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Ken Roe commented about Village Theatre on Jan 31, 2006 at 3:23 pm

MagicLantern;No address for the Claremont Theatre, just the name.

Incidently, there is an address given in the 1950 & 1952 editions of F.D.Y. for the Village Theatre, W. 3rd Street & Harvard Avenue. Obviously W 3rd Street has been re-named W. Bonita Avenue since then.

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Ken Roe commented about Avalon Theatre on Jan 31, 2006 at 8:39 am

Is there a Season in Southern CA? lol

The Avalon Theatre screens the latest movies. Programmes change every Friday. The film screens once nightly (no matinees) and twice nightly on a Friday and Saturday when the Page theatre organ is played prior to showtime.

The reason there are no Matinee performances is because the Avalon Theatre is part of the Casino Building tour which can be taken during the daytime.

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Ken Roe commented about Village Theatre on Jan 31, 2006 at 1:41 am

The Film Daily Yearbook;1941 edition lists two theatres in Claremont.

The Claremont Theatre, no seating capacity given and the Village Theatre seating 500. Subsequent editions of F.D.Y. only list the Village Theatre and with a seating capacity of 540.

I would presume the Claremont Theatre was closed around 1940/41.

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Ken Roe commented about Carlton Cinema on Jan 30, 2006 at 9:28 am

The operation of the Cineplex Cinema has recently been taken over by a local Independent operator and has been re-named back to its original name; Carlton Cinema.

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Ken Roe commented about Fox Theatre on Jan 30, 2006 at 6:21 am

The Film Daily Yearbook;1941 edition has no listing for the Fox Theatre, or any other theatre in Jasper.

It appears in the F.D.Y. 1943 edition with a seating capacity given as 450 and in the 1952 edition of F.D.Y. with a seating capacity of 300.

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Ken Roe commented about Dreamland Cinema on Jan 29, 2006 at 2:56 pm

Sorry about the link above not working. Here is a dramatic shot of Marine Terrace, with the huge fin tower of the Dreamland Cinema standing out in the background:
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Ken Roe commented about Dreamland Cinema on Jan 29, 2006 at 2:07 pm

Some information about the Compton-Noterman organ and a couple of small photographs here:
http://www.geocities.com/roybattleuk/dreamland/htm

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Ken Roe commented about Tea Room Theatre on Jan 29, 2006 at 11:28 am

Well boys(& girls), here’s what all the fuss was about!

Photographs I took in January 2005. Looking very smart and inviting in its new ‘Rainbow’ livery:
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Ken Roe commented about Screen on the Green on Jan 29, 2006 at 8:24 am

A 1994 photograph that I took of the Screen on the Green:
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Ken Roe commented about Victoria Cinema on Jan 29, 2006 at 8:14 am

A photograph I took of the former Victoria Cinema in 1994:
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Ken Roe commented about Empire Cinema on Jan 29, 2006 at 7:52 am

A vintage postcard view of the Grand Theatre in 1903:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Haymarket on Jan 29, 2006 at 4:52 am

A b&w photograph of the auditorium taken on opening week in June 1962:
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Ken Roe commented about London Coliseum on Jan 29, 2006 at 4:46 am

Two views of the London Coliseum auditorium and proscenium, taken before the recent 2004 refurbishment. (When a Cinerama theatre, the screen extended in-front of the eight stage boxes):
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Ken Roe commented about Palace Cinema on Jan 29, 2006 at 4:36 am

A vintage postcard view of Highgate Hill in 1922 with the Electric Palace playing Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid”:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Luxe London Leicester Square on Jan 27, 2006 at 10:28 am

Here’s what London’s Victoria & Albert Museum say’s about the Odeon Leicester Square + a picture:
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Ken Roe commented about Granada Tooting on Jan 27, 2006 at 10:22 am

Here is an exterior view, taken when still in cinema operation as the Granada Theatre, Tooting:
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Ken Roe commented about Apollo Victoria Theatre on Jan 27, 2006 at 10:16 am

A night view of the Wiltern Road entrance as “Starlight Express” nears the buffers on its 20 years run at the Apollo Victoria:
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Ken Roe commented about ABC Islington on Jan 27, 2006 at 8:27 am

Here is a current photograph of the egytian style facade of the former Carlton Cinema:
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Ken Roe commented about Hollywood Theatre on Jan 26, 2006 at 3:31 am

Demolished in 2005

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Ken Roe commented about Plaza Cinema on Jan 26, 2006 at 2:38 am

A photograph of the rebuilt facade of the Plaza Cinema and some more history here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/plaza.htm

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Ken Roe commented about Maya Theater on Jan 26, 2006 at 2:15 am

Listed in the 1941 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook as the Tower Theatre with 550 seats. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y it is still the Tower Theatre with a seating capacity of 575. The address is given as E. Tulare Street and E. El Monte Way (which today maps out as E. Kamm Avenue)

The 1952 edition of F.D.Y. has it listed as the Maya Theater, with the same address and seating details as in the 1950 edition.

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Ken Roe commented about Alhambra Theatre on Jan 25, 2006 at 3:32 pm

OOooops, sorry… here is the 2nd link again:
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Ken Roe commented about Alhambra Theatre on Jan 25, 2006 at 3:29 pm

Here are 5 photographs courtesy of the archive of the Cinema Theatre Association, UK. Taken in 1997 just prior to the closure of the Alhambra:
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Ken Roe commented about Coronet Cinema on Jan 25, 2006 at 12:52 pm

A current view of the former Savoy/ABC/Coronet Cinema, now the Coronet pub:
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Ken Roe commented about Colonia Theatre on Jan 25, 2006 at 3:10 am

RJT; Architect W.M. McElfatrick, any relation to William H. McElfatrick (already listed on Cinema Treasures Architect’s database) or could they be the same person?