Clifton Ludlow

Located in Ludlow, Shropshire. The Clifton Cinema was opened on 24th September 1938 with Clive Brook & Ann Todd in “Action for Slander”. The opening was presided over by Jean Gillie who was stated to be ‘Jack Buchanan’s Latest and Sensational Star’. She was the star, together with Bobbie Howes, in the film “Sweet Devil” which was screened at the Clifton Cinema for 3-days from 26th September 1938. The exterior was in a brick Streamline Moderne style. Inside the auditorium seating was provided for 508 in the stalls and 204 in the circle. On the side-walls on both sides of the 31 foot wide proscenium were large paintings of hunting scenes. It was equipped with a British Thomson-Houston(BTH) sound system. It was built for and operated by the Clifton Cinemas chain, who had planned for a 1,000-seat cinema but those plans were scaled down to allow for a cinema car park.

The Clifton Cinema was closed in 1979 and was sold to the Essoldo chain who continued showing films until its final screening of Dudley Moore in “10” on May 10, 1980. They converted it into an Essoldo Bingo Club which closed in December 1986. Despite a campaign to save the building, it was demolished in April 1987, and sheltered housing flats named Clifton Court were built on the site.

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