benitez on May 26, 2015 at 10:03 am

A shed of brick and roof tiles located at San Francisco #25 which had been inherited in 1898 by the three children of José del Espíritu Santo Antúnez y Bercedes was demolished in 1926 by Architect Alberto Luis Mendigutía Silvera, and a modern 3-storey building in an eclectic style was built on its site. The first two floors were for cultural activities, the 3rd for offices. The luxurious Teatro Renacimiento opened in 1927 as a live theater. It was the property of the Sociedad Civil Colectiva Mendigutía y Garcia. It rises opposite the Plaza San Francisco. It was transformed into a cinema. On December 23, 1958 the populace ransacked it and destroyed its interior decoration. In 1960 it was restored and named after alphabetizing teacher Conrado Benítez García.

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guarina commented about Cine Gris on May 14, 2015 at 7:53 am

Newspaper articles say things like, “The Gris movie theater, on E between 17 and 19, in a lower rank, had a noisy and merry balcony; its boxes had a peculiarity, it was almost impossible to see the movie from them”, and “Movie theaters have been lost, like the Gris cinema”.

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guarina commented about Cine Yara on May 13, 2015 at 1:19 pm

Yara is a river in Oriente province.

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guarina commented about Cine Vedado on May 13, 2015 at 1:15 pm

Spanish General Francisco Dionisio Vives Piñón was Governor of Cuba from 1823 to 1832 and titled a Count, and he married Doña Francisca Candelaria Oliva in Trinidad, but I rather doubt the theater would have been named after him.