Cine Dore

The Cine Dore is one of Madrid’s original cinemas and is located in the Lavapies district next to the Anton Martin covered food market. It opened in 1923 as a single screen cinema and was designed by architect Crispulo Moro. In 1925 it was renovated by architect Manuel Lopez Mora and renovated again in 1932.

A further renovation in 1984 by architect Francisco Javier Feduchi Benlliure created two indoor screens and an open-air screen upstairs.

In the 1980’s there were plans to demolish the cinema and build an office block, but huge protests by journalists and artists led to its survival. Now operated by the Filmoteca Nacional Espanole (National Film Institute) it screens a daily mix of movies from 1920’s classics to offbeat or commercial international productions (all in their original language versions). An added facility to the cinema is a popular cafe and bookshop.

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Ken Roe on December 20, 2006 at 12:08 pm

A small photograph and some details on the Cine Dore here:
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HowardBHaas on November 19, 2007 at 4:29 pm

PHOTOS!

2006 exterior:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/olrik_1/84333430/
2006 exterior: http://www.flickr.com/photos/asturtom/312675305/
2005 close up of decor at top: http://www.flickr.com/photos/urokhard/4110302/

2007 close up of entry: http://www.flickr.com/photos/atxus/1560722981/
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2006 close up of entry: http://www.flickr.com/photos/notunlike/292928903/

2007 Box Office (ticket booth) View link
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2002 exterior: http://www.flickr.com/photos/niltoncpp/141036259/

2007 FOYER leading to auditorium:
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2007 stairway: View link

2005 main AUDITORIUM:
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2006 main auditorium:
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2007 main auditorium:
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house lights off but lighting on balcony sides:
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2007 balcony seats? View link
2007 facing balcony: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photocapy/399191641/

TruusBobJanToo on October 31, 2009 at 3:30 am

A view by night from October 2009.