ben,
Thanks for the address of Colin Sutton’s website. To make a linl work on here you need to leave a couple of spaces or type the link on a new line. Here it is again in it’s ‘clickable’ form: View link
The former Bruce Grove Cinema ballroom which became Studios 5, 6, 7, 8 Cinemas. Photographed in September 2004 as The Regency banqueting suite and function rooms: http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112597660/
Not listed at all in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook but it is listed in the 1943 edition as ‘Closed’ and operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
A current view of the former Stroud Green Road entrance to the Rink Cinema, now in use as an entrance to the Bowling Alley in the former auditorium space: http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110803720/
A vintage view from 1949:
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A close-up view of the main entrance & facade, photographed in 1969:
View link
A photograph I took in September 2004 of the former Peoples Palace Cinema:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112932370/
A current exterior photograph:
View link
Listed in the 1950 edition of the Film Daily Yearbook with a seating capacity given as 903.
A close-up of the entrance in September 1949:
View link
An exterior view in 1969:
View link
Photographs from the Granada’s 1937 opening brochure can bee seen here (click on pictures to enlarge):
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A close-up view of architect Reginald H. Uren’s Art Deco style facade:
http://flickr.com/photos/alberic/108302719/
I photographed the exterior and interior in September 2004, now a church it has reverted back to its original name.
Exterior:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112629041/
Close up of exterior decorative detail:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112629438/
Auditorium:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112629714/
Auditorium photo #2:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112629946/
ben,
Thanks for the address of Colin Sutton’s website. To make a linl work on here you need to leave a couple of spaces or type the link on a new line. Here it is again in it’s ‘clickable’ form:
View link
The former Bruce Grove Cinema which I photographed in September 2004:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112594312/
The former Bruce Grove Cinema ballroom which became Studios 5, 6, 7, 8 Cinemas. Photographed in September 2004 as The Regency banqueting suite and function rooms:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112597660/
A photograph I took in September 2004 of the former Palace Theatre, now in use as a church:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112581624/
A window detail, recently revealed after renovations:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/112581816/
An exterior photograph of the Eureka Theatre here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxette/82311336/
Another view of the Crystal Theatre (b&w) here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxette/82355464/
A photograph of the foyer taken in 1997:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/89841228/
Another foyer view:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/89841341/
Proscenium view:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/89841313/
Auditorium side-wall from balcony:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/89841273/
Auditorium ceiling:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/89841244/
Sorry Bob,
The address is not given in the F.D.Y.’s for Montclair, NJ.
A night photograph of the Roxy Community Theatre taken in December 2004:
http://flickr.com/photos/70487215@N00/84315251/
Not listed at all in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook but it is listed in the 1943 edition as ‘Closed’ and operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
The atmospheric auditorium, as viewed from the balcony in 1930:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110512083/
A close-up of the proscenium showing original house curtains in 1930:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110512883/
The exterior in 1947 when known as the Odeon-Astoria Theatre:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110513698/
A current (October 2004) photograph I took of the building:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/111411318/
A close up photograph of the Roxy marquee, taken in September 2003:
http://flickr.com/photos/80517818@N00/10448286/
Some history (in Spanish) and photographs here:
http://www.copacabana.com/cinemas.shtml
The original facade of Pyke’s Cinematograph Theatre:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110794630/
The re-modelled 1920 facade as photographed in 1923:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110611517/
The outer foyer in 1923:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110611760/
The inner foyer (formerly the auditorium of Pyke’s Cinematograph Theatre):
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110611906/
The Rink Cinema auditorium in c.1926:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110612075/
The main Seven Sisters Road entrance in the 1960’s as a Top Rank Bingo Club:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110612371/
A current view of the former Stroud Green Road entrance to the Rink Cinema, now in use as an entrance to the Bowling Alley in the former auditorium space:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110803720/
The Loop Theatre is listed in Film Daily Yearbook editions between 1949 and 1955 as operating as a Negro theatre.
Two early photographs of the Marlborough Theatre:
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110541223/
http://flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/110541429/
Another photograph from the ‘closed for refurbishment’ perion in Summer 2005:
http://flickr.com/photosdanrkelly/91757143/
A view of the now-closed Odeon:
http://flickr.com/photos/danrkelly/104202994/