Elder Picture House

Located in the Govan district to the west of the city. The 1,121-seat Elder Picture House was opened by the Caledon Pictures Ltd. chain on 11th December 1916. A.B. King was a director of the owning company. As it was being built during World War I, there were restrictions on constructions, but the walls were already in place and the owners were told they could put a roof on the building and then stop. They did as they were told, but then continued to finish the job, but were fined £100 for the breach in rules. The Elder Picture House was designed by architect Albert V. Gardner. The entrance foyer was decorated in a Venetian style appearance and the side walls of the auditorium had painted murals within the panels. It was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system around 1930 and it had a 22ft wide proscenium. The A.B. King circuit operated the Elder Picture House until it closed on 28th March 1959. The seating capacity had been reduced to 1,040-seats by the time it closed.

In 1967 it became the New Vogue Bingo Club but that was not a success and closed in 1970. The building stood vacant and abandoned getting increasingly more derelict until it was demolished in June 1976.

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