Despite the date in the camera information, I took these photos in May 2013. According to a “Monument Istoric” plaque on the exterior, the Capitol opened in 1912, the first purpose-built cinema on Regina Elisabeta Blvd. There was a “summer garden” (open air cinema?) at the rear, accessed through an elaborate entrance on Constantin Mille Street.
This is a lovely, exceptionally well-run cinema. In addition to the lovely main auditorium it now (in July 2012) has five screens: Screen 2 – 129 seats, Screen 3 – 194 seats, Screen 4 – 120 seats, Screen 5 – 186 seats and a new screen, called the “Micro”, with 31 seats. In a nice, quirky touch, the ‘Museum of Bad Art’ is housed beneath the original circle!
My photograph, dated July 2012, was taken through the window of a srvice bus(!), so I didn’t have the chance for a proper look at the cinema, but it appeared to be closed (it wasn’t listed in the film section in the free sheet ‘MV Times’).
On a visit in July 2012 I was told the Brattle used to be a lecture theatre for Harvard University, becoming a full-time cinema in 1950. It has 235 seats and, unusually, uses rear projection, with two 35mm projectors on changeover. The programming is extremely imaginative; the staff very welcoming. A lovely cinema!
I certainly enjoyed my visit in July 2012, when I saw ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’. The staff were extremely welcoming and friendly. I gather the auditoriums range from 270 to 90 seats.
On a visit to Lawrence in July 2012 I noted there is now an empty lot between 370-390 Essex Street, so presumably the building that housed the Pastime has been demolished.
According to the photo I took in May 2012 the cinema appears to have been renamed Screen 22 sometime before closing. When I visited the Screen Room, soon after it had opened, I booked well in advance, bearing in mind how small it was – and, you guessed it, no one else turned up for that show! The cinema used rear projection, with the projector backing up to the white boarded window in my photo.
According to the visit notes prepared by Marc Zimmermann for the CTA visit in May 2012 the Rialto opened in May 1956, having been built on the site of an earlier Rialto that had been destroyed by German bombing. It seated 1,000 on an (unusually) level stalls floor and raked balcony. It closed in 1988 and was acquired by the Malta Labour Party and used for political functions before being stripped of its seats. It was listed as a Grade 2 heritage site in 2010 and the first steps towards full refurbishment are currently uderway.
I visited the Citadel during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. So far as I could see, there are only two auditoriums – we were shown the travelogue ‘Gozo 360’ in one of these.
I visited the Citadel during the CTA visit in May 2012. So far as I could see, there are only two auditoriums, with 134 and 168 seats, and ‘Gozo 360’ is shown in one of these.
I visited the Embassy during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. The auditoriums are very comfortable and the staff very welcoming (they made a friend of mine a cup of coffee in their staff room when the dispenser didn’t work properly!).
I visited the City Lights during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. ‘Divina’, an Italian sex film (softcore version) was playing on a loop. The friendly proprietor allowed me to take photos!
According to a letter in the July 2012 issue of ‘Sight& Sound’, published by the British Film Institute, the Alcazar was “given a lick of paint and kitted out with a couple of 1940s posters for Max Ophuls' "Sans lendemain” for an appearance in Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Sheltering Sky” (1990)“.
Although the cinema has been long demolished, a fragment of vertical tiled frontage remains, and can be seen on the left hand side of the Citroen dealership in these December 2011 photos.
The Star was on Columbia Street, on the opposite side to the site of the Palace, nearer to West Hancock Street. In September 2011 it was the ‘Middle Georgia Cards, Coins and Comics’ shop.
Despite the camera info saying May 2010, my photos were taken in May 2013.
Despite the camera info saying May 2010, these photographs were taken in May 2013.
Despite the date in the camera information, I took these photos in May 2013. According to a “Monument Istoric” plaque on the exterior, the Capitol opened in 1912, the first purpose-built cinema on Regina Elisabeta Blvd. There was a “summer garden” (open air cinema?) at the rear, accessed through an elaborate entrance on Constantin Mille Street.
