The book that I got the brief description details (and a line drawing of the theatre) from was published in the mid'1940’s. It states the ‘The new Austurbaejar Bio Theatre etc…..
Maybe it became (re-named) the Bioborgin Theatre in 1955. It has certainly gone back to its former name today as a live venue.
The Wurlitzer factory records show that the showroom organ from the Cincinnati Wurlitzer store was sold to the State Theatre, Chattanooga, Tennessee in August 1928. It was a style 190, Opus 1751 two manuals, eight ranks.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 as the Queen’s Theatre, 993-995 Third Avenue. The 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook still lists it as the Queen’s Theatre with a seating capacity of 600.
By 1930 it had been re-named Arcadia Theatre with 484 seats (although the address in that edition of F.D.Y. is mistyped as 903 Third Avenue).
Opened as the Scala Electric Cinema on 11th January 1913 with a seating capacity of 675 in stalls and circle areas. When it closed as a triple cinema in 2001 it had 130 seats in Screen 1, 143 seats in Screen 2 and 154 seats in Screen 3.
It screened early Bioscope shows and from 1934 until 1947 it operated as a a full time cinema (listed in the Kine Yearbooks as the 1,200 seat Grand Cinema).
The Eastport Theatre opened around 1941 (its not listed in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook;published in 1940, but is in the 1943 edition with a seating capacity of 500). The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives an address 83 Water Street, Eastport, ME and a seating capacity of 530.
Listed as the Island Theatre in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook 500 seats (Closed). This could have been the changeover period from Paramount to Island. In the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is open as the Island Theatre with 490 seats.
The Picture Palace opened on 25th February 1911. It was designed by local architect John R. Wilkins. It operated until the early 1920’s when it was closed and became a furniture store, retaining the original ‘Picture Palace’ sign on the front of building until around 1950.
It re-opened as the Penultimate Picture Palace on 18th July 1976. Oxford artist John Trigg designed the exterior name on the facade from a 1896 French poster. Above the name board was the cinema’s motive; a giant cut-out of Al Jolson with hands outstretched as seen in the first talkie “The Jazz Singer” (the fibre glass hands were designed by scupture John Buckley who also designed the new door handles shaped as Mae West’s lips!. The original 1911 pay box was retained. Seating capacity was given as 192. It now operates as an Art House cinema.
The 500 seating count is given in 1941 & 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook. However in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity is given as 649.
By the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook the Ogden Theatre had been re-named Lincoln Theatre (seating capacity 800) although in the seperate listings for Negro theatres in that edition it is still listed as the Ogden Theatre. The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. lists it as Neth’s Lincoln Theatre with a seating capcity of 813 and it is no longer listed as a Negro Theatre.
The Lyric Theatre is still listed as operating in the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook with 600 seats. It has gone from listings by the time the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. was published.
Here are five vintage exterior views of the Odeon Oldham:
August 1949 view playing the Odeon release: View link
Photographed around 1952: View link
Photographed in the late 1950’s: View link
June 1961 playing the Odeon release: View link
Photographed in December 1970 plating the Rank release: View link
ken mc; actually there are several other theatres located in Stoke Newington, London on Cinema Treasures……Vogue, Astra, ABC, Coliseum etc.
Regarding the photograph in the link you posted….the text to it is partially correct. It is located in Church Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in an area in the Midlands of England known as the Potteries. Originally the Eagle Music Hall (1880) it became the Music Hall (1882) and by 1900 Queens Palace. It opened as the New Queens Palace (a cinema) in 1910 and closed in 1921. After this it became unused and derelict and was demolished.
In its place, in 1929, was built the building in the photograph; the New Rialto Ballroom and Cafe which opened on 31st December 1929. So sorry, not a theatre/cinema as stated.
The book that I got the brief description details (and a line drawing of the theatre) from was published in the mid'1940’s. It states the ‘The new Austurbaejar Bio Theatre etc…..
Maybe it became (re-named) the Bioborgin Theatre in 1955. It has certainly gone back to its former name today as a live venue.
The Wurlitzer factory records show that the showroom organ from the Cincinnati Wurlitzer store was sold to the State Theatre, Chattanooga, Tennessee in August 1928. It was a style 190, Opus 1751 two manuals, eight ranks.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 as the Queen’s Theatre, 993-995 Third Avenue. The 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook still lists it as the Queen’s Theatre with a seating capacity of 600.
