Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914 – 1915 as the Yorkville Hippodrome, 78th Street, New York, NY.
In the 1926 and 1927 editions of Film Daily Yearbooks it is still listed as the Yorkville Hippodrome, 1499 First Avenue, New York, NY with a seating capacity of 300. In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed with the same name and address but the seating capacity is given as 309 and it is ‘Closed’.
The next edition of F.D.Y. that I have (1941) has no theatre listed at this address, however in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed as the Europe Theatre, 1st Avenue with a seating capacity of 309. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. it is still the Europe Theatre, 1499 1st Avenue with a seating capacity of 306. Gone from listings in 1957.
My above posting seem to have somehow strayed on here by mistake and it refers to a theatre in New York.
Regarding open House theatres open to view, out of the ones mentioned above by Kev Phelan, the Gaumont State, Kilburn, the Granada, Tooting, the Gate, Notting Hill and the Ritzy, Brixton currently all featured on their own pages on Cinema Treasures.
Located in the downtown centre of the city, the Cine Iris is listed in a current gay guide as ‘One of the oldest theatre buildings of Rio – Very cruisy’, and on a web site guide to Rio cinemas as being ‘a classical gem’.
It’s programming tends to be double bills of cult movies, and some hard core sex movies during the daytimes. At weekends it is sometimes taken over by club promotors and used as a ‘rave’ parties venue.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914 – 1915 as the Atlantic M. P. Theatre, which I presume translates as Atlantic Motion Picture Theatre.
Film Daily Yearbook;s 1926 and 1927 editions list it as the Atlantic Theatre with 500 seats.
A 1971 exterior photograpf of the Odeon, Liverpool here:
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A vintage photograph of the exterior of the Odeon, Chester here:
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A 1971 exterior photograph of the Odeon, Cardiff here:
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A 1971 exterior photograph of the Odeon, Camden Town here:
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More history and photographs of the Avenue/Odeon here:
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More history and photographs of the Astoria/Odeon, Streatham here:
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More history and photographs of the Astoria, Finsbury Park here:
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More history and photographs of the Astoria Brixton here:
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More history and photographs of the Apollo Victoria here:
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Further history and photographs of the Himalaya Palace here:
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Some extra history & photographs of the ABC Rembrandt Cinema here:
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Four photographs of the Odeon here:
http://www.romford.org/cinemas/odeon2/odeon.htm
The Savoy opened on 29th November 1929. The Venetian Atmospheric style auditorium was designed by interior designer W.E. Greenwood.
A Robert Morton 2Manual/6Ranks organ was installed in 1929.
Designed by noted cinema architect Eric Norman Bailey of Maidenhead, the Palace remains virtually untouched in its current use as a bingo hall.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914 – 1915 as the Yorkville Hippodrome, 78th Street, New York, NY.
In the 1926 and 1927 editions of Film Daily Yearbooks it is still listed as the Yorkville Hippodrome, 1499 First Avenue, New York, NY with a seating capacity of 300. In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed with the same name and address but the seating capacity is given as 309 and it is ‘Closed’.
The next edition of F.D.Y. that I have (1941) has no theatre listed at this address, however in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed as the Europe Theatre, 1st Avenue with a seating capacity of 309. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. it is still the Europe Theatre, 1499 1st Avenue with a seating capacity of 306. Gone from listings in 1957.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914 – 1915 as the Royal Theatre.
The Film Daily Yearbook’s; 1926 and 1927 editions list it as the East Side Beauty Theatre with a seating capacity of 257.
My above posting seem to have somehow strayed on here by mistake and it refers to a theatre in New York.
Regarding open House theatres open to view, out of the ones mentioned above by Kev Phelan, the Gaumont State, Kilburn, the Granada, Tooting, the Gate, Notting Hill and the Ritzy, Brixton currently all featured on their own pages on Cinema Treasures.
Located in the downtown centre of the city, the Cine Iris is listed in a current gay guide as ‘One of the oldest theatre buildings of Rio – Very cruisy’, and on a web site guide to Rio cinemas as being ‘a classical gem’.
It’s programming tends to be double bills of cult movies, and some hard core sex movies during the daytimes. At weekends it is sometimes taken over by club promotors and used as a ‘rave’ parties venue.
Some history on the Bijou Theater here: http://www.steventoushin.com/
The original seating capacity of the Victory Theatre was 2,500.
Designed by the architectural firm Renton Howard Wood Levin Partnership.
The Odeon multiplex opened on 20th March 1991. Seating capacity at the time was for 1,550 in the 5 screens; 506, 318, 290, 218, 218.
It closed on 21st August 2005.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914 – 1915 as the Atlantic M. P. Theatre, which I presume translates as Atlantic Motion Picture Theatre.
Film Daily Yearbook;s 1926 and 1927 editions list it as the Atlantic Theatre with 500 seats.
The American Motion Picture Directory 1914 – 1915 lists this as the Cold Theatre.
In the Film Daily Yearbook;1926 edition it is listed as the Gem Theatre, 637-9 Broadway with a seating capacity of 1,000, same in the 1927 edition.
It is the Sun Theatre in the 1930 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.