Yes Howard, The photograph in the article is the (now much altered) former Ritz Cinema. Supporting columns are still there all the way along the side walls, always have been there. The former Ritz Cinema has its own page on Cinema Treasures as the Cineworld Cinema – Leicester Square 4DX
Orlando:I have the Blu-Ray of “Eye of the Cat” and have taken a look at that rear projection scene frame by frame. Unfortunately the film titles on the marquee of the Paris Theatre are blurred, and cannot be read, even on a 55" TV screen.
It’s been 3 years since the Odeon Kensington closed and now over 18 months since it was demolished and the site is still an empty lot, with no sign of any construction beginning. The facade stands deteriorating, shored up with scaffold.
I saw advertisements displayed on the tube system today advertising “Bridget Jones Diary – Film with Live 60 Piece Orchestra” on Sunday 4th November. Tickets are available from £39.80.
I have the 2-disc Blu-Ray of “South Pacific” released in 2010 in the United Kingdom in a Regions A, B, & C format. Disc 1 is the Theatrical Version taken from a 35mm print. Disc 2 is the ‘Road Show’ Version taken from a Todd-AO print.
A notice on Disc 2 states:
“What you are about to see is the "Road Show version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s "South Pacific” as it played in movie theaters when it was first released, with an intermission. Later a shorter “General Release” version was created, and that has been the version seen throughout the years.
For this release we have restored the master which was taken from the original negative and the master sound elements, cut for the “General Release”. There are approximately 14 additional minutes in the “Road Show” version, and you will notice a significant difference between that footage and the footage that is shared between the two versions. Over time, the best elements unique to the “Road Show” version have been lost or destroyed, so we have taken those sequences from the best source material available."
The “Road Show” version has Overture music, Entr'acte music and Exit music after the credits (all played on a black blank screen. The running time given is 151 minutes (157 minutes General Release in theatres) There is no running time given for the Road Show release (but it ran 171 minutes in theatres). Sound is 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio or 4.0 Dolby Surround.
Vindanpar:The Todd-AO screen at the Dominion Theatre was 46ft wide and had a 5ft deep curve. It was located inside the 54ft wide proscenium.
cultman1:A new larger Todd-AO screen was installed in the Metropole Theatre in December 1959 (I don’t know the actual size). The initial roadshow screen at the Astoria was installed in 1957 and “the screen was not giant sized” according to Allen Eyles book “London’s West End Cinemas”. “Later in 1965 a huge 70mm screen had been installed”.
Another West End cinema set up for CinemaScope and later Cinemiracle was the Paramount, Tottenham Court Road which had a CinemaScope screen 53ft wide and 21ft tall with a 3ft deep curve in June 1953. This was replaced in May 1958 with a huge 71ft wide and 28ft tall Cinemiracle screen for “Windjammer” which extended beyond the proscenium arch and played with a 3-projectors system.
The deeply curved Cinerama screen at the London Coliseum was 80ft wide and 30ft tall (much bigger than the one at the London Casino (Prince Edward Theatre) which had a deeply curved screen 65ft wide & 26ft tall).
“The Ten Commandments” got an ABC general countrywide re-release in March 1973, so its possible that it played the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue a little earlier. Originally a live theatre (Saville Theatre of 1931), from 1970 it became a twin-screen cinema for ABC. Still open today as the Odeon Covent Garden http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/911
Joe: I too am confused now! Would you mind creating a new revised page for this theatre and I will then delete this page. Also please add a new page for the Main Street Theatre (Bijou/Orpheum). Thanks
Amitton: By 1937-1944, the Theatre Royal was operated as a cinema by Northern Theatres Co. Ltd. of 5 Rawson Street, Halifax. By 1947 they were still the operators, but had changed the named to Cinema Royal.
conor:Many thanks for the corrections. I have deleted the two ‘incorrect’ photos of the dance hall and reset the Google Street view. Thanks for posting your vintage photgraph which give a good perspective of the location of the cinema.
Terry & Christina: Though very interesting your 23 comments are way off topic for the Princes Cinema, Blackpool. Please keep them to yourselves via private e-mails or post on the relevent theatre pages. Thanks. Ken Roe, Volunteer Theatre Editor.
Yes Howard, The photograph in the article is the (now much altered) former Ritz Cinema. Supporting columns are still there all the way along the side walls, always have been there. The former Ritz Cinema has its own page on Cinema Treasures as the Cineworld Cinema – Leicester Square 4DX
Orlando:I have the Blu-Ray of “Eye of the Cat” and have taken a look at that rear projection scene frame by frame. Unfortunately the film titles on the marquee of the Paris Theatre are blurred, and cannot be read, even on a 55" TV screen.
New photographs have been added of the marquee of the Majestic Theatre which was installed in August 2018.
Opened in the early-1910’s by Blue Halls Ltd. who had a small chain of 5 Blue Hall Cinemas in London.
It’s been 3 years since the Odeon Kensington closed and now over 18 months since it was demolished and the site is still an empty lot, with no sign of any construction beginning. The facade stands deteriorating, shored up with scaffold.
