There is now a facebook group dedicated to saving the Rivoli. Here is its description:
Let´s buy the Rivoli and save it from evil developers… Spread the word! This is what facebook was invented for.
The Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley is under threat from money-grabbing soul-less developers, who have offered the owner 10 million quid to knock it down and build soul-less faceless and no doubt hideous apartments.
10 million squid that´s nothing! Roll up roll up let´s start a co-operative of sorts, if we get 1,000 or 2,000 or 10,000 people together, we can all own shares in the Rivoli, appoint a board of directors, own the Rivoli and make a profit to boot. THIS SHOULD BE EASY ON FACEBOOK! I would be surprised if there were not 10,000 people in London and out who love the Rivoli, are into saving historic buildings, or simply want a share in such a lovely building, a say in what goes on there, burlesque organisers and dance club owners who want to put on nights there, or just simply want to make a profit!
I was fascinated by the discussion of ‘Professor Mamlock’ and ‘Mashenka’ here. I am researching the reception of Russian films in the West in this period and had no idea either had reached Rhode Island. ‘Mashenka’ enjoyed a 5 week run in December 1942 at New York’s Stanley, which showed a lot of Russian films. I would be interested to know whther the Avon screened any of the Soviet wartime documentaries such as ‘Moscow Strikes Back’(which won an Oscar), ‘The Siege of Leningrad’ or ‘Heroic Stalingrad.’ The latter also ran into censorship problems, as the League of Catholic Decency objected to its depiction of Nazi atrocities.
There is now a facebook group dedicated to saving the Rivoli. Here is its description:
Let´s buy the Rivoli and save it from evil developers… Spread the word! This is what facebook was invented for.
The Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley is under threat from money-grabbing soul-less developers, who have offered the owner 10 million quid to knock it down and build soul-less faceless and no doubt hideous apartments.
10 million squid that´s nothing! Roll up roll up let´s start a co-operative of sorts, if we get 1,000 or 2,000 or 10,000 people together, we can all own shares in the Rivoli, appoint a board of directors, own the Rivoli and make a profit to boot. THIS SHOULD BE EASY ON FACEBOOK! I would be surprised if there were not 10,000 people in London and out who love the Rivoli, are into saving historic buildings, or simply want a share in such a lovely building, a say in what goes on there, burlesque organisers and dance club owners who want to put on nights there, or just simply want to make a profit!
I was fascinated by the discussion of ‘Professor Mamlock’ and ‘Mashenka’ here. I am researching the reception of Russian films in the West in this period and had no idea either had reached Rhode Island. ‘Mashenka’ enjoyed a 5 week run in December 1942 at New York’s Stanley, which showed a lot of Russian films. I would be interested to know whther the Avon screened any of the Soviet wartime documentaries such as ‘Moscow Strikes Back’(which won an Oscar), ‘The Siege of Leningrad’ or ‘Heroic Stalingrad.’ The latter also ran into censorship problems, as the League of Catholic Decency objected to its depiction of Nazi atrocities.