Auditorium view of the Dominion Theatre. Note the rear dress circle seating section has been curtained off for the production that was being staged when the photo was taken. Note also at the top, above the dress circle is the now curtained wall of the former upper circle. View link
Mapquest puts this location as E. New York Avenue. I would say that if a tour is looking at a ‘site of’, that to me means ‘stood here’ and is not here any longer. I would presume the Dreka Theatre has been demolished.
Just noticed that on TC’s Smithsonian photo above, it has the name ‘State’ on the facade. This was the projected name of the theatre, then it was changed to Red Bank Theatre and it was promised that the name ‘State’ on the facade would be removed. Red Bank was then dropped in favour of Carlton and it opened as the Carlton Theatre, but obviously they never got round to removing the ‘State’ name.
Various editions of Film Daily Yearbook give the Victory Theatre differing seating capacities: in 1941 = 2,067, in 1943 = 2,296, in 1950 = 1,680.
The Victory Theatre was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary N. Goldstein in 1941 and 1943. By 1950 the company was known as United Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Western Massachusetts Theaters Inc (Samuel Goldstein).
The architects for the Lyric Theater were George W. Backoff and T. Cecil Hughes. It is mentioned in the Architects' and Builders Magazine in December 1908, so that could be around the time it opened.
Come and went so quick, even I missed this one! lol I was in West Hollywood when this was posted as a ‘newest theatre’ and didn’t have internet access, wish I had, as I could have checked out the current status.
Seriously though, doing a web search on this address comes up with a Thai restaurant called The Flowering Tree…selected extract from a web review of the restaurant:
‘…The Flowering Tree will delight your senses….Put on your comfiest brown corduroys and tattered sweater and enjoy a scrumptious earthy…..’
The Odeon was operating a split week Bingo/Cinema operation from 27th March 1974 and closed for films on 22nd August 1985 to become a full time Bingo Club operated by Jasmine.
It is now a pub in the Weatherspoon chain called ‘The Full House’ which opened on 21st July 1998.
Another recent exterior photograph here:
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A 2005 view of the exterior of the Strand Cinema here:
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A recent exterior view here:
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A recent exterior view here:
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A lovely auditorium photograph here:
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Auditorium view of the Dominion Theatre. Note the rear dress circle seating section has been curtained off for the production that was being staged when the photo was taken. Note also at the top, above the dress circle is the now curtained wall of the former upper circle.
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Another photo here:
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Another recent exterior photograph of the Chester Road entrance here:
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A recent photograph of the Walpole Cinema facade, relocated to its new site on the side of a building here:
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Mapquest puts this location as E. New York Avenue. I would say that if a tour is looking at a ‘site of’, that to me means ‘stood here’ and is not here any longer. I would presume the Dreka Theatre has been demolished.
Just noticed that on TC’s Smithsonian photo above, it has the name ‘State’ on the facade. This was the projected name of the theatre, then it was changed to Red Bank Theatre and it was promised that the name ‘State’ on the facade would be removed. Red Bank was then dropped in favour of Carlton and it opened as the Carlton Theatre, but obviously they never got round to removing the ‘State’ name.
There are photographs and more history on the Genesis Cinema web site (click on Genesis Cinema History).
Further photographs and history here:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Lusbys.htm
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook:1940-1955 editions as a Negro theatre.
An exterior photograph of the Odeon Mile End in 1949 here:
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Another vintage exterior photo taken in 1952 here:
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The exterior in 1957 here:
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3 views from 1960 here:
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A 1971 exterior view here:
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An exterior photograph of the Odeon Hackney Road in 1952 here:
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Various editions of Film Daily Yearbook give the Victory Theatre differing seating capacities: in 1941 = 2,067, in 1943 = 2,296, in 1950 = 1,680.
The Victory Theatre was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary N. Goldstein in 1941 and 1943. By 1950 the company was known as United Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Western Massachusetts Theaters Inc (Samuel Goldstein).
The architects for the Lyric Theater were George W. Backoff and T. Cecil Hughes. It is mentioned in the Architects' and Builders Magazine in December 1908, so that could be around the time it opened.
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition gives a seating capacity for the Palace as 589.
Come and went so quick, even I missed this one! lol I was in West Hollywood when this was posted as a ‘newest theatre’ and didn’t have internet access, wish I had, as I could have checked out the current status.
Seriously though, doing a web search on this address comes up with a Thai restaurant called The Flowering Tree…selected extract from a web review of the restaurant:
‘…The Flowering Tree will delight your senses….Put on your comfiest brown corduroys and tattered sweater and enjoy a scrumptious earthy…..’
Well!
A 1949 exterior photograph of the Odeon here:
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A 1971 exterior photograph here:
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A vintage 1949 exterior photograph of the Walpole Theatre here:
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A close up of the entrance in about 1971, the end is near…
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Chuck,
Go to the CinemaTour link that lostmemory gave above on Nov 1. You can then click on photos in the gallery I posted.
A close up photograph of the entrance in 1962 here:
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J.D. Weatherspoon’s chain opened it as the ‘Coronet’ pub on 14th March 1996.
The Odeon was operating a split week Bingo/Cinema operation from 27th March 1974 and closed for films on 22nd August 1985 to become a full time Bingo Club operated by Jasmine.
It is now a pub in the Weatherspoon chain called ‘The Full House’ which opened on 21st July 1998.