Metro Theatre

The Metro Theater should be fixed up on the inside and the outside or it should just be blown up and put to rest. Just look at the photo on the right Its falling apart. It dose not look very safe to see a show at all. ~R.I.P.~ This is not a Cinema Treasure at all.

A recent (October 2005) photograph of the exterior of the Metro Cinema, Toronto here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mammoth_hall/49851346/in/pool-cinemasignage/

OOops sorry, here is the correct link to above:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mammoth_hall/49851364/in/pool-cinemasignage/

Apparently, this theater is on the market now & may not be open much longer. I read this on the DVDManiacs forum.

It was a telling sign when they rented out part of the lobby to someone selling remaindered glitz-clothing!! Great pic.

Oh yeah, the guy who owns this place was hanging onto the glory days by havign a sign saying it was 35mm -- the place had been broken up into several smaller video theatres but I guess the projection room is intact so the guy claimed he was still showing 35mm! He kept one old film poster up in the display case as if to confirm it...

I VISITED THE THEATRE YESTERDAY JUNE 27 ,2007 THE PEOPLE WERE FRIENDLY AND IT WAS A NICE EXPERIANCE
THEY HAVE TWO SCREENS AND SIX MOVIES SHOWING DAILY FROM 12 NOON
THE PICTURE QUALITY WAS GOOD AND THE SCREENS WERE LARGE *IT WAS WORTH IT

THEATRE IS OPEN I FOUND RECENT PICTURES 2007 JULY
http://picasaweb.google.com/movietheatrefanatic/METROTHEATREPICTURES

http://www.myspace.com/metrotheatretoronto


http://picasaweb.google.com/movietheatrefanatic/Cinema2

http://www.onetruemedia.com/my_shared?z=1b598d79e49765365df316&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

TO SEE A MONTAGE USE THE LINK ABOVE

This place gives a new word for STICKY FLOORS! LOL!

Here is a recent photo.

This cinema, while now a tawdry throwback to the diminshed lot of great movie houses that was common in the '70s and '80s, has an illustrious history and interesting lobby decor.

I hoped someone like the Rainbow group would purchase it because the well heeled neigbourhod (which I live in) could use a first run house...but alas, they are not about spending money on renovations, but are about taking over existing multi screen houses (such as the one they had in Fairview Mall and the one they operate successfully on Front) and being very competitive price wise.

The Metro Theatre's website-->
http://www.metrotheatretoronto.com/

July '09 BlogTO article on the Metro Theatre-->
http://www.blogto.com/film/2009/07/crashing_the_metro_theatre_for_some_adult_entertainment/