An exterior view of the UGC-de Brouckere. As in many European cinemas, it is fronted by apartments or offices which give little indication of the beautiful auditoriums behind the facade: View link
Warren; I have just compared your Rialto photo above with a fairly recent photo I have of the Rialto, Brooklyn. Looks to me like the same building. Thanks for posting it.
The Joy Theatre is listed in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook, but no seating capacity is given. In the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook is is listed with a seating capacity of 485.
The Regal Cinema was equipped with a Compton 3Manual/6Rank theatre organ with Melotone unit and an illuminated console. It was opened by Charles Smart.
An exterior photograph of the Astor Cinema:
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Here are a couple of photos of the bizarre (but eyecatching) facade of the Electric Cinema as it looked in the 1990’s:
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An exterior view of the UGC-de Brouckere. As in many European cinemas, it is fronted by apartments or offices which give little indication of the beautiful auditoriums behind the facade:
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A current view of the main entrance ‘facade’:
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Another exterior night shot:
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OOoops sorry here is the foyer view link I omitted above:
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A current view of the AMC Empire 25 foyer. This area was originally the auditorium of the old Eltinge/Laffmovie/Empire Theatre
An exterior view of the Zoo Palast in 2004:
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Auditorium view as the credits roll:
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Warren; I have just compared your Rialto photo above with a fairly recent photo I have of the Rialto, Brooklyn. Looks to me like the same building. Thanks for posting it.
An exterior photograph taken in April 1956, four months after opening:
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An April 1971 view:
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A 2005 exterior photograph:
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Photographed in Summer 2005 during refurbishment:
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Another photograph of the Weatherby Film Theatre:
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Another shot in the dark:
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OOOoops, I messed up on the 3rd from bottom link:
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Here are some current views of the Gothic foyer, all that remains internally of the the original magnificent Regent Theatre, Brisbane:
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A photograph of the magnificent Gothic entrance hall and box office area of the State Theatre:
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A late 1940’s view of the Cathay Cinema:
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I have now found that this opened as the Electric Coliseum Cinema in January 1913. It had dropped the ‘Electric’ from its name by 1922.
Listed in various editions of Film Daily Yearbook with a seating capacity of 650 or 660 when it was a single screen theatre.
The Joy Theatre is listed in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook, but no seating capacity is given. In the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook is is listed with a seating capacity of 485.
Operating since the late 1940’s when it first opened as the 420 seat Plaza Theatre.
The Palace Cinema was equipped with a Compton 2Manual/5Rank theatre organ which was opened by George F. Somes in 1926.
The Regal Cinema was equipped with a Compton 3Manual/6Rank theatre organ with Melotone unit and an illuminated console. It was opened by Charles Smart.