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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » England » Kings Lynn, Norfolk » Majestic Cinema

Majestic Cinema

Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
Tower Street & 1/2 Sedgeford Lane
, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom PE30 1EJ
(map)
+44.0.1553.772603
Status: Open
Screens: Triplex
Style: Neo-Vintage
Function: Movies (First Run)
Seats: 737
Chain: Independent
Architect: J.L. Carnell, W.D. White
Firm: Unknown
Majestic Cinema
Circa-1999 exterior view of the Majestic
Photo courtesy of Ian Grundy
The Majestic Cinema first opened its doors on May 26, 1928 with Ramon Navaro in "Ben Hur". It seated 1,149 in stalls and single balcony and had been designed by local Kings Lynn architects J.L. Carnell and W.D. White. An extremely elegant cinema with much polished mahogany and a delightful mosaic floor incorporating the Majestic name in the foyer. Other decorative features include many stained glass windows. Additional facilities at the Majestic were a ballroom and cafe.

It was built as an independent but was taken over by Union Cinemas in 1934 and then became part of ABC Theatres when Union was bought out by ABC. It was however never renamed as ABC's main house in the town was the Theatre Royal.

It was sold to an independent again in 1975 and on June 25, 1977 Majestic 2 opened with 198 seats in the former ballroom. In 2000 this was refurbished with seating reduced to 136 and it is now known as screen 3.

In 1991 a wall was dropped from the ceiling to the front of the circle to form a 400 seat cinema (screen 2) and the stalls became the 450 seat screen 1. Current seating capacities (in 2008) are for 313, 301 and 123.

Since 2001, the Majestic Cinema has been designated a Grade II Listed building, as much of the interior decoration survives. It narrowly avoided demolition in 2000.

Related Websites

Majestic Cinema (Official)
Contributed by Ian Grundy

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A recent close-up of the entrance and a beautiful night view of the Majestic Cinema Centre can be seen here:
http://www.moviebunker.com/majestic_cinema_centre.htm
posted by KenRoe on Sep 3, 2006 at 11:37am
More pictures of the Majestic here:-

http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/350405367/

http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/350405365/

http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/350405364/
posted by Ian on Jan 8, 2007 at 4:00am
This is a recent exterior view.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 9, 2008 at 7:26pm
Here is another photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Dec 2, 2008 at 4:50pm
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