Lido Cinema

Located in the Te Aro district in the south of the city centre at the corner of Willis Street and Mercer Street, across from the Majestic Theatre. Shortts Cinema was a conversion of a former warehouse and it opened on 22nd December 1911 with 670-seats. In 1936 it was taken over by Amalgamated Theatres playing double-bills of 2nd run films and renamed Tudor Theatre.

In 1964 Amalgamated Theatres re-named it Lido Cinema and it became an art-house cinema. It was closed in 1983 due to risk of earthquake damage and deemed not worth upgrading. It was used for a while as a bargain store and has since been demolished.

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