Showcase Cinemas Birmingham

Kingsbury Road,
Birmingham, B24 9QE

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Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on July 15, 2021 at 1:19 am

Rivest266 The Showcase Walsall was Called Showcase Birmingham which P… Off the people of Walsall. Our Mayor gave them a talking too on the opening. Walsall Opened first Birmingham Later I lived near Walsall Showcase and My Birmingham Cinema The Capitol was near the Birmingham one. This wrecked a very good Independent (Capitol) that made the largest profit in Birmingham. So it was Kama when the Showcase closed down.

rivest266
rivest266 on July 14, 2021 at 9:38 pm

Huge grand opening ads posted. The Showcase Walsall opened a week later. National Amusements had huge ad campaigns when they open a new cinema.

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on December 9, 2017 at 12:48 pm

Yes and Business was also effected by the Vue cinema Gravely Hill and the new one a Solihull after the opened.

iankingdon1980
iankingdon1980 on December 9, 2017 at 5:53 am

I worked for showcase cinemas as chief projectionist up until 2 years ago when digital ruined our careers they closed that cinema as jaguar made them a offer they could not refuse

Paul Stephenson
Paul Stephenson on February 6, 2013 at 9:51 pm

The Birmingham Mail’s headline says it all really
“Jaguar Land Rover take over Showcase cinema site in Castle Bromwich”

Must be the first time in the UK a factory has taken over a cinema site – normally it’s the other way around… Maybe there’s hope for Industry after all.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/jaguar-land-rover-take-over-1292609

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on February 6, 2013 at 8:41 pm

Well. When driving by. Plenty of space in the Carpark..

Scott Neff
Scott Neff on February 6, 2013 at 8:26 pm

What caused this theatre to close?

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on February 5, 2013 at 10:03 pm

As I was The General Manager of the Local Independent Cinema “The Capitol” that was forced to close due to this cinema. I am over the moon. “KAMA”

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on February 24, 2009 at 4:39 pm

The Showcase Cinemas, photographed in October 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/10096171@N04/2975322320/