Kingsway Theatre
3030 Bloor Street West,
Toronto,
ON
M8X 1C4
3030 Bloor Street West,
Toronto,
ON
M8X 1C4
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The Kingsway Theatre opened in 1939 and closed in 2006. After renovations were carried out, the Kingsway Theatre reopened on January 2, 2009, with “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” and “Rachel Getting Married”.
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“The Kingsway Theatre will open soon and play movies once again.”
Please elaborate. Do you know something we don’t? Are are you just being optimistic?
Would you like some help? You’ve got a bunch of people who would love to be involved!
Any news on the re-opening of the Kingsway? It is now December and so far haven’t heard any more about it.
Torontoist has some pics:
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Here is another photo of the Kingsway.
A photo taken after the reopening:
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www.kingswaymovies.com
Here’s an updated link to the 1957 picture I posted on June 4, 2008:
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The Kingsway was my first-ever job as a projectionist. I worked there “on permit” from 1980 until 83, then after officially becoming a member of Local 173 I offically owned the job until I moved to the Showcase (ex-New Yorker) in 86. Wonderful booth. Stuff that lifelong memories are made of. It was running purely repertory at the time (two different films a night), running 2000 foot reels on Super Simplex heads and Peerless Magnarc Type G lamphouses. The optical stereo sound was home-brewed by the general manager from a Quadraphonic-QS decoder!
When I started off the booth ran with an insanely-loud Motor-Generator for arc power, but was later converted to rectifiers. The Super Simplex heads went out in favor of Century C’s and thanks to a resourceful sound technician, we put Motiograph 35mm Magnetic soundheads in, which I think I ran about 3 or 4 times. I later worked there in the mid-90s after the Showcase closed and I was a relief operator. This is where I saw many of the best movies ever made. There was a real gem in this theatre. A small 20 seat auditorium upstairs that ran 16mm movies, completely separate from the main Kingsway. I forgot what it was called at the time (the Festival?) or the name of the kindly older gentleman who ran it.
Lots of good memories int aht theatre, though. Glad to see it’s no longer dark.
Here it is in August 2010
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