I saw advertisements displayed on the tube system today advertising “Bridget Jones Diary – Film with Live 60 Piece Orchestra” on Sunday 4th November. Tickets are available from £39.80.
A new addition to the schedule:
9/20 at 7:30 “Starman” (1984)
Rstewart: The Royal Palm Theatre became the Atlantic Theatre and is listed on Cinema Treasures #17397 under that name, located in Atlantic Beach, FL
70mm titles now announced and booking has opened: 9/21 at 7:30 “Brainstorm” (1983) 9/21 at 10pm “Lifeforce” (1985)
9/22 at 2pm “Kong:Scull Island” (2017) 9/22 at 7pm “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines” (1965)
9/23 at 2pm “El Cid” (1961) 9/23 at 7pm “Malcolm X” (1992)
9/25 at 7:15 “Spartacus” (1960)
9/26 at 7:30 “Khartoum” (1966) in 70mm Ultra Panovision
9/28 at 7:30 “The Witches of Eastwick” (1987) 9/28 at 10pm “The Thing” (1982)
9/29 at 2pm “70mm Odds & "Ends” Rare 70mm footage 9/29 at 7pm “Patton” (1970)
9/30 at 3pm “2001:A Space Odyssey” (1968)
I have the 2-disc Blu-Ray of “South Pacific” released in 2010 in the United Kingdom in a Regions A, B, & C format. Disc 1 is the Theatrical Version taken from a 35mm print. Disc 2 is the ‘Road Show’ Version taken from a Todd-AO print.
A notice on Disc 2 states: “What you are about to see is the "Road Show version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s "South Pacific” as it played in movie theaters when it was first released, with an intermission. Later a shorter “General Release” version was created, and that has been the version seen throughout the years.
For this release we have restored the master which was taken from the original negative and the master sound elements, cut for the “General Release”. There are approximately 14 additional minutes in the “Road Show” version, and you will notice a significant difference between that footage and the footage that is shared between the two versions. Over time, the best elements unique to the “Road Show” version have been lost or destroyed, so we have taken those sequences from the best source material available."
The “Road Show” version has Overture music, Entr'acte music and Exit music after the credits (all played on a black blank screen. The running time given is 151 minutes (157 minutes General Release in theatres) There is no running time given for the Road Show release (but it ran 171 minutes in theatres). Sound is 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio or 4.0 Dolby Surround.
Vindanpar:The Todd-AO screen at the Dominion Theatre was 46ft wide and had a 5ft deep curve. It was located inside the 54ft wide proscenium.
cultman1:A new larger Todd-AO screen was installed in the Metropole Theatre in December 1959 (I don’t know the actual size). The initial roadshow screen at the Astoria was installed in 1957 and “the screen was not giant sized” according to Allen Eyles book “London’s West End Cinemas”. “Later in 1965 a huge 70mm screen had been installed”.
Another West End cinema set up for CinemaScope and later Cinemiracle was the Paramount, Tottenham Court Road which had a CinemaScope screen 53ft wide and 21ft tall with a 3ft deep curve in June 1953. This was replaced in May 1958 with a huge 71ft wide and 28ft tall Cinemiracle screen for “Windjammer” which extended beyond the proscenium arch and played with a 3-projectors system.
The deeply curved Cinerama screen at the London Coliseum was 80ft wide and 30ft tall (much bigger than the one at the London Casino (Prince Edward Theatre) which had a deeply curved screen 65ft wide & 26ft tall).
The 3rd Annual 70mm & Widescreen Film Festival will be held on September 20-30, 2018.
“The Ten Commandments” got an ABC general countrywide re-release in March 1973, so its possible that it played the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue a little earlier. Originally a live theatre (Saville Theatre of 1931), from 1970 it became a twin-screen cinema for ABC. Still open today as the Odeon Covent Garden http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/911
Joe: I too am confused now! Would you mind creating a new revised page for this theatre and I will then delete this page. Also please add a new page for the Main Street Theatre (Bijou/Orpheum). Thanks
The photograph of the 1st Ganes Theatre (former Standard Theatre) has been moved to its correct page.
The Starlight Six Drive-In was featured in scenes in the 2016 movie “Cell” starring John Cusack & Samuel L. Jackson.
Google Streetview and address have been corrected.
Amitton: By 1937-1944, the Theatre Royal was operated as a cinema by Northern Theatres Co. Ltd. of 5 Rawson Street, Halifax. By 1947 they were still the operators, but had changed the named to Cinema Royal.
conor:Many thanks for the corrections. I have deleted the two ‘incorrect’ photos of the dance hall and reset the Google Street view. Thanks for posting your vintage photgraph which give a good perspective of the location of the cinema.
SethG: Google Street View has been corrected.
Moonzerotwo: “Psychomania” & “The Baby” had an Odeon/Rank release on the first week of May 1973 (selected theatres).
Terry & Christina: Though very interesting your 23 comments are way off topic for the Princes Cinema, Blackpool. Please keep them to yourselves via private e-mails or post on the relevent theatre pages. Thanks. Ken Roe, Volunteer Theatre Editor.
A page has been added for Cinema 5.
Map & Google street view corrected.