By the late-1970’s, the Star Cinema circuit had re-named nearly all their existing cinemas Studio with a number. But the numbering is not rational. In London there was the Studios 1-4, Oxford Street, Studios 5-8, Bruce Grove, Tottenham, and in Lewisham, Studios 6 & 7. There never was a Studios 1-5 in Lewisham, or anywhere in the area.
In outer London was the Studios 1-3 in Cheam, Surrey. A city the size of Manchester had the centrally placed Studios 1-5, Oxford Road and the Studios 6-9, Deansgate and in the Greater Manchester area Altringham had Studios 1-3, Bolton had Studios 1-3 and Burnley had Studios 1-3. There were many more.
Only the stage house and a section of the right hand side of the front of the building remain standing in this May 1982 demolition photograph: View link
History, memorabilia and photographs of the Old Vic Theatre:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/OldVicTheatre.htm
Models and original drawings by architect Peter Muller, plus some vintage photographs here:
http://pmi.viewbook.com/20th_century_fox#/1/
More history, memorabilia and photographs of the Canterbury Music Hall:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/canterbury.htm
More history, and images of the Surrey Theatre:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/surrey.htm
More history and a drawing of Gatti’s Palace of Varieties here:
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Wellen; It’s a website based in Adelaide, Australia, mainly about Wurlitzer organs around the world:
http://theatreorgans.com/au/opus/OPUSHOME.HTM
The World Theatre had a Wurlitzer organ Style H3M. Opus 530, shipped on March 18, 1922.
A vintage photograph of the Canterbury Music Hall in 1910;
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By the late-1970’s, the Star Cinema circuit had re-named nearly all their existing cinemas Studio with a number. But the numbering is not rational. In London there was the Studios 1-4, Oxford Street, Studios 5-8, Bruce Grove, Tottenham, and in Lewisham, Studios 6 & 7. There never was a Studios 1-5 in Lewisham, or anywhere in the area.
In outer London was the Studios 1-3 in Cheam, Surrey. A city the size of Manchester had the centrally placed Studios 1-5, Oxford Road and the Studios 6-9, Deansgate and in the Greater Manchester area Altringham had Studios 1-3, Bolton had Studios 1-3 and Burnley had Studios 1-3. There were many more.
The Odeon, photographed in May 1971, playing the Rank release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/lewisham.jpg
A set of vintage photographs:
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A set of vintage photographs of the King’s Hall/Studios 6 & 7:
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The former Imperial/Savoy/Pullman Cinema, photographed in July 1983:
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A vintage photograph of the Astral Cinema in June 1985:
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Only the stage house and a section of the right hand side of the front of the building remain standing in this May 1982 demolition photograph:
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A vintage photograph of Camberwell Empire Theatre in around 1906:
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The Odeon photographed on its opening week in September 1935:
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A vintage photograph of the Picture Palace in 1919:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4130845141/
A vintage photograph of the Picardy Cinema in Autumn, 1939:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4130695255/
Auditorium, looking at the screen/entrance end:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4131457672/
Auditorium, looking away from the screen/entrance end:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4130698129/
A photograph I took in Summer of 1993, when in use as a nightclub:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4130699809/
A vintage postcard view of the Rutland Park Cinema:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4131079500/
Photographed in 1985, prior to its eventual demolition:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4130317245/
The HMV building photographed in February 2008:
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The cover of a 1930 programme for the Gaiety Theatre:
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Photographs, memorabilia and more history here:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/DruryLane.htm
The Mayfair Cinema, photographed in 1959:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4122697038/
Vintage photographs of the Regent Theatre in 1932:
Exterior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4120960128/
Auditorium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4120187481/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4120188185/
Two photographs of the Mid City Cinemas:
In Febraury 2006 (note the Village City Centre 4 Cinemas on the left (which closed on that evening):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4119943709/
A close-up photograph I took in March 2004:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4120729214/