Photos favorited by Mike_Blakemore

  • <p>The Picture is of A Royal Premiere May 1948.. Hamlet.. Interesting Note. Rank used to have a section of Seating Risers that was removeable in the Front Circle, to make a Royal Box..</p>
  • <p>10-22-16 from inside the Zoo</p>
  • <p>Picture curtesy of David Bullivant</p>
  • <p>Pay Box Photo credit to Joy Arnold</p>
  • <p>Oscar Deutsch… The Father of Odeon… Next to him, is his wife who designed the sofa they are sitting on.. I cannot remember the cinema opening, that this photo was taken The man leaning over on the left was Andrew Mather The architect of the Odeon Leicester Square The Man leaning over of the right hand side was a young Sir John Davies who later became the Chairman of the Rank Organisation</p>
  • <p>I found a load of picture I thought she had lost. This was taken by either Gordon Mintern Manager or Eric Turvey the Chief.</p>
  • <p>Picture taken October 1938</p>
  • <p>The auditorium photographed after the 1909 renovations.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium (actors' left) from the stage.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium viewed from circle. Photograph courtesy Graham Rumble.</p>
  • <p>from a 1981 slide</p>
  • <p>Auditorium ceiling dome which can slide open to allow fresh air into the theatre, April 2016</p>
  • <p>Safety Curtain, viewed from the dress circle. April 2016.</p>
  • <p>A view from the stage of the bombed auditorium, photographed in 1954 by Colin Sorensen.</p>
  • <p>View of stage from rear side of the Gods.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium photographed in 1959.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium viewed from circle in 2000 when converted to a Wetherspoon’s pub.</p>
  • <p>The Picture Showing the very Horace G. Bradley Stage area Prior to the 70mm Refurbishment. and anti flooding measures.. and the company that followed us removed anti-flooding… Suprise.. Suprise.. it flooded after :o)</p>
  • <p>This Picture shows the Auditorium designed by Percy Lindsey Browne & Glover after the first Fire. The Stage shows the CinemaScope refit including Festoon tabs. The way this work was done has the “Modernisiation Ltd.” look about it. When the Organ was used, two very large doors where opened beneath the screen. Alas I only saw it done a few times.. This Theatre is my number 2 Favorite Cinema in Walsall after the ABC Savoy… PS. This is also a Picture Treat for Ken Roe ..</p>
  • <p>Picture source: Architectural Review The original Interior pre- the 1923 Fire..</p>
  • <p>Picture Taken in the time before it was wrecked by progress</p>