Her Majesty's Theatre
Park Street,
Walsall,
WS1 1NS
Park Street,
Walsall,
WS1 1NS
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Previously operated by: Associated British Cinemas Ltd.
Architects: C.F. Owen, George F. Ward
Firms: Owen & Ward
Styles: Baroque
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Her Majesty’s Theatre was opened in March 1900 with "The Belle of New York". The building was owned by the Walsall Theatre Company, and it dominated the top of Town End Bank (today re-named St. Paul’s Street and Park Street). It was a magnificent structure, with a huge dome that had a smaller open dome on top. There were other smaller domes and minaret type features. The interior was also very ornate. Her Majesty’s Theatre staged a mix of plays, musicals and variety performances. From April 1905 during variety programmes it screened films as part of the bill.
In 1933, it was converted into a full time cinema, and it was taken over by the Associated British Cinemas(ABC) chain on 31st March 1936. It was closed on 12th June 1937, and was immediately demolished.
The new ABC Savoy Cinema (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures) was built on the site and opened on 3rd October 1938. It later became the ABC, and finally Cannon before being demolished in 1995.
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A drawing of Her Majesty’s Theatre, Walsall: View link
Too bad “ ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE” never had a chance to play there.
Error Moss Empire never operated the Theatre. They just presented Shows there for a percentage fee. Nothing else. The WALSALL THEATRE COMPANY still had a control on the 4 theatres until 1956 when ABC finally paid out. Remember Associated British Cinemas meant what it said on the label It was a large number of Companies.
A Correction The ABC Savoy’s Original Name was going to be “The New Her Majesty’s Theatre” But being a super Modern Theatre decided to change it to “Regal then to “The Savoy” The Company that built Her Majesty’s Theatre was “The Walsall Theatre Company” The Managing Director and General Manager was W Andrews. with William Tennant as Assistant Manager and George Blakemore as Directors Pictures of these can be seen on The Palace cinema Walsall, which was one of their Theatres
It has been found out in recent times That a number of WTC., shareholders had shares in “The Clifton Cinemas (Walsall) Ltd., which had "The Empire and Classic Cinemas in Walsall thus having 6 of the 7 sites in Walsall town centre