Paul;
The Gate Theatre, located at 11 Pembridge Road, Notting Hill Gate is what is called in the UK a Fringe Theatre (in the USA/New York an Off Broadway Theatre).
It is a small space seating 120 in an upstairs room of the Prince Albert pub. I have just looked in the current listings magazine and it is not listed. Whether it is closed temporary or permanently, I don’t know? I just find it strange for a theatre not to have a show on around Christmas time.
Anyay, regarding your query about a ‘nice wood bar’ It will have a bar, beings it is basically a pub, but most likely its a ‘new one’ and not the original from the 1890’s when the pub was built, as these are pretty rare to find these days.
Cinema Treasures Webmasters;
Please make adjustments to the heading of the Gate Cinema, as per my posting May 20th 2004. This was never called the Imperial Playhouse.
The Gate Cinema has been named previously;
Electric Palace
Embassy
Classic Cinema
The Jackson Theatre is given as having a seating capacity of 1,839 in Film Daily Yearbook for 1941, and 1,821 in the F.D.Y for 1950.
I have photographs of the auditorium and foyer taken at its opening which illustrate an article by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of the magazine “The Architectural Forum”.
Charles A. Sandblom is credited as the architect of the Jackson Theatre.
Film Daily Yearbooks for 1930 and 1941 give a seating capacity of the Stadium Theatre as 1,761. In the 1950 and 1957 F.D.Y’s seating is given as 1,756.
I have a couple of photographs of the auditorium taken in 1923 that accompany an article written by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of The Architectural Forum magazine.
The original opening date of the Tivoli Theater was 5th April 1924 with the movie “Painted People” starring Colleen Moore on the screen and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians on stage.
The opening seating capacity claimed to be 2,500, later reduced to 1,975.
It closed in 1976 and has remained empty and boarded up…….until now, December 2004.
Opened as Bard’s Hollywood Theatre on 9th October 1923, the opening movie was “Tips” starring Baby Peggy plus vaudeville on the stage.
The original seating capacity was given as 838, which today has been much reduced due to larger seats and the removal of alternate rows of seats throughout the length of the auditorium.
The exterior of the building is in a pretty Spanish Revival style of architecture, which was to be the theme for the entire building. However during its 1922 construction, King Tutankhamen’s Tomb was discovered in Egypt and from the entrance lobby into the auditorium the building is decorated in an Egyptian style, that became the ‘in’ style of the time.
The theatre was re-named Vista in the late 1920’s.
The first operators when it became the Uclan Theatre were the independent circuit Dietrich and Feldstein.
Theatre interior designer Joe Musil was responsible for the current renovation carried out in conjunction with the Disney Organisation. He was also responsible for the 1993 restoration of the Cecchi Gori Fine Arts /theaters/212/ and the El Capitan Theater /theaters/17/
The book ‘Show Houses-Twin Cities Style’ by Kirk J. Besse (published 1997) gives the St Clair Theatre at the address given above by lostmemory. It operated as a movie theatre from 1924-1977 and became tennis courts (presumably indoor ones).
The Film Daily Yearbook 1941 lists the seating capacity as 838 and in 1950 it is given as 830 seats.
Paul;
The Gate Theatre, located at 11 Pembridge Road, Notting Hill Gate is what is called in the UK a Fringe Theatre (in the USA/New York an Off Broadway Theatre).
It is a small space seating 120 in an upstairs room of the Prince Albert pub. I have just looked in the current listings magazine and it is not listed. Whether it is closed temporary or permanently, I don’t know? I just find it strange for a theatre not to have a show on around Christmas time.
Anyay, regarding your query about a ‘nice wood bar’ It will have a bar, beings it is basically a pub, but most likely its a ‘new one’ and not the original from the 1890’s when the pub was built, as these are pretty rare to find these days.
Cinema Treasures Webmasters;
Please make adjustments to the heading of the Gate Cinema, as per my posting May 20th 2004. This was never called the Imperial Playhouse.
The Gate Cinema has been named previously;
Electric Palace
Embassy
Classic Cinema
Thanks
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 gives a seating capacity of the Rex Theater as 350. The F.D.Y 1950 gives a seating capacity of 550.
The Film Daily Yearsbook 1940 gives a seating capacity of the Uptown Theater as 435. In the 1951 F.D.Y it is given as 850.
