Comments from woody - Cinema Treasures

woody commented about Gaumont Manchester on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:17 pm

club flyer for the night GAUMONT at Rotters featuring a nightime photo of the Gaumont in its prime
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/90384206/
Rotters really was the pits as far as Manchester clubs went.
daytime shot from the late 80's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3457287388/
nightime shot from around the same time, the Pernod sign neon worked until the early 90's
demolition shots (taken in the days before health and safety when you could wander into demolition sites)
remains for the lobby and circle lobby
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/63380105/
auditorium ceiling with big holes punched in it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/63695446/
sidewall, lower half painted black from Rotters, upper half with original colour scheme
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4073398788/
two more auditorium shots
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/65274526/

woody commented about London Hippodrome Theatre on Mar 8, 2010 at 5:31 am

amazing pictures Ian!

the theatre featured on the cover of Talk of the Town by the Pretenders, showing the neon sign in the late 70's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocad123/402506523/

woody commented about New Frognal Kinema on Mar 7, 2010 at 5:23 pm

seen here on a sunny march day in 2010
exterior frontage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4414635969/
the surviving portion of the auditorium block
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4415406314/

woody commented about Historic cinemas remind of int'l past of Tangier on Mar 1, 2010 at 5:14 pm

there is a six page article packed with beautiful pictures of the Rif in the current (March) issue of World Of Interiors (UK edition)

woody commented about New Amsterdam Theatre on Feb 19, 2010 at 4:39 pm

quite a miserable rainy day with the shuttered amsterdam and the surrounding grubbyness of the corner of 42nd st and broadway
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4073387604

woody commented about Anco Theatre on Feb 19, 2010 at 4:35 pm

shuttered and awaiting demolition
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4072627389

woody commented about Gramercy Theater on Feb 19, 2010 at 4:21 pm

seen here while shuttered in 2005
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/73318461

woody commented about Cinema Village on Feb 19, 2010 at 4:18 pm

two exterior shots taken in 2005
close up of the terrific marquee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/73320718
exterior daytime
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/73320717

woody commented about Royal Court Theatre on Feb 18, 2010 at 11:00 am

daytime exterior shot jan 2010, annoyingly with buses parked in front
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4320357486/

woody commented about Curzon Chelsea Cinema on Feb 1, 2010 at 10:49 am

fab shot on a sunny day in january 2010 just as an immaculate 1960’s riley one point five zoomed past
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woody commented about Cambridge Theatre on Jan 25, 2010 at 5:28 pm

night time shot taken autumn 2009 while playing Chicago
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301162871/

woody commented about Coronet Theatre on Jan 25, 2010 at 5:26 pm

exterior shots taken in the summer of 2009 showing the front and rear of this incredible building
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301920810/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301919838/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301918988/

woody commented about Everyman Baker Street on Jan 25, 2010 at 5:23 pm

The cinema has now been rebranded Everyman Baker Street with new signage on the marquee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301160793/

woody commented about Paris Cinema on Jan 24, 2010 at 4:26 pm

a now and then comparrison, you can see the filler where the signage was attached
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301928136/

woody commented about Coronet Cinema on Jan 24, 2010 at 4:24 pm

exterior photos from summer 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301163815/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301913744/
exterior tiling detail
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301168467/
architect plate – Cecil Masey 1932 and ornate tiled detail by front doors
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4301918046/

woody commented about Cinema Mac-Mahon on Jan 24, 2010 at 3:54 pm

photos taken jan 2010 of this stunning cinema
close up of signage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4288658615/
outer lobby and pay box
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4288657239/
frontage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4288655681/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4288653791/

woody commented about Granada Clapham Junction on Jan 24, 2010 at 3:51 pm

a view taken from a train showing the scale of the apartments covering the cinema with just the red brick flytower visible

http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4288614011/

woody commented about Walpole Cinema on Jan 23, 2010 at 9:26 am

the frontage as it currently stands
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/223142844/

woody commented about Mayfair Theatre on Dec 13, 2009 at 2:00 pm

a photo of the exterior, the address being 167 to 171 Collins St.
Down the left hand side you can make out the faint faded ainted letters AUDITORIUM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4182591716/

woody commented about Cannon Charing Cross Road on Dec 13, 2009 at 9:02 am

by day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/104408689/
by night
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2311143852/

woody commented about King Street Cinematograph Theatre on Dec 11, 2009 at 5:40 pm

deco rebuilt frontage in dec 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4163505636/

woody commented about Cineworld Cinema - Hammersmith on Dec 11, 2009 at 5:35 pm

woody commented about Curzon Chelsea Cinema on Dec 10, 2009 at 6:28 am

woody commented about Allen Theater on Dec 8, 2009 at 6:45 am

photos of the burnt out cinema, really sad viewing
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woody commented about ABC Islington on Nov 25, 2009 at 1:35 pm

photos from 2002 ish of the exterior as the Mecca
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2120712395/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/65272267/

and a facebook group by the church that are planning to restore and reopen the Carlton
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the cinema was one of the filming locations this summer for the low budget British serial killer film TONY – out in cinemas next February, shot at the rear of the cinema and using the stairs and offices as a squat used by drug dealers