Curzon Renoir Cinema

another press ad from dec 1979 for The Outsider showing exclusively at the Gate Two
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4701021075/

I visited this cinema on business in 1976, when it was still a single screen. The thing I remember most was the massive projection suite, which extended cross the entire back wall of the theatre. There was also a toilet in one corner, if I remember correctly.

This is a July 2009 photo.

Here is a nice recent photo of the Renoir Cinema.

Flyer for Luchino Visconti’s 1943 Ossessione at the Renoir.

Here is a recent photo of the Renoir Cinema at night.

Another photograph from the ‘closed for refurbishment’ perion in Summer 2005:
http://flickr.com/photosdanrkelly/91757143/

An exterior photograph prior to the 2005 refurbishment here:
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Was this cinema named after Jean Renoir the film director, or his father Pierre-Auguste the painter?