Scott Cinemas-Savoy Cinemas Exmouth

I remember the Savoy as a child in the 1950 mrs Lavis was the manager and Douglas Hedges was the proprietor of the circuit who ran the Grand/ the forum and savoy and other cinemas in Culompton Teighmouth etc. remember especially seeing the Ten Commandment at the Savoy. The Forum was converted into a bingo hall in about 1962 remember seeing the first James Bond there and it closed soon after. as an apprentice electrician I had the sad task of isolating the electrics in the projection box and seeing the old projectors with the universal bases. the projectors were scraped by the wonderful guy in four street and that’s another tail. I took a few pictures of the Forum as a Bingo hall and some of the Grand being demolished in the 1980s

For further interest: The current Screen 1 is located in the former front stalls area – the screen sheet itself being located under the front of the circle, and the back wall being the former proscenium. The projection box is on the stage. Screen 2 is located underneath the balcony. The original balcony is still intact and can be accessed via the screen frame in Screen 1 – all of the seating terraces are intact, as is the barrel-vault ceiling. Sadly the original projection box is no longer accessible.

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