King's Cinema

Old Market Street,
Bristol, BS2

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Conti
Conti on December 23, 2017 at 10:54 am

Made a rare visit to this fleapit in the late 70s . The building was very run down and have to say viwing the film was a bit off putting as rain from outside trickled in along walls and down aisles ( psychedelic it was not )

mike5731
mike5731 on May 5, 2012 at 2:25 am

another one of my places of employment during the late 60s as a projectionist where i met my wife. one of my all time favourite films was Bullitt steve mcqueen never got tired of showing it.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on November 12, 2010 at 2:37 pm

Correct Mike, In the 1950’s & 1960’s, an (X) certificate was given to horror films and films with a sexual content, and could only be viewed by persons over 16 years old. Strangely, nudist films (which were popular at that time and showed more bare flesh than the (X) certified sex films) were given an (A) certificate which meant that persons under 16 could view them if accompanied by a person over 16 years old. The reason is that they were considered ‘educational’!

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on November 12, 2010 at 2:12 pm

the “X” rating in Britian is not the same as in the states,right Ken?

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on November 11, 2010 at 2:06 pm

Inside the auditorium of the King’s Cinema in the 1920’s:
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Photographed during closing week in December 1976:
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Ken Roe
Ken Roe on November 11, 2010 at 1:52 pm

A vintage photograph of the King’s Cinema in 1958:
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