Star Cinema
5 Glenthorpe Crescent,
Leeds,
LS9 7QP
5 Glenthorpe Crescent,
Leeds,
LS9 7QP
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Opened on 21st February, 1938 with Ronald Colman in “Lost Horizon”. It was built for and was operated by Goldstone Cinemas Ltd. and designed by James Brodie of nearby Pudsey. The Star Cinema was a replacement for the smaller Victoria Cinema. It seated 870 in the stalls and 416 in the single balcony.
It is a striking freestanding building utilising horizontal banding in a streamlined Art Deco-ish facade.
It lasted for several decades before closing on 4th November 1961 with “Secret Ways” and “Posse From Hell”. It was converted into a bingo club.
It has since been altered as a gym with a false ceiling at circle level and the steppings in the circle built up to form a martial arts centre.
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Ian Grundy
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This is a larger version of the photo at the top of the page.
Here is a b/w photo of the Star Cinema.
Two further images here, taken in July 2008.
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This is a 1938 view of the rear of the Star Cinema and here is the front.