Forum Cinema
7 The Parade,
Exmouth,
EX8 1RS
7 The Parade,
Exmouth,
EX8 1RS
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Previously operated by: Mayfair Circuit (Control) Ltd.
Functions: Bingo Hall
Previous Names: New Picture House
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In the Devon resort of Exmouth, at the mouth of the River Exe, the New Picture House appears for the first time in the Kinematograph Year Book of 1923.
By the 1931 edition the proprietor and resident manager was shown as Leslie B. Thomas. The 1940 KYB still had Mr. Thomas in charge; the seating capacity was given as 517. By 1944 it had been renamed Forum Cinema and was operated by Mayfair Circuit (Control) Ltd.
By the 1953 edition the owner was shown as Forum (Exmouth) Ltd. Presumably some refurbishment/alterations had been carried out, as the seating capacity was now shown as 399.
The Forum Cinema did not appear in the 1969 KYB, so presumably closed before then. The building moved over to bingo, and today (November 2015), as it did when I visited, in December 2001, it houses the Elite Social Club.
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David Simpson
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I remember with great affection the Forum Cinema with beautiful oblong proscenium mr Segers was the manager for manny years, the light fitting were still present until it failed as a Bingo hall and was spoiled by being turned into a night club. The proscenium was really a work of art. The projectors sound system ware western electric with the original sound on disk bases for the projectors. the projection room had a lower level and very awkward working space. Naughty Boy one evening when I was about 9 years old I left a side exit surreptitiously and discovered a metal cage out side the building with an amazing globe glowing purple in the dark. I was puzzled thank heavens I didn’t poke the globe with a stick. I wouldn’t be here if I had lol and the scene would go dark