Opened on 11th March 1911 as the Electric Pavilion, the architects were E.C. Homer and Lucas. It later dropped the ‘Electric’ from its name and became the Pavilion. Slight modifications were carried out by architect George Coles in 1954 and the cinema was re-named Pullman from 31st August 1954.
Ten years later on 17th May 1964 it was taken over by Classic Cinemas and re-named Classic. It closed on 5th June 1976 and there was a threat of demolition. However the local Lambeth Council came to the rescue as part of an urban developement grant and it re-opened on 3rd March 1978 as the Little Bit Ritzy Cinema.
It closed again in 1993 and Oasis Cinemas purchased the building in 1994 and it re-opened as the Ritzy. In 1995 an extensive renovation was carried out that restored the Edwardian decorations of the main auditorium and 4 extra screens were constructed on vacant land alongside the building. On this land had originally been the Brixton Theatre designed by Frank Matcham which suffered bomb damage during World War II.
Now operated by City Screen, who operate under the Picture House Cinemas brand name, it is one of the most popular cinemas in inner South London and has also a bar and cafe attached.
The Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 list a Roosevelt Theatre with 600 seats for Valley Falls. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the listing gives a Lincoln Theatre with 590 seats. Obviously the same theatre and looks like the only theatre in town. No address is given.
The architect of the Cameo, Victoria was Alister G. MacDonald. Although the auditorium has been demolished, the frontage and long narrow lobby are still in use today as a pasta restaurant. The facade and foyer of the nearby Metropole Cinema is also a restaurant.
The Culver Theatre is listed in Film Daily Yearbooks that I have from 1930 to 1957, so it certainly operated during these years. A seating capacity is given as 1,445 and the location in some of the editions is given as Gravesend & 18th Ave, but in later editions it is given as the exact address.
Film Daily Yearbooks, 1941, ‘43 and '50 list this as the Beacon Theatre with a seating capacity given as either 787 or 786. Also the address given is 53 Tremont Street.
The Film Daly Yearbook’s 1941, ‘43 and '50 show the owner/operator of the National Theatre to be part of the E.M. Loew’s Theaters Inc. circuit based at 216 Tremont St. Boston.
“The Golden Head” was the first new Cinerama single lens (ie 70mm) production made by Cinerama itself, in collaboration with Hungarofilms, this was originally announced as being titled “Milly Goes To Budapest”. It played at the Royalty with the Cinerama short “Fortress of Peace”.
Films were shown at the Coliseum from the early days when Kinemacolour films and newsreels were shown as part of the variety bill. In March/April 1933 “King King” had a run, followed by the sensational venereal disease drama “Damaged Lives”. It was briefly used a newsreel cinema from late September 1940 during the ‘blitz’ on London.
In June 1961, MGM took over whilst their Empire Theatre, Leicester Square was being re-modelled and the Coliseum screened re-issues of “Gone With the Wind”, “Rope” and a new release “Two Weeks in Another Town” among others, until Cinerama was installed.
Cinerama opened with “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” followed by attractions screened in 70mm Cinerama which included; “Grand Prix”, “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World”, “The Magnificent Showman”, “La Fayette”, “The Flaming Years”, “The Bible” and a revival of “Around the World In 80 Days”.
Hi Kev,
Welcome and thanks for the complement, although C.T. is not my web site.
Nice to see another UK enthusiast on here and look forward to future postings from you, although at the moment the ‘add a photo’ link has been taken down.
RAGNER;
Type in ‘Visalia’ in search, highlight the ‘theaters’ button, click on search. The page will come up for some, but then refine your search to ‘cities’ by keeping the name ‘Visalia’ and clicking on cities.. You can also go to Newest Theaters and click on ‘more new theaters’ and you will see the four theatres I just sent in for Visalia.
A report in the Pasadena Star-News March 14 2005 states that the former Cinema 21 ex. Washington Theatre has been purchased and plans have been put forward to renovate the theatre and adjoining appartments. The theatre will be split into two screens seating about 500 and 65 and the plans include a new Starbucks, a Ben and Jerry’s and office space created out of appartments that had been illegally converted from original office space in the mid 1990’s.
Opened on 11th March 1911 as the Electric Pavilion, the architects were E.C. Homer and Lucas. It later dropped the ‘Electric’ from its name and became the Pavilion. Slight modifications were carried out by architect George Coles in 1954 and the cinema was re-named Pullman from 31st August 1954.
Ten years later on 17th May 1964 it was taken over by Classic Cinemas and re-named Classic. It closed on 5th June 1976 and there was a threat of demolition. However the local Lambeth Council came to the rescue as part of an urban developement grant and it re-opened on 3rd March 1978 as the Little Bit Ritzy Cinema.
