Cannon East Grinstead

The Radio Centre Cinema on King Street, opened on 12th April 1936 with Jack Hulbert in “Jack of All Trades”. It was operated by independent operators Lethby and Christopher Ltd. whi also operated the other two cinemas in East Grinstead (Solaris Cinema & Whitehall Palace Cinema). The Radio Centre Cinema had 1,012 seats in the stalls and circle and the interior was designed to resemble Radio City Music Hall in New York. It was equipped with a Western Electric (WE) sound system. It also boasted a café, for the convenience of its patrons.

It tripled in the 1972, under Classic Cinemas control, with one screen in the former circle, another screen in the former restaurant and a third screen in the top of the stage flytower. A bingo club operated in the former stalls. It later became a Cannon cinema before closing on 4th January 1989 with Michael Jackson in “Moonwalker”, Dudley Moore in “Like Father Like Son” & Bob Hoskins in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”.

It was demolished in April 1990, and the site of the Radio Centre Cinema is now occupied by the Atrium Centre, built in 1991, which incorporates a two screen cinema run (both seating 140). When Scotts Cinemas took over they split one of the screens to make a triple screen cinema in late-2008. Scotts Cinemas @ The Atrium has its own page on Cinema Treasures.

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