GH Washington Theatre

92-98 Parkes Street,
Yaumati,
Hong Kong

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Previously operated by: Golden Harvest Cinemas

Previous Names: Washington Theatre

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GH Washington Theatre

The Washington Theatre was situated in the Yaumati district on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong. It opened to business on 21st May 1971 with “The Servant”. Its spacious lobby was on the ground floor, while the 1,223-seat, long and narrow auditorium was on the first floor of the theatre building.

The theatre was re-named the GH Washington Theatre on 1st January 1990, when Golden Harvest Cinemas operated the building. It showed first run English language films from its opening until 1989, and from 1990 until its closure on 28th June, 1993, Chinese dialect films were shown.

A residential building was built on the site of the theatre.

Contributed by Raymond Lo

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hhpy
hhpy on May 5, 2010 at 9:09 am

A picture of Washington, possibly in 80s.
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hhpy
hhpy on December 10, 2010 at 7:15 am

The rename to GH Washington was triggered by the closure/redevelopment of Empress and Royal in Mongkok. The Royal chain took Empire, in Mong Kok, back from the Newport chain to replace Royal as the leading cinema. In turn, Newport chain took Golden Harvest, in Jordan, from the Golden Harvest chain, renamed it as Newport, which became the leading cinema in their chain. Golden Harvest therefore moved to GH Washington, under Ecko chain and paired with Lee at that point, and it’s only a block away from the original GH. It was a bit of a waste because Washington was equiped with one the best audio systems (THX) for Hollywood blockbusters in late 1980s while GH only showed Cantonese movies.

Suwanti
Suwanti on November 8, 2011 at 4:20 am

Chinese name:華盛頓戲院.

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