My photograph, dated July 2012, was taken through the window of a srvice bus(!), so I didn’t have the chance for a proper look at the cinema, but it appeared to be closed (it wasn’t listed in the film section in the free sheet ‘MV Times’).
On a visit in July 2012 I was told the Brattle used to be a lecture theatre for Harvard University, becoming a full-time cinema in 1950. It has 235 seats and, unusually, uses rear projection, with two 35mm projectors on changeover. The programming is extremely imaginative; the staff very welcoming. A lovely cinema!
I certainly enjoyed my visit in July 2012, when I saw ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’. The staff were extremely welcoming and friendly. I gather the auditoriums range from 270 to 90 seats.
On a visit to Lawrence in July 2012 I noted there is now an empty lot between 370-390 Essex Street, so presumably the building that housed the Pastime has been demolished.
According to the photo I took in May 2012 the cinema appears to have been renamed Screen 22 sometime before closing. When I visited the Screen Room, soon after it had opened, I booked well in advance, bearing in mind how small it was – and, you guessed it, no one else turned up for that show! The cinema used rear projection, with the projector backing up to the white boarded window in my photo.
According to the visit notes prepared by Marc Zimmermann for the CTA visit in May 2012 the Rialto opened in May 1956, having been built on the site of an earlier Rialto that had been destroyed by German bombing. It seated 1,000 on an (unusually) level stalls floor and raked balcony. It closed in 1988 and was acquired by the Malta Labour Party and used for political functions before being stripped of its seats. It was listed as a Grade 2 heritage site in 2010 and the first steps towards full refurbishment are currently uderway.
I visited the Citadel during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. So far as I could see, there are only two auditoriums – we were shown the travelogue ‘Gozo 360’ in one of these.
I visited the Citadel during the CTA visit in May 2012. So far as I could see, there are only two auditoriums, with 134 and 168 seats, and ‘Gozo 360’ is shown in one of these.
I visited the Embassy during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. The auditoriums are very comfortable and the staff very welcoming (they made a friend of mine a cup of coffee in their staff room when the dispenser didn’t work properly!).
I visited the City Lights during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. ‘Divina’, an Italian sex film (softcore version) was playing on a loop. The friendly proprietor allowed me to take photos!
According to a letter in the July 2012 issue of ‘Sight& Sound’, published by the British Film Institute, the Alcazar was “given a lick of paint and kitted out with a couple of 1940s posters for Max Ophuls' "Sans lendemain” for an appearance in Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Sheltering Sky” (1990)“.
Although the cinema has been long demolished, a fragment of vertical tiled frontage remains, and can be seen on the left hand side of the Citroen dealership in these December 2011 photos.
The Star was on Columbia Street, on the opposite side to the site of the Palace, nearer to West Hancock Street. In September 2011 it was the ‘Middle Georgia Cards, Coins and Comics’ shop.
On a visit to New Braunfels in September 2011 I discovered this cinema has been demolished. However, rather bizarrely, the road side film advertising sign is still in situ! I photographed that, plus the area where the cinema stood.
My photograph, dated July 2012, was taken through the window of a srvice bus(!), so I didn’t have the chance for a proper look at the cinema, but it appeared to be closed (it wasn’t listed in the film section in the free sheet ‘MV Times’).
On a visit in July 2012 I was told the Brattle used to be a lecture theatre for Harvard University, becoming a full-time cinema in 1950. It has 235 seats and, unusually, uses rear projection, with two 35mm projectors on changeover. The programming is extremely imaginative; the staff very welcoming. A lovely cinema!
I certainly enjoyed my visit in July 2012, when I saw ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’. The staff were extremely welcoming and friendly. I gather the auditoriums range from 270 to 90 seats.
On a visit to Lawrence in July 2012 I noted there is now an empty lot between 370-390 Essex Street, so presumably the building that housed the Pastime has been demolished.
As can be seen from the photographs I took in July 2012, the nightclub was by then called ‘Realm’.
According to the photo I took in May 2012 the cinema appears to have been renamed Screen 22 sometime before closing. When I visited the Screen Room, soon after it had opened, I booked well in advance, bearing in mind how small it was – and, you guessed it, no one else turned up for that show! The cinema used rear projection, with the projector backing up to the white boarded window in my photo.
According to the visit notes prepared by Marc Zimmermann for the CTA visit in May 2012 the Rialto opened in May 1956, having been built on the site of an earlier Rialto that had been destroyed by German bombing. It seated 1,000 on an (unusually) level stalls floor and raked balcony. It closed in 1988 and was acquired by the Malta Labour Party and used for political functions before being stripped of its seats. It was listed as a Grade 2 heritage site in 2010 and the first steps towards full refurbishment are currently uderway.
I visited the Citadel during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. So far as I could see, there are only two auditoriums – we were shown the travelogue ‘Gozo 360’ in one of these.
I visited the Citadel during the CTA visit in May 2012. So far as I could see, there are only two auditoriums, with 134 and 168 seats, and ‘Gozo 360’ is shown in one of these.
I visited the Embassy during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. The auditoriums are very comfortable and the staff very welcoming (they made a friend of mine a cup of coffee in their staff room when the dispenser didn’t work properly!).
I visited the City Lights during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. ‘Divina’, an Italian sex film (softcore version) was playing on a loop. The friendly proprietor allowed me to take photos!
According to a letter in the July 2012 issue of ‘Sight& Sound’, published by the British Film Institute, the Alcazar was “given a lick of paint and kitted out with a couple of 1940s posters for Max Ophuls' "Sans lendemain” for an appearance in Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Sheltering Sky” (1990)“.
Although the cinema has been long demolished, a fragment of vertical tiled frontage remains, and can be seen on the left hand side of the Citroen dealership in these December 2011 photos.
To add to my previous comment, I was told that this cinema opened in 1997.
Lovely inscription on the facade!
Here’s a photograph [September 2011] of what I believe to be the site of the demolished Hargrove.
The Star was on Columbia Street, on the opposite side to the site of the Palace, nearer to West Hancock Street. In September 2011 it was the ‘Middle Georgia Cards, Coins and Comics’ shop.
I visited Savannah in September 2011, and I believe this cinema has been demolished.
In September 2011 the cinema was closed “temporarily for construction; reopening spring 2012”, according to the sign (see my photograph).
This magnificent multiplex, one of the finest I have seen, opened on 22 December 2006.
On a visit to New Braunfels in September 2011 I discovered this cinema has been demolished. However, rather bizarrely, the road side film advertising sign is still in situ! I photographed that, plus the area where the cinema stood.
On a visit to New Braunfels in September 2011 I couldn’t find any trace of this former cinema.
On a visit to New Braunfels in September 2011 I couldn’t find any trace of this former cinema.
See my photographs of the building as the Texas Music Theater, taken in September 2011.
By September 2011 this had become Harper’s Public House. See my photograph.