It closed again in 1993 and Oasis Cinemas purchased the building in 1994 and it re-opened as the Ritzy. In 1995 an extensive renovation was carried out that restored the Edwardian decorations of the main auditorium and 4 extra screens were constructed on vacant land alongside the building. On this land had originally been the Brixton Theatre designed by Frank Matcham which suffered bomb damage during World War II.
Now operated by City Screen, who operate under the Picture House Cinemas brand name, it is one of the most popular cinemas in inner South London and has also a bar and cafe attached.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 lists the Johnson Theatre as being in the distrct/town of Thornton. It had 350 seats.
The Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 list a Roosevelt Theatre with 600 seats for Valley Falls. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the listing gives a Lincoln Theatre with 590 seats. Obviously the same theatre and looks like the only theatre in town. No address is given.
The former Savoy Cinema is being demolished late March/early April 2005. The site is earmarked for residential use.
Looking at the exterior photo, it looks large enough to have had an upper circle/balcony which could have been closed off in later years.
TJ, The pic works ok for me!
The architect of the Cameo, Victoria was Alister G. MacDonald. Although the auditorium has been demolished, the frontage and long narrow lobby are still in use today as a pasta restaurant. The facade and foyer of the nearby Metropole Cinema is also a restaurant.
The Culver Theatre is listed in Film Daily Yearbooks that I have from 1930 to 1957, so it certainly operated during these years. A seating capacity is given as 1,445 and the location in some of the editions is given as Gravesend & 18th Ave, but in later editions it is given as the exact address.
Film Daily Yearbooks, 1941, ‘43 and '50 list this as the Beacon Theatre with a seating capacity given as either 787 or 786. Also the address given is 53 Tremont Street.
Warren,
I have just notified the web-master’s here of that omission. Although I told them the F.D.Y. 1950 capacity given as 3,583.
The Film Daly Yearbook’s 1941, ‘43 and '50 show the owner/operator of the National Theatre to be part of the E.M. Loew’s Theaters Inc. circuit based at 216 Tremont St. Boston.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 gives a seating capacity of 3,000. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity is given as 1,915.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 gives a seating capacity of 588 for the Alamo Theatre.
“The Golden Head” was the first new Cinerama single lens (ie 70mm) production made by Cinerama itself, in collaboration with Hungarofilms, this was originally announced as being titled “Milly Goes To Budapest”. It played at the Royalty with the Cinerama short “Fortress of Peace”.
Films were shown at the Coliseum from the early days when Kinemacolour films and newsreels were shown as part of the variety bill. In March/April 1933 “King King” had a run, followed by the sensational venereal disease drama “Damaged Lives”. It was briefly used a newsreel cinema from late September 1940 during the ‘blitz’ on London.
In June 1961, MGM took over whilst their Empire Theatre, Leicester Square was being re-modelled and the Coliseum screened re-issues of “Gone With the Wind”, “Rope” and a new release “Two Weeks in Another Town” among others, until Cinerama was installed.
Cinerama opened with “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” followed by attractions screened in 70mm Cinerama which included; “Grand Prix”, “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World”, “The Magnificent Showman”, “La Fayette”, “The Flaming Years”, “The Bible” and a revival of “Around the World In 80 Days”.
Hi Kev,
Welcome and thanks for the complement, although C.T. is not my web site.
Nice to see another UK enthusiast on here and look forward to future postings from you, although at the moment the ‘add a photo’ link has been taken down.
The 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook gives a seating capacity of 400.
A seating capacity of 500 is given in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.
The Film Daily Yearbook’s, 1941 and 1943 give a seating capacity of 400 for the Liberty Theater. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. seating is given as 600
Seating capacities for the Arnold Theater vary from edition to edition of the Film Daily Yearbook. 1941:400 1943;668 1950;590
RAGNER;
Type in ‘Visalia’ in search, highlight the ‘theaters’ button, click on search. The page will come up for some, but then refine your search to ‘cities’ by keeping the name ‘Visalia’ and clicking on cities.. You can also go to Newest Theaters and click on ‘more new theaters’ and you will see the four theatres I just sent in for Visalia.
RAGNAR;
I have just added all the historic theatres of Visalia.
The architects of the 72nd St. Playhouse were Gronenberg & Leuchtag.
The Warners Downtown Theatre was originally the Pantages Theatre, but this was never Art Deco, more Beaux Art/Greek style.
The Wiltern Theatre was originally the Warner Western Theatre and that was/still is splendid Art Deco styled.
A report in the Pasadena Star-News March 14 2005 states that the former Cinema 21 ex. Washington Theatre has been purchased and plans have been put forward to renovate the theatre and adjoining appartments. The theatre will be split into two screens seating about 500 and 65 and the plans include a new Starbucks, a Ben and Jerry’s and office space created out of appartments that had been illegally converted from original office space in the mid 1990’s.
Cinema 21 has been empty since closing in 1992.