ken mc; I really don’t know. When I first saw that photograph I thought ‘a closed down cinema’, only to do more research and find its still operating. I am visiting Barcelona next week to check out the cinemas and theatres, so should be able to report back and amend any errors in the Barcelona cinema/theatres list.
A close-up photograph of the Teatro Arnau’s facade. Taken in May 2005, the torn poster of the last production at the theatre is still on the advertising frame: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eviltwin/14755681/
Signage over the entrance of the Teatre Borras in October 2007:
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Five photographs of the exterior of the Hippodrome Theatre I took in October 2003, when operating as a Walkers Bingo Club:
Entrance:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2368970209/
Back-stage:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2369807618/
Macklin Street side:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2369809748/
Green Lane side:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2368975559/
This rare view of the theatre was only revealed to view in recent years by the demolition of housing on Cromptom Street, which had hidden it for over 80 years:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2368978605/
Here are two You-Tube videos:
History-As It Was: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d2wfRrTMNhY
‘Remedial Repairs’ being carried out by the owner on 27th March 2008:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pS5UOSz2dBg
A very sad day!
A vintage photograph from 1983 when screening “Jesus Christ, Superstar”:
http://flickr.com/photos/chausson_bs/2344154126/
A vintage photograph of the closed down Cine Ars in August 1986:
http://flickr.com/photos/chausson_bs/2361560277/
ken mc; I really don’t know. When I first saw that photograph I thought ‘a closed down cinema’, only to do more research and find its still operating. I am visiting Barcelona next week to check out the cinemas and theatres, so should be able to report back and amend any errors in the Barcelona cinema/theatres list.
A vintage photograph of the then recently closed Cine Bohemio in August 1986:
http://flickr.com/photos/chausson_bs/2283978961/
A close-up photograph of the Teatro Arnau’s facade. Taken in May 2005, the torn poster of the last production at the theatre is still on the advertising frame:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eviltwin/14755681/
A May 2005 photograph of the Cine Universitat (formerly the Cine Pelayo):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eviltwin/14755670/
A vintage photograph from August 1986, showing the recently closed down Cine Nuevo, with posters still advertising its last film:
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A vintage photograph of the Cine Virrey in August 1986, a year after it was closed:
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A vintage photograph of the Cine Regio Palace in August 1986:
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A close-up view of the Cines Aribau Club in February 2007:
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Photographed in August 1988 as the Cannon Premier Cinemas:
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A vintage photograph of the Savoy Cinema in 1937
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A set of 36 vintage photographs of the ABC Regal Edgware Road:
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A set of 6 vintage photographs of the ABC Ritz Clapton:
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Photographed in July 1983 when it had just opened as Duggies Nightclub:
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A vintage photograph from April 1969, of the ABC Palace Cinema. The original facade has been ‘modernised’:
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An April 2003 photograph of the Capitol Cinema:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dct66/71102533/
An April 2003 photograph:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dct66/71017923/
Two views of the auditorium of the Cine Prado, taken at the Sitges Film Festival, October 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/83068458@N00/272129126/
A view of the proscenium:
http://flickr.com/photos/83068458@N00/272129127/
A February 2005 photograph of the former Esther Cinema, now a hotel:
http://flickr.com/photos/tierecke/98640827/
A January 2008 view:
http://flickr.com/photos/dakini/2205413250/
A February 2007 daytime view@
http://flickr.com/photos/76631261@N00/390519219/
A night view of the entrance in January 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/danimorell/370959231/