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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » England » Marylebone, London » ABC Baker Street
Also known as Topical News Theatre, Time News Theatre, Times Cinema, Jaceyland

ABC Baker Street

Marylebone, London, England
Approach Road Baker Street Station, Marylebone Road
, Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom NW1
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Twin
Style: Unknown
Function: Retail
Seats: 306
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Leslie C. Norton
Firm: Unknown
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The Topical News Theatre was the only newsreel theatre to be built inside a tube (underground) railway station (there were newsreel theatres in Victoria and Waterloo mainline railway stations). This one opened on 7th December 1938 and was part of the Monseigneur circuit but unlike others, never took that name. It was re-named Time News Theatre in 1942 and remained until the Jacey chain took over Monseigneur News Theatres in June 1960. It became the Times Cinema screening feature films from April 1967, closed briefly for redecoration to re-open as Jaceyland in October 1967 and was taken over by film distributer Anthony Balch in October 1968, renamed (again) Times Cinema screening the double bill "Witchcraft Through the Ages" and "Un Chein Andalou".

In 1972 Cinecenta took control and they twinned the cinema, re-opening it in March 1973 as two long narrow cinemas seating 171 and 169 known as Times Centa 1-2. Operating as a mixed art house and general release house for their tenure, it was taken over by Star Cinemas, then Cannon Cinemas, MGM and lastly by ABC. It closed 14th January 1999 with "Star Trek: Resurrection" and "Prince of Egypt". The space has been converted into a tourist souvenir shop.
Contributed by KenRoe

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Photographed in the Summer of 1994 when it was operating as the MGM Baker Street:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/138352601/
posted by KenRoe on May 1, 2006 at 6:01am
August 2006 photo of the shop - the cinema canopy remains:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/218471944/
posted by Ian on Aug 18, 2006 at 10:17pm
The Time News Theatre, photographed in August 1955:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/2783415827/
posted by KenRoe on Aug 15, 2009 at 5:15am
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