Town Hall Cinema

Located in Sutton-in-Ashfield near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The Town Hall was opened in 1876 with a performance of Handel’s “Messiah”. There were retail units on street level, with the hall upstairs on the first floor. It screened its first film in December 1896. It operated as a full time cinema from 18th November 1908. It was operated by Ralph Pringle. The Town Hall Cinema was closed on 25th October 1924 with Eddie Polo in “The Dangerous Hour” and Episode 6 of the serial “The Santa Fe Trail”.

The building was totally refurbished and converted into the Palais dance hall which opened 19th November 1924. The Palais was closed in 1930.

On 24th August 1932 it opened as the Rialto dance hall, operated by Herbert Elton of Nottingham. The stage had been redesigned to resemble a ‘Mother of Pearl’ band stand. Still open in 1937, it had closed by 1944. In 2016 a dance studio operates in the former Town Hall Cinema, with retail units still operating at street level.

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