The Film Daily Yearbook 1941 and 1950 give a seating capacity of what was known as then as the Fox Globe Theatre as 648.
The Jackson Theatre is given as having a seating capacity of 1,839 in Film Daily Yearbook for 1941, and 1,821 in the F.D.Y for 1950.
I have photographs of the auditorium and foyer taken at its opening which illustrate an article by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of the magazine “The Architectural Forum”.
Charles A. Sandblom is credited as the architect of the Jackson Theatre.
Film Daily Yearbooks for 1930 and 1941 give a seating capacity of the Stadium Theatre as 1,761. In the 1950 and 1957 F.D.Y’s seating is given as 1,756.
I have a couple of photographs of the auditorium taken in 1923 that accompany an article written by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of The Architectural Forum magazine.
The original opening date of the Tivoli Theater was 5th April 1924 with the movie “Painted People” starring Colleen Moore on the screen and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians on stage.
The opening seating capacity claimed to be 2,500, later reduced to 1,975.
It closed in 1976 and has remained empty and boarded up…….until now, December 2004.
Opened as Bard’s Hollywood Theatre on 9th October 1923, the opening movie was “Tips” starring Baby Peggy plus vaudeville on the stage.
The original seating capacity was given as 838, which today has been much reduced due to larger seats and the removal of alternate rows of seats throughout the length of the auditorium.
The exterior of the building is in a pretty Spanish Revival style of architecture, which was to be the theme for the entire building. However during its 1922 construction, King Tutankhamen’s Tomb was discovered in Egypt and from the entrance lobby into the auditorium the building is decorated in an Egyptian style, that became the ‘in’ style of the time.
The theatre was re-named Vista in the late 1920’s.
The seating capacity of the Gateway Theatre is given as 912 in Film Daily Yearbooks.
The opening date of the Shattuck Cinemas was 25th May 1988.
The Architectural Firm; Hodgson and McClenahan are given as the designers of the Egyptian Theatre.
Jack Liebenberg was the architect of the Egyptian Theatre and it had a seating capacity of 825.
The Egyptian Theatre opened on 25th December 1925.
The Egyptian Theatre opened on 14th November 1980.
The Egyptian Theatre opened on 10th December 1929 with a given seating capacity of 1,200.
The Egyptian Theatre opened on 19th November 1925. It was designed by architect Lee Arden Thomas and had a seating capacity of 1,450.
The architectural style of the Loew’s Kameo Theatre is Egyptian.
The seating capacity of the Park Theatre was given as 819.
The seating capacity of the Crest Theatre is 500.
The first operators when it became the Uclan Theatre were the independent circuit Dietrich and Feldstein.
Theatre interior designer Joe Musil was responsible for the current renovation carried out in conjunction with the Disney Organisation. He was also responsible for the 1993 restoration of the Cecchi Gori Fine Arts /theaters/212/ and the El Capitan Theater /theaters/17/
In the Film Daily Yearbook 1930, the theatre at this address is named the Sunshine Theatre with a seating capacity of 372.
It had been re-named Dewey Theatre by 1941 with a seating capacity of 350.
This was listed as Bluebird Theatre with 560 seats in 1930.
The street address is given as 731 Saratoga Ave.
The street address of the Orpheum Theatre is listed as 511 Main Street, Clarion, PA
The Film Daily Yearbook for 1941 gives a seating capacity of 442, by 1950 it had 350 seats.
The seating capacity of the Hawaii Theatre was given as 1,106, all on one level.
In the late 1940’s/early 1950’s it was listed under the name; Hawaii Music Hall.
The book ‘Show Houses-Twin Cities Style’ by Kirk J. Besse (published 1997) gives the St Clair Theatre at the address given above by lostmemory. It operated as a movie theatre from 1924-1977 and became tennis courts (presumably indoor ones).
The Film Daily Yearbook 1941 lists the seating capacity as 838 and in 1950 it is given as 830 seats.
Patsy,
The town of Titusville, PA had 3 theatres listed in 1941.
Grand, 624 seats (closed)
Orpheum, 122 W. Central Ave. 606 seats
Penn, 119 W. Spring St. 938 seats (newly opened)
None of these are currently listed on Cinema Treasures.