Birchcliff Theatre
Kingston Road and Warden Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M1N
Kingston Road and Warden Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M1N
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Previously operated by: 20th Century Theaters
Architects: Harold Solomon Kaplan, Abraham Sprachman
Firms: Kaplan & Sprachman
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This theatre opened on November 3, 1949 with Bob Hope in “Sorrowful Jones” & Richard Denning in “Disaster”. It was operated by 20th Century Theatres and closed in 1974.
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Christopher Walczak
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The Birchcliff Theatre opened in 1949, located at 1535 Kingston Rd. Scarborough, Ontario.
The theatre was built on the old foundation of the barns that once housed a type of streetcar known as a “radial car”, which ran along Kingston Road to West Hill.
The Birchcliff Theatre’s business declined following the advent of multi-theatre cinemas and it was demolished in 1977.
A Toronto Emergency Medical Service (EMS) ambulance dispatch building was then built on the site of the theatre – it remains as of this posting (July 2008).
This theatre was built and operated by Twentieth Century Theatres N. A. Taylor who was a Famous Players partner!
Opened by 20th Century on November 3rd, 1949. Grand opening ad posted.