Revue Cinema
400 Roncesvalles Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M6R 2M9
400 Roncesvalles Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M6R 2M9
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Revue Cinema (Official)
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Functions: Movies (Classic), Movies (Independent), Movies (Revival)
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
416.531.9950
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News About This Theater
- Jun 21, 2007 — The Revue Cinema rises again
- Feb 27, 2007 — Toronto's Revue Cinema loses its marquee
The Revue Cinema is Toronto’s oldest standing movie theater which is still in use for its original purpose of showing movies. It had opened by 1913 and the original seating capacity was 540, later reduced to 385.
In 2000, the theater was renovated and the theater’s original wooden seats, which dated back to 1912, were removed. The current seating capacity is 244. On September 10, 2024 a new lease was agreed between the owners & operators securing the use of the building as a cinema.
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Recent comments (view all 21 comments)
Glad to here the news — I miss all the Festival theatres. I’d be interested in hearing from others in the Toronto area who might be interested forming a consortium to lease and reopen the Kingway or Paradise. Email me at
The cinema re-opened on October 4, 2007 and is running nightly now. Their first film was “Some Like It Hot”, chosen by online poll.
Article from today’s Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/407184
discusses the kind of marquee that should be returned to the Revue.
MAKE IT VINTAGE, FOLKS! And for heaven’s sake resist the urge to make it some LED driven flashing signboard – let’s see a vintage marquee reproduction befitting a 1911 survivor!
I just finished reading the article on the Revue Theatre in today’s Toronto Star [30 Mar.2008]. This prompted me to seek out and find this website.
My grandfather, Jacob Smith, owned and operated the Revue along with several other neighbourhood theatres [ The Kum-C, The Pix, & The Odeon Parkdale ]in the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s.
I might be able to help shed a little more light on it’s history, and I certainly have an interest in learning more about the present status.
Robert Beder []
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2cm6ug8
New photos added, taken April 2003.
A more extensive history of the Revue Cinema can be found here.. https://revuecinema.ca/about/history/
as they celebrate their 110th anniversary
Add Guillermmo del Toro to those riding to the support of the Revue Cinema after news of it’s possible closing broke.
https://x.com/RealGDT/status/1808853516955349020
The Revue Film Society and Danny and Letty Mullin Announce New Lease Agreement Ensuring Continued Success for Historic Revue Cinema
[Toronto, September 10, 2024] — The Revue Film Society and building owners Danny and Letty Mullin are pleased to announce the signing of a new lease agreement, marking a significant milestone in their long-standing partnership. https://revuecinema.ca/lease-update/
Operated as early as 1913.