Savoy Cinema

16-18 O'Connell Street Upper,
Dublin DO1 XK83

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popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on March 4, 2019 at 10:07 am

The Savoy now has 13 screens. Twinned 1969, tripled 1975, five screens in 1979, six in 1988, seven in 2014, Screen 2 converted to three screens in 2016, Screen 1 converted to five screens in 2018. The cinema was built on the site of the Granville Hotel with two other sources giving the opening date as 29 November 1929.

Cenzo7
Cenzo7 on June 5, 2018 at 2:45 pm

As a regular attendant to Sunday afternoon matinees i look on it as a crime that the beautiful venetion acrhitecture was destroyed during the renovation. It could have been covered over and made availible to later generations to enjoy. To try to replicate it today would be prohibitably expensive. I can still see it in my mind.

m_muldowney
m_muldowney on March 1, 2016 at 5:52 am

Savoy 1 theatre from 1969 – 1979 was a magnificent place to see a movie – that’s where I saw the original STAR WARS in 1977.

irishcine
irishcine on March 30, 2009 at 6:19 am

The largest cinema here was host to a heated special meeting of the Bank of Ireland last Friday, with overflow accomodation used to seat the generally disaffected shareholders. This might be a relatively profitable new line of business for large cinemas, but the RTE TV 6p.m and 9p.m. news carried extensive film coverage showing the meeting, and by default the cinema interior. This news coverage should still be available, for a time, on the RTE news website.

Ian
Ian on January 1, 2007 at 3:12 am

Photo of the Savoy here:–

http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/17996421/

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on September 3, 2006 at 12:28 pm

A close-up of the entrance to the Savoy Cinema as seen in June 2006:
http://www.moviebunker.com/savoy_cinema_dublin.htm

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on September 9, 2005 at 12:36 pm

The Savoy opened on 29th November 1929. The Venetian Atmospheric style auditorium was designed by interior designer W.E. Greenwood.