Opening date 13 May 1988. According to the website Screen 1 is 293 seats and Screen 2 is 95. Plans for a third screen in 1998 never materialised. Subsidence temporarily closed the cinema in 2003 but everything hunky-dory now.
There seems to be a bit of confusion here. The Crescent Picture House was situated in the Pierrot Pavilion and opened in July 1923. It was obviously a success as the larger Crescent Cinema was built next door and opened in June 1930. That lasted until the early 1970s and is now apartments with the facade retained. The smaller one must have closed when the larger one opened. It was eventually demolished and the Crescent Leisure Centre occupied the site. Some info here: www.cinematour.com/tour/fo/5658.html
Opened 17 December 1934 and closed 18 July 1970. The Town and Country Club during the 1980s, survived a redevelopment plan in 1992 but closed March 1993. Later that year Mean Fiddler took on the lease with films of a musical nature returning to the former cinema in 1995 under the Silver Screen Cinema Club banner. The MAMA group took over the lease in 2007 and refurbished the building in 2009 when it became known as the HMV Forum. The current operator is Live Nation, part of the Academy Music Group, which has rebranded the venue the O2 Forum.
Exact opening date 4 February 1959. Renamed Premier in 1984 but closed for refurbishment 29 November 1984. Reopened as the Curzon West End 8 March 1985. It was announced in December 2014 the cinema was under threat from Crossrail 2 project and a campaign to save the cinema was started, backed by Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry. Two more premieres: the film “Lolita” had a Gala Premiere here in 1962 and “The Competition” had a Royal Charity Premiere here in June 1981 in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Taken over by John Downs in the 1980s. It was his company Cosmo Leisure that converted it into a bar/nightclub opening in December 2004. A series of incidents led to its licence being revoked and it closed suddenly in December 2012.
Reopened in June 1977 after tripling. Press reports state a fourth screen was added in the bar area in March 1995. The cinema was reputed to be haunted by a little girl in a red coat. Barrow-born John Duffin has committed some images of the cinema to canvas see: http://www.johnduffin.co.uk/digital/2007/index.html
Theatre now seems to have gone into voluntary liquidation although a separate company did stage the Christmas pantomime Snow White over the festive period.
The cinema is part of Marine Point, a £42 million retail and leisure park developed by Neptune Investments. It was the first of the company’s UK cinemas to open, and is a social hub engaging not only cinema but bands, musicians and poets, and is one of eight Light cinemas across the country. The company, formed by Australian businessman John Sullivan and his business partner Keith Pulligan, opened its first cinema in Bucharest in 2008.
The building has reopened as the W Cinema. This is believed to have been in March 2017 according to press reports but the cinema didn’t bother responding to enquiries. The previous venture, the Cineplex, was operated by the Hoban family. Public screenings ended September 2013 with the Westport Film Club screening its last film, Summer in February, on 2 October 2013. It closed for digitisation but did not reopen at the time.
Scott ran the cinema until his death in 1986 after which it was run by Peter Hoare. In recent years Scott Cinemas merged with the Williams family’s WTW Cinemas taking the tally of sites to twelve. A refurbishment was carried out in 2012, to include installation of digital projection equipment, and the large screen has 3D capabilities.
The Cosy is believed to have been built around 1930 by Jeremiah