Paris Cinema
150 Far Gosford Street,
Coventry,
CV1 5DU
150 Far Gosford Street,
Coventry,
CV1 5DU
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The Crown Theatre opened on August Bank Holiday Monday 1912 and the architect was J.H. Gilbert. It was licenced to screen pictures and had at first only had a temporary licence for accompanying music.
On 1st June 1925 it was taken over by Oscar Deutsch (his first cinema) who later built up the Odeon chain. It only remained under Deutsch’s control for a while as it was sold as a going concern in 1928.
It was temporarily closed in October 1940 by air raid damage. In October 1957 it was closed again for modernisation and re-opened on 1st March 1958 as the Paris Luxury Continental Cinema, later shortened to Paris Cinema. After several operators and openings and closures over the years, it finally closed on 21st November 1981. The building lay derelict and suffered damage by fire in 1991. However by mid-1999 it had re-opened as Riley’s American Pool & Snooker Club which remains open today.
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I worked at the Crown and then for a short time at the Paris…as a part time projectionist while still a teenager. Now I own my own cinema in Thomaston GA USA. Between then and now I was mostly in TV production, first for ATV in England and then in Canada and the USA before ‘returning’ to the cinema life.
Remember the Crown well. Also the Prince of Wales which for a time was owned by the same people.
Cheers,
Malcolm Neal