Kinema Theatre
14th Street SW. at 17th Avenue SW,
Calgary,
AB
T2T 0C6
14th Street SW. at 17th Avenue SW,
Calgary,
AB
T2T 0C6
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Opened in 1911 as the Mount Royal Theatre. It was later renamed the Kinema Theatre. Always a double bill such as "Arsene Lupin Returns" and "Checkers".
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MikeRogers
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I am sure it probably under went a name change,but as far as I could track it it was KINEMA.
The Kinema Theatre opened in 1933 with the movie “The Thin Man” with seating listed at opening of 355. It was owned by Mr. J. Malarchuk. The theatre closed in 1956. The address:
1804 14th St. W.
Thanks Chuck you must have some big Theatre book.
According to this webpage: View link the theatre opened in 1911 as the Mount Royal, and was demolished in the 1950’s.
Chris, your link doesn’t work.
Strange; it comes up that way when I searched for it again and works when I clicked on it – View link
If it still will not work, the relevant section reads: “In 1911 he [William Nimmons] had another landmark constructed, the Mount Royal Theatre, later called the Kinema, the first and only cinema ever constructed in Bankview. The theatre functioned as a silent picture house, before being converted into an automobile repair shop. During the "Great Depression,” it reverted back to a theatre, the Kinema, before being demolished during the 1950s."
The information that I entered I found an Wiki along with a copy of the ad. It may have started it’s life as the Mount Royal but it became the Kinema in 1933 and closed in 1956.
This site gives the same information
View link
You added a comma at the end of your link in the first comment and therefore it was throwing it off.
Oops!
Just to clarify, I did not mean to suggest your original information was wrong, Chuck, just that there was some additional information out there that indicated that the theater had a longer history and another name, as Mike Rogers suspected.
No problem Chris, that is a great update on this theatre. Winds up being much older than I found.