Lido Cinema

Located in the Te Aro district of the city centre at the corner of Willis Street and Mercer Street, across from the Majestic Theatre. Shortts Cinema was a conversion of a former warehouse and it opened on 22nd December 1911 with 670-seats. In 1936 it was taken over by Amalgamated Theatres playing double-bills of 2nd run films and renamed Tudor Theatre.

In 1964 Amalgamated Theatres re-named it Lido Cinema and it became an art-house cinema. It was closed in 1983 due to risk of earthquake damage and deemed not worth upgrading. It was used for a while as a bargain store and has since been demolished.

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