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undercurrents commented about Rialto Cinema on May 18, 2024 at 1:04 am

William Coutts was the first manager of Star to show films and in 1905 begin to turn it into a cinema. He went onto create Coutts Circuit, a chain of cinemas all over Swansea.

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undercurrents commented about Odd Hour Cinema on May 15, 2023 at 1:00 pm

It was called the News theatre in 1941 as I have a news article from March 1 1941

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undercurrents commented about George W Snazelle 1913 - Manager of the Electric Palace, Clapham Common on Dec 26, 2022 at 4:49 pm

I guess this is the son of the music hall performer George H Snazelle? The man who gave us the word Snazzy, due to how well dressed he always was.

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undercurrents commented about Castle Cinema on Nov 15, 2022 at 12:40 pm

It’s maybe getting a new life in 2023. Proposed redevelopment of the Former Castle Cinema to provide a mixed use scheme of commercial units and Residential Apartments consisting of refurbishment, extension and associated works

https://www.asbriplanning.co.uk/statutory-pre-application-consultation/former-castle-cinema-swansea/

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undercurrents commented about Coliseum Cinema on Oct 12, 2022 at 4:30 pm

Coliseum Cinema was opened on Christmas eve 1913 by William Coutts. The first film shown was Psyche a coloured film from Pathe