A vintage photograph of the Sporting Cinema here. It was photographed in 1982 by Cinema Theatre Association member John Leach: http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/536021471/
A chance to see the Odeon and hear the Compton Theatre organ….FREE Admission….Saturday 16th June 2007 at 10;30am (doors open 10:00am)
Buster Keaton in “The General” (1927) with ‘live’ accompaniment by Donald MacKenzie at the Odeon’s original Compton theatre organ. Get your FREE tickets from the Odeon box office.
Here is a vintage photograph of the Odeon Cinema when still a single screen. It was photographed by Cinema Theatre Association member John Leach in 1982: http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/535903082/
Lost Memory; Here’s what I have found….
1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory
Empress Theatre, 104 W. 116th Street
Mecca Theatre, 261 W. 116th Street
Crown Theatre, 115 W. 116th Street
None of these made it to the 1926 Film Daily Yearbook or beyond…..
The Princess Theatre is nowhere to be seen in any listing that I have.
btw, the only other theatre I have listed in this stretch of W. 116th Street is the Loew’s 116th Street Theatre, 132 W. 116th Street which is already listed on Cinema Treasures. It is open by 1926 so maybe that killed off some of these smaller theatres.
The 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory has a Grant Theatre, 11 W. 116th Street. The 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook has the 800 seat Jewel Theatre listed at #11. By 1930 the seating capacity is listed as 751 and by 1941 seating is listed as 700. Then back up to 751 seats between 1943 and 1950. The Jewel Theatre has gone from listings by 1957.
Nothing is listed for 9 W. 116th Street so the ‘Grand’ you found must be the ‘Grant’ of 1914-1915 vintage (although that could be a mis-print).
Incidently, checking the 1914-1915 A.M.P.D. more closely I notice that the Imperial Theatre is also listed as the Regan Theatre(their spelling) at this same address, so that must have been the period of name change.
The Imperial Theater is listed as operating in the 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory. By the time the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook was published it had been re-named Regun Theater, with a seating capacity given as 1,000.
Still listed as open in 1950 (with 867 seats), it has gone from listings in 1957.
Lost Memory; That link is to a photograph of a former cinema in Glasgow, Scotland (last known as the Tatler Cinema Club).
There were many Tatler Cinema Clubs operating in the UK in the 1970’s and 1980’s. They were operated by Classic Cinemas and were usually re-branded former Classic Cinema’s which were not doing good business. In the right location, a sex cinema could make a lot of money. There are currently no other Tatler Cinema Clubs listed on Cinema Treasures under this name, but there are some cinemas that ‘turned around’ after being Tatler Cinema Clubs eg:
the Rio Cinema, Dalston, London, the Classic Cinema, Colindale, London, the Odeon Park Royal, London and the Classic Cinema, Stockwell, London are all listed with aka’s.
The Union Theatre was located at 255 S. Main Street. Here is its page:
/theaters/10539/
A vintage photograph of the Sporting Cinema here. It was photographed in 1982 by Cinema Theatre Association member John Leach:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/536021471/
In the 1943 edition of Film Daily Yearbook this is listed as the Waterloo Theatre with a seating capacity of 638.
A chance to see the Odeon and hear the Compton Theatre organ….FREE Admission….Saturday 16th June 2007 at 10;30am (doors open 10:00am)
Buster Keaton in “The General” (1927) with ‘live’ accompaniment by Donald MacKenzie at the Odeon’s original Compton theatre organ. Get your FREE tickets from the Odeon box office.
I wonder if this Metro was designed by profilic American architect Thomas W. Lamb (as he also designed the Metro Cinema in Cairo).
Thanks Lost Memory. It looks like it could have been split into 6 or 7 screens
Here is a vintage photograph of the Odeon Cinema when still a single screen. It was photographed by Cinema Theatre Association member John Leach in 1982:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/535903082/
Here is a vintage photograph of the Metro Cinema. It was taken by Cinema Theatre Association member John Leach in 1982:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/535902604/
Here is a vintage photograph of the Rialto Cinema. It was taken by Cinema Theatre Association member John Leach in 1982:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/536019435/
Here is a vintage photograph from the collection of Cinema Theatre Association member John Leach. He took the photo in 1982:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/536018981/
Scroll down on this website for some great photographs of the Roxy Theatre:
http://saskatoonlive.com/
Another photograph taken in 2007, this is a closer view:
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/492960926/
A close-up of the main entrance:
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/493024941/
Another 2007 photograph with further details of the Curzon Community Cinema:
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/501490392/
Lost Memory; Here’s what I have found….
1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory
Empress Theatre, 104 W. 116th Street
Mecca Theatre, 261 W. 116th Street
Crown Theatre, 115 W. 116th Street
None of these made it to the 1926 Film Daily Yearbook or beyond…..
The Princess Theatre is nowhere to be seen in any listing that I have.
btw, the only other theatre I have listed in this stretch of W. 116th Street is the Loew’s 116th Street Theatre, 132 W. 116th Street which is already listed on Cinema Treasures. It is open by 1926 so maybe that killed off some of these smaller theatres.
Two photographs of the 77th Street Theatre that I took in July 2003:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/533314321/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/533218506/
Two photographs I took of the Jewel Theatre in July 2003:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/533023559/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/533024213/
Sorry, here is the correct link to the above:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/532355979/
A photograph I took of the former (much altered) Regun Theatre building in July 2003:
http://flckr.com/photos/kencta/532355979/
The 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory has a Grant Theatre, 11 W. 116th Street. The 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook has the 800 seat Jewel Theatre listed at #11. By 1930 the seating capacity is listed as 751 and by 1941 seating is listed as 700. Then back up to 751 seats between 1943 and 1950. The Jewel Theatre has gone from listings by 1957.
Nothing is listed for 9 W. 116th Street so the ‘Grand’ you found must be the ‘Grant’ of 1914-1915 vintage (although that could be a mis-print).
Incidently, checking the 1914-1915 A.M.P.D. more closely I notice that the Imperial Theatre is also listed as the Regan Theatre(their spelling) at this same address, so that must have been the period of name change.
Here are 3 exterior photographs of the Odeon Bournemouth:
As the Gaumont Theatre in 1976
http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/332829461/
As the Odeon in 1989
http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/74760460/
A close-up of the entrance at night in December 2006 showing the ‘new’ Odeon signage
http://flickr.com/photos/camsterfactor/324995241/
The Regent Theatre opened in the fall of 1914.
A set of four photographs, taken in November 2002:
Exterior
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/531301290/
Interiors
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/531302006/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/531302752/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/531303584/
Here are some photographs and details on the Curzon Cinema:
View link
The Imperial Theater is listed as operating in the 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory. By the time the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook was published it had been re-named Regun Theater, with a seating capacity given as 1,000.
Still listed as open in 1950 (with 867 seats), it has gone from listings in 1957.
Lost Memory; That link is to a photograph of a former cinema in Glasgow, Scotland (last known as the Tatler Cinema Club).
There were many Tatler Cinema Clubs operating in the UK in the 1970’s and 1980’s. They were operated by Classic Cinemas and were usually re-branded former Classic Cinema’s which were not doing good business. In the right location, a sex cinema could make a lot of money. There are currently no other Tatler Cinema Clubs listed on Cinema Treasures under this name, but there are some cinemas that ‘turned around’ after being Tatler Cinema Clubs eg:
the Rio Cinema, Dalston, London, the Classic Cinema, Colindale, London, the Odeon Park Royal, London and the Classic Cinema, Stockwell, London are all listed with aka’s.