Picturedrome Cinema

Gloucester Street,
Weymouth, DT4

Unfavorite 1 person favorited this theater

Showing 7 comments

Matt79
Matt79 on November 16, 2017 at 1:58 pm

I’m looking for Cannon/Classic photos of this cinema and a more detailed history of its time under these chains, or if anyone knows where I can find any of the above, please let me know, Thanks so much!

StephenPrince
StephenPrince on May 9, 2012 at 8:20 am

I have fond memories of the “Classic” in Weymouth between 1966 and 1968 during which time I gorged myself on classic horror movies. The Odeon in the main street always had the latest big releases leaving the Classic booking lesser films. But the inventive manager there would make up for that by occassionally having a week long programme of cheap horror movies, a different double bill each day! Oh joy! Friday nights at 10.30/11pm was usually “horror night” with Roger Corman/Poe classics or Universal classics such as “House of Frankenstein” – all rather grainy, scratched and with the occassional jump or bump. No digital in those days! Another cinema on Portland, a bus ride away, showed similar fare. As a young teenager I got to know the manager and would beg posters or film stills. He even booked one or two of my suggestions. Barbara Steele in “Black Sunday” was one, just then made available to the UK. The Classic could be relied upon for excellent movies of the time including “2001” and “Barbarella”!

BrianR
BrianR on August 24, 2010 at 5:34 pm

As a kid growing up in the 1980s, this cinema set me on the path to a lifelong love of movies. This is the place where I saw the blockbuster films of the decade such as ET, Gremlins, Flight Of The Navigator, Stand By Me, Back To The Future, The Goonies, The Karate Kid and Batman to name but a few….

It’s nearly 20 years since I last saw a film there, but the memories are still very vivid and it will always remind me of great days as a youngster watching some excellent movies.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on August 4, 2010 at 3:12 pm

Cool name for a cinema.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on August 3, 2010 at 6:30 pm

Thanks Matt.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on March 3, 2009 at 10:52 am

A colour photograph of the entrance to the Classic Cinema in April 1981:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/projection/weymouthc.jpg

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on March 3, 2009 at 10:43 am

A vintage photograph of the Odeon in September 1949, playing the Odeon release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/weymouth.jpg
A close-up of the entrance in December 1970:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/weymouth2.jpg