The Theatres Trust ‘Guide to British Theatres’ 1750-1950 lists an Empire Theatre aka Pardoes Theatre Royal operating on Corporation Street, Middleton, Lancashire pre-1910, but states it was demolished after 1912. I believe this did not happen, and it may have just been closed.
In 1919 a new company Empire Theatre & Palace of Varieties was registered and Kinematograph Yearbooks show the Empire Theatre open as a cinema from at least 1924 and operated by Victory Pictures (Manchester) Ltd who were part of the H.D. Moorhouse circuit. It closed as a cinema in 1963 as the Empire Theatre (I can’t find any reference to it being called the Hippodrome Theatre, although it was called Hippo’s Disco when it was a nightclub that closed in 1993)
Located at 636 Washington Street, Canton where today a wedding video/photography business operates from. Could it be from the old theatre building or was that demolished and replaced?
The Strand Theatre is listed with a seating capacity of 572 in 1941 and 500 seats in 1950.
The 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook also lists the 350 seat Memorial Theatre as the only theatre in Oxford. In the 1941 & 1943 editions of F.D.Y. the Town Hall is listed as the only theatre in the town with a seating capacity given as 300.
Ian, The ‘add a photo’ facility has been off for well over a year now. Even if and when it does come back, it will only place one photo on the top of each page. The best way to share your photographs is to open a free Flickr or Webshots account and download your photos to that and then link on to Cinematreasures pages as lostmemory or Ian did above.
Originally opened on 16th March 1961 with the Cinemiracle production “Windjammer”. It had an original seating capacity of 754 (all on one floor) and the architect was Sven Gronqvist.
Today, the Royal Cinema operates as a THX approved cinema and has the largest film screen in Sweden (measuring 20 x 8 metres)
The following very interesting information was sent to me by Cinema Treasures member Andres G. Roura;
‘The capital of the Dominican Republic is no longer called Trujillo City. Once Generalissimo Trujillo was killed and his family fled the Republic, the city’s name was changed back to its original name Santo Domingo de Guzman. I was in Santo Domingo 3 years ago. The Olimpia has been closed for many years. I could not tell from the outside if a business is operating in the building. When the theatre was in operation, the local MGM branch office was next door and the Olimpia showed most of, if not all, MGM films.
In the 60’s I was working at MGM Puerto Rico, which supervised the Dominican and other Caribbean MGM offices. During the Dominican revolution at that time, the Olimpia and MGM were in the middle of the rebel zone and the rebels would take films out of the MGM vault and show them to the rebels in the Olimpia. One day my boss told me he was sending me to Santo Domingo to stop the rebels from showing films to the rebel troops. I told him that if I went, I would personally pick up films I thought that the rebels would enjoy and offer to show it to them. That I would not go to Santo Domingo in the middle of a revolution and if he wanted, he could fire me. I did not go. I was fired and the rebels continued to enjoy MGM films at the Olimpia until Lyndon Johnson sent in the Marines and the revolution was over.‘
Andres. G. Roura
The book that I got the brief description details (and a line drawing of the theatre) from was published in the mid'1940’s. It states the ‘The new Austurbaejar Bio Theatre etc…..
Maybe it became (re-named) the Bioborgin Theatre in 1955. It has certainly gone back to its former name today as a live venue.
The Wurlitzer factory records show that the showroom organ from the Cincinnati Wurlitzer store was sold to the State Theatre, Chattanooga, Tennessee in August 1928. It was a style 190, Opus 1751 two manuals, eight ranks.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 as the Queen’s Theatre, 993-995 Third Avenue. The 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook still lists it as the Queen’s Theatre with a seating capacity of 600.
By 1930 it had been re-named Arcadia Theatre with 484 seats (although the address in that edition of F.D.Y. is mistyped as 903 Third Avenue).
Opened as the Scala Electric Cinema on 11th January 1913 with a seating capacity of 675 in stalls and circle areas. When it closed as a triple cinema in 2001 it had 130 seats in Screen 1, 143 seats in Screen 2 and 154 seats in Screen 3.
It screened early Bioscope shows and from 1934 until 1947 it operated as a a full time cinema (listed in the Kine Yearbooks as the 1,200 seat Grand Cinema).
The Eastport Theatre opened around 1941 (its not listed in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook;published in 1940, but is in the 1943 edition with a seating capacity of 500). The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives an address 83 Water Street, Eastport, ME and a seating capacity of 530.
The Theatres Trust ‘Guide to British Theatres’ 1750-1950 lists an Empire Theatre aka Pardoes Theatre Royal operating on Corporation Street, Middleton, Lancashire pre-1910, but states it was demolished after 1912. I believe this did not happen, and it may have just been closed.
In 1919 a new company Empire Theatre & Palace of Varieties was registered and Kinematograph Yearbooks show the Empire Theatre open as a cinema from at least 1924 and operated by Victory Pictures (Manchester) Ltd who were part of the H.D. Moorhouse circuit. It closed as a cinema in 1963 as the Empire Theatre (I can’t find any reference to it being called the Hippodrome Theatre, although it was called Hippo’s Disco when it was a nightclub that closed in 1993)
Lost Memory; You are correct. K.V. Vitchum was an architect based in Chicago.