The three photos I’ve just uploaded were taken in May 2011.
The three photos I’ve just uploaded (on 1st November) were taken in May 2011.
Cinema Farnese appeared in Woody Allen’s romantic comedy ‘From Rome With Love’ (2012).
This is a lovely, exceptionally well-run cinema. In addition to the lovely main auditorium it now (in July 2012) has five screens: Screen 2 – 129 seats, Screen 3 – 194 seats, Screen 4 – 120 seats, Screen 5 – 186 seats and a new screen, called the “Micro”, with 31 seats. In a nice, quirky touch, the ‘Museum of Bad Art’ is housed beneath the original circle!
My photograph, dated July 2012, was taken through the window of a srvice bus(!), so I didn’t have the chance for a proper look at the cinema, but it appeared to be closed (it wasn’t listed in the film section in the free sheet ‘MV Times’).
On a visit in July 2012 I was told the Brattle used to be a lecture theatre for Harvard University, becoming a full-time cinema in 1950. It has 235 seats and, unusually, uses rear projection, with two 35mm projectors on changeover. The programming is extremely imaginative; the staff very welcoming. A lovely cinema!
I certainly enjoyed my visit in July 2012, when I saw ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’. The staff were extremely welcoming and friendly. I gather the auditoriums range from 270 to 90 seats.
On a visit to Lawrence in July 2012 I noted there is now an empty lot between 370-390 Essex Street, so presumably the building that housed the Pastime has been demolished.
As can be seen from the photographs I took in July 2012, the nightclub was by then called ‘Realm’.
According to the photo I took in May 2012 the cinema appears to have been renamed Screen 22 sometime before closing. When I visited the Screen Room, soon after it had opened, I booked well in advance, bearing in mind how small it was – and, you guessed it, no one else turned up for that show! The cinema used rear projection, with the projector backing up to the white boarded window in my photo.
According to the visit notes prepared by Marc Zimmermann for the CTA visit in May 2012 the Rialto opened in May 1956, having been built on the site of an earlier Rialto that had been destroyed by German bombing. It seated 1,000 on an (unusually) level stalls floor and raked balcony. It closed in 1988 and was acquired by the Malta Labour Party and used for political functions before being stripped of its seats. It was listed as a Grade 2 heritage site in 2010 and the first steps towards full refurbishment are currently uderway.
I visited the Citadel during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. So far as I could see, there are only two auditoriums – we were shown the travelogue ‘Gozo 360’ in one of these.
I visited the Citadel during the CTA visit in May 2012. So far as I could see, there are only two auditoriums, with 134 and 168 seats, and ‘Gozo 360’ is shown in one of these.
I visited the Embassy during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. The auditoriums are very comfortable and the staff very welcoming (they made a friend of mine a cup of coffee in their staff room when the dispenser didn’t work properly!).
I visited the City Lights during the CTA visit to Malta in May 2012. ‘Divina’, an Italian sex film (softcore version) was playing on a loop. The friendly proprietor allowed me to take photos!
According to a letter in the July 2012 issue of ‘Sight& Sound’, published by the British Film Institute, the Alcazar was “given a lick of paint and kitted out with a couple of 1940s posters for Max Ophuls' "Sans lendemain” for an appearance in Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Sheltering Sky” (1990)“.
Although the cinema has been long demolished, a fragment of vertical tiled frontage remains, and can be seen on the left hand side of the Citroen dealership in these December 2011 photos.
To add to my previous comment, I was told that this cinema opened in 1997.
Lovely inscription on the facade!
Here’s a photograph [September 2011] of what I believe to be the site of the demolished Hargrove.
The Star was on Columbia Street, on the opposite side to the site of the Palace, nearer to West Hancock Street. In September 2011 it was the ‘Middle Georgia Cards, Coins and Comics’ shop.
I visited Savannah in September 2011, and I believe this cinema has been demolished.