By 1930 it had been re-named Arcadia Theatre with 484 seats (although the address in that edition of F.D.Y. is mistyped as 903 Third Avenue).
Opened as the Scala Electric Cinema on 11th January 1913 with a seating capacity of 675 in stalls and circle areas. When it closed as a triple cinema in 2001 it had 130 seats in Screen 1, 143 seats in Screen 2 and 154 seats in Screen 3.
redgunner; Best to get in touch with the local Slough newspaper which is the Slough Observer. Their website address is
www.thisisslough.com
The Empire Theatre is still listed as operating in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook. Seating capacity is given as 1,850
From the info on the photos, it looks like Gary Campbell Insurance operates in the building, which has an address of 110 Court Square.
It screened early Bioscope shows and from 1934 until 1947 it operated as a a full time cinema (listed in the Kine Yearbooks as the 1,200 seat Grand Cinema).
Correction….It opened as the Wilbor Theatre, not the Eastport
The Eastport Theatre opened around 1941 (its not listed in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook;published in 1940, but is in the 1943 edition with a seating capacity of 500). The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives an address 83 Water Street, Eastport, ME and a seating capacity of 530.
Here is a vintage postcard view:
http://flickr.com/photos/neatocoolville/95074377/
A vintage postcard view of the Paramount Theatre Building in 1927:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/442535627/
By 1941 it had been re-named Plaza Theatre and was still listed as this in 1950.
Listed as the Island Theatre in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook 500 seats (Closed). This could have been the changeover period from Paramount to Island. In the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is open as the Island Theatre with 490 seats.
Three photographs from its 1953 opening date:
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/fo/4856.html
Two photographs I took in March 2007:
Entrance & paybox
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/441181025/
Street sign
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/441182105/
The Picture Palace opened on 25th February 1911. It was designed by local architect John R. Wilkins. It operated until the early 1920’s when it was closed and became a furniture store, retaining the original ‘Picture Palace’ sign on the front of building until around 1950.
It re-opened as the Penultimate Picture Palace on 18th July 1976. Oxford artist John Trigg designed the exterior name on the facade from a 1896 French poster. Above the name board was the cinema’s motive; a giant cut-out of Al Jolson with hands outstretched as seen in the first talkie “The Jazz Singer” (the fibre glass hands were designed by scupture John Buckley who also designed the new door handles shaped as Mae West’s lips!. The original 1911 pay box was retained. Seating capacity was given as 192. It now operates as an Art House cinema.
The 500 seating count is given in 1941 & 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook. However in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity is given as 649.
NW 1st Street now maps as Park Avenue.
By the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook the Ogden Theatre had been re-named Lincoln Theatre (seating capacity 800) although in the seperate listings for Negro theatres in that edition it is still listed as the Ogden Theatre. The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. lists it as Neth’s Lincoln Theatre with a seating capcity of 813 and it is no longer listed as a Negro Theatre.
The Lyric Theatre is still listed as operating in the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook with 600 seats. It has gone from listings by the time the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. was published.
Here are five vintage exterior views of the Odeon Oldham:
August 1949 view playing the Odeon release:
View link
Photographed around 1952:
View link
Photographed in the late 1950’s:
View link
June 1961 playing the Odeon release:
View link
Photographed in December 1970 plating the Rank release:
View link
ken mc; actually there are several other theatres located in Stoke Newington, London on Cinema Treasures……Vogue, Astra, ABC, Coliseum etc.
Regarding the photograph in the link you posted….the text to it is partially correct. It is located in Church Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in an area in the Midlands of England known as the Potteries. Originally the Eagle Music Hall (1880) it became the Music Hall (1882) and by 1900 Queens Palace. It opened as the New Queens Palace (a cinema) in 1910 and closed in 1921. After this it became unused and derelict and was demolished.
In its place, in 1929, was built the building in the photograph; the New Rialto Ballroom and Cafe which opened on 31st December 1929. So sorry, not a theatre/cinema as stated.
The Roxy Theatre opened in 1936 and closed in 1956. It was converted into an American Legion Hall, which was destroyed by fire in 1965.
A vintage postcard view of the Paramount Theatre from 1933:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/439115517/
A postcard view of the Newark Theatre from the turn of century; late 1890’s – early 1900’s:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/438989707/