Ritz Cinema
Station Road,
Leeds,
LS15
Station Road,
Leeds,
LS15
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An excellent account here … http://www.barwickinelmethistoricalsociety.com/11000.html
In 1944 the cinema was operated by Rushford Estates Ltd. of Ripon, but booked in Leeds, seating was still at 652, prices ranged from 9d to 1s9d
My grandfather, Herbert Stevens, was cinema manager of The Ritz throughout the war beginning there in 1937 and so would have overseen the new Art Deco refurbishment. He left around 1952/53 and moved to Bournemouth to run a hotel. He was previously cinema manager at The Strand in Cleethorpes. I have come across a photo in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph dated 30/07/2017 showing a billboard advertising the “Grand Opening of Union Cinemas Ritz” in 1937. I’d be grateful to hear if anyone has any other information about these two cinemas.
I was 7 years old and saw gold finger
The organ in the Ritz was a 3/10 Compton.