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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » England » Wandsworth, London » Gaumont Wandsworth
Also known as Palace Theatre

Gaumont Wandsworth

Wandsworth, London, England
52-60 Wandsworth High Street
, Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom SW18 4LD
(map)
02088713910
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Greek Revival
Function: Nightclub
Seats: 1307
Chain: Unknown
Architect: John Stanley Beard
Firm: Unknown
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Opened as the Palace Theatre on 13th December 1920 it was a purpose built cinema and was operated as an independent. From 3rd December 1928 it was taken over by the United Picture Theatres circuit and came under Gaumont British Theatres management from July 1930.

It was closed around September 1940 to save money on operating costs and re-opened on 3rd May 1942. From 4th August 1958 it was re-named Gaumont Theatre and the entrance was modernised around 1956.

The Gaumont closed on 4th February 1961 with Kenneth Moore in "Man in the Moon" and Harry H. Corbett in "Marriage of Convenience". It was converted into a bingo club from 29th July 1961 and this continued until it closed in 1979. The building then lay empty and unused for three years until 1982 when it was taken over and used as a church.

In 1992 it came back into entertainment use when it opened as a nightclub called the Theatre, which remains open today.
Contributed by KenRoe

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An exterior photograph of the Palace Theatre taking in 1949 playing the Gaumont release programme:
http://www.mawgrim.sathosting.net/cavalcade/wandsworth.jpg
posted by KenRoe on Dec 15, 2005 at 6:39am
In 1928 the Palace Theatre was equipped with a Compton 2Manual/5Rank pipe organ which was opened by Ernest Smith.
posted by KenRoe on Dec 15, 2005 at 1:10pm
This is an updated link for the Palace Theatre photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Dec 14, 2008 at 4:01pm
Here is a website for the current occupant, "Club W". According to their website, this is a grade II listed building.

posted by Lost Memory on Jul 26, 2009 at 5:14pm
A recent photo is here.

posted by Lost Memory on Jul 28, 2009 at 10:15am
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