In 1984 one of the screens was renamed The Berkeley at the Classic and dedicated to showing arthouse titles (not sure how long this lasted) advert added to photos
Now reopen as https://berlin.fotografiska.com/en
A huge photography gallery, it retains the graffitied staircases and corridors of the High End era, the top floor is a huge video installation space so retains some connection to film
The new Ealing Picturehouse (part of the film works development) stands on the footprint of the Walpole auditorium and the entry is slightly to the right of where the Walpole frontage stood.
The original Walpole frontage will now face the front of the new Picturehouse bar area and has been restored and cleaned up
This became the Acton Screen which ran an art house rep programme and family films until closure in August 1989.
In 1992 it was listed as a comedy club.
Interesting article about the shadey going inside in the balcony
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/apr/28/archives-scandalous-goings-on-london-cinemas
https://maninsanan.com/2016/09/07/cine-serra-to-be-demolished-for-new-5-star-hotel/
https://maninsanan.com/2016/09/07/cine-serra-to-be-demolished-for-new-5-star-hotel/
Closed and demolished in 2017
Now the site of the Standard Hotel
The Roxie was London’s first dedicated gay cinema opening in Nov 1981, programmes by Peter Howden and managed by the Ritzy Brixton.
Original frontage has been revealed https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14sDUrZKUS/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://eu.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2024/01/30/national-theatre-detroit-razed-bedrock-development/72410547007/
Appears to have been demolished last year, Google street view shows an empty lot?
in 1984 one of the screens was renamed The Heath at the Classic and dedicated to showing arthouse titles
In 1984 one of the screens was renamed The Berkeley at the Classic and dedicated to showing arthouse titles (not sure how long this lasted) advert added to photos
The whole building is shuttered and ready for the developers, just the sign over the door remains
Now reopen as https://berlin.fotografiska.com/en A huge photography gallery, it retains the graffitied staircases and corridors of the High End era, the top floor is a huge video installation space so retains some connection to film
Good news, the cinema has reopened (the main three screens at least) But maybe only for two years
The buildings first showed films in the 1920s as the Methodist Central Hall Advert added to “photos'
This is the back of the town hall not the Elite
This is 510 Kingsland Road, This side of the pub can be seen on the left The auditorium was demolished in Nov 2021, the shops remain Photos added
The new Ealing Picturehouse (part of the film works development) stands on the footprint of the Walpole auditorium and the entry is slightly to the right of where the Walpole frontage stood. The original Walpole frontage will now face the front of the new Picturehouse bar area and has been restored and cleaned up
The new Picturehouse actually stands on the footprint of the Walpole and not where the Empire stood which is now retail and apartments
I don’t think this is the ICA
Now showing films again!
This became the Acton Screen which ran an art house rep programme and family films until closure in August 1989. In 1992 it was listed as a comedy club.
Interesting article about the shadey going inside in the balcony https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/apr/28/archives-scandalous-goings-on-london-cinemas
The stone reliefs survive and are built into a wall of an architectural salvage yard, near Borehamwood, as seen on Salvage Hunters season 15 ep4
currently being renovated
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/roxy-cinema-birkirkara-malta-jan-2011.57537/
Built in 1931 and closed in 1968 – still standing in 2019