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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » England » Blackpool, Lancashire » Princess Cinema
Also known as Princess Electric Theatre, ABC (North Shore)

Princess Cinema

Blackpool, Lancashire, England
168-170 North Promenade
, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom FY1 1RE
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Nightclub
Seats: 1770
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Halstead Best
Firm: Unknown
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Opened as the Princess Electric Theatre in 1912 with 905 seats, it was enlarged to the designs of architect Halstead Best, and reopened as the 1,770-seat Princess Cinema in 1922.

It was taken over by ABC in 1929 and was in addition to the Hippodrome (Church Street) a former live theatre which continued under ABC to present summer shows, leaving the Princess Cinema the pick of the circuits films. This continued after the Hippodrome was largely demolished and a new ABC theatre constructed, as the new ABC also had a frequently used stage.

However after the ABC (Church Street) was tripled in 1981 the Princess Cinema became surplus to requirements and was closed.

Use as an indoor market, and a 'street' of bars followed but more often than not the building was closed. The attractive Hathernware faiance tiled facade is now looking uncared for but the building has had a new roof in recent years.

It became the Bizness nightclub, then the Waterfront nightclub and currently it is known as Sanuk nightclub.
Contributed by Ian Grundy

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Here is a photo of the former Princess Cinema.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 15, 2006 at 8:09am
Here is photograph I took of the ABC Princess Cinema in June 1963:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/244008287/
posted by KenRoe on Sep 15, 2006 at 8:55am
Saw 'Paint Your Wagon' at the ABC Princess in 70mm in 1969. Not the best of 70mm theatres, though the sound was reasonable.
posted by Richard Roper on Sep 30, 2008 at 6:51am
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