Cannon Birmingham
81-91 John Bright Street,
Birmingham,
B1 1BN
81-91 John Bright Street,
Birmingham,
B1 1BN
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Started in 1914, the project, originally called the Majestic, was delayed because of wartime restrictions. It was bought out uncompleted in 1916 and eventually opened as the Futurist Theatre in July 1919 with "The Great Love". It was the first cinema in Birmingham to have screen curtains and was decorated with wall murals designed by Val Prince and carried out by artist Erskine Williams.
Always at the forefront of the city cinemas, the Futurist was the first to present the talkies in March 1929.
The Futurist was twinned in 1981 with screen 1 holding 721 and screen 2 seating 234. It later became a Cannon cinema and closed in the 1990’s.
After lying derelict for a number of years, it was transformed into an ‘adult’ nightclub known as Spearmint Rhino.
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Ian Grundy
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An October 2005 photograph of the exterior of the former Futurist Cinema, now in use as a ‘Gentleman’s’ Club with lap-dancing as the entertainment:
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A photo taken in October 2009 here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/4030861767/
Have loaded a picture of better days….
How I hate the name… Cannon….