Located at 636 Washington Street, Canton where today a wedding video/photography business operates from. Could it be from the old theatre building or was that demolished and replaced?
The Strand Theatre is listed with a seating capacity of 572 in 1941 and 500 seats in 1950.
The Alhambra Cinema closed in April 1960.
The 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook also lists the 350 seat Memorial Theatre as the only theatre in Oxford. In the 1941 & 1943 editions of F.D.Y. the Town Hall is listed as the only theatre in the town with a seating capacity given as 300.
Opened in around 1965 and closed as a regular movie theatre in around 1975.
Here is a photograph I took of the Cinema Atlas in April 2007:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/475705096/
Lost Memory; Yes, it is the correct cinema. The address on the Flickr photo is incorrect.
Ian, The ‘add a photo’ facility has been off for well over a year now. Even if and when it does come back, it will only place one photo on the top of each page. The best way to share your photographs is to open a free Flickr or Webshots account and download your photos to that and then link on to Cinematreasures pages as lostmemory or Ian did above.
Looking forward to your input!
Details and photgraphs of the February 2007 demoltion of the Gaumont Dalston:
http://www.opendalston.blogspot.com/
Here is the official website of the Hyde Park Picture House:-
http://www.hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk/
Here is the official website for the Olympia Theatre:-
http://www.liverpoololympia.com/
Originally opened on 16th March 1961 with the Cinemiracle production “Windjammer”. It had an original seating capacity of 754 (all on one floor) and the architect was Sven Gronqvist.
Today, the Royal Cinema operates as a THX approved cinema and has the largest film screen in Sweden (measuring 20 x 8 metres)
The following very interesting information was sent to me by Cinema Treasures member Andres G. Roura;
‘The capital of the Dominican Republic is no longer called Trujillo City. Once Generalissimo Trujillo was killed and his family fled the Republic, the city’s name was changed back to its original name Santo Domingo de Guzman. I was in Santo Domingo 3 years ago. The Olimpia has been closed for many years. I could not tell from the outside if a business is operating in the building. When the theatre was in operation, the local MGM branch office was next door and the Olimpia showed most of, if not all, MGM films.
In the 60’s I was working at MGM Puerto Rico, which supervised the Dominican and other Caribbean MGM offices. During the Dominican revolution at that time, the Olimpia and MGM were in the middle of the rebel zone and the rebels would take films out of the MGM vault and show them to the rebels in the Olimpia. One day my boss told me he was sending me to Santo Domingo to stop the rebels from showing films to the rebel troops. I told him that if I went, I would personally pick up films I thought that the rebels would enjoy and offer to show it to them. That I would not go to Santo Domingo in the middle of a revolution and if he wanted, he could fire me. I did not go. I was fired and the rebels continued to enjoy MGM films at the Olimpia until Lyndon Johnson sent in the Marines and the revolution was over.‘
Andres. G. Roura
A vintage photograph of the Gaumont Theatre in September 1949:
View link
The book that I got the brief description details (and a line drawing of the theatre) from was published in the mid'1940’s. It states the ‘The new Austurbaejar Bio Theatre etc…..
Maybe it became (re-named) the Bioborgin Theatre in 1955. It has certainly gone back to its former name today as a live venue.
The Wurlitzer factory records show that the showroom organ from the Cincinnati Wurlitzer store was sold to the State Theatre, Chattanooga, Tennessee in August 1928. It was a style 190, Opus 1751 two manuals, eight ranks.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 as the Queen’s Theatre, 993-995 Third Avenue. The 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook still lists it as the Queen’s Theatre with a seating capacity of 600.
By 1930 it had been re-named Arcadia Theatre with 484 seats (although the address in that edition of F.D.Y. is mistyped as 903 Third Avenue).
Opened as the Scala Electric Cinema on 11th January 1913 with a seating capacity of 675 in stalls and circle areas. When it closed as a triple cinema in 2001 it had 130 seats in Screen 1, 143 seats in Screen 2 and 154 seats in Screen 3.
redgunner; Best to get in touch with the local Slough newspaper which is the Slough Observer. Their website address is
www.thisisslough.com
The Empire Theatre is still listed as operating in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook. Seating capacity is given as 1,850
From the info on the photos, it looks like Gary Campbell Insurance operates in the building, which has an address of 110 Court Square.
It screened early Bioscope shows and from 1934 until 1947 it operated as a a full time cinema (listed in the Kine Yearbooks as the 1,200 seat Grand Cinema).
Correction….It opened as the Wilbor Theatre, not the Eastport
The Eastport Theatre opened around 1941 (its not listed in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook;published in 1940, but is in the 1943 edition with a seating capacity of 500). The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives an address 83 Water Street, Eastport, ME and a seating capacity of 530.
Here is a vintage postcard view:
http://flickr.com/photos/neatocoolville/95074377/
A vintage postcard view of the Paramount Theatre Building in 1927:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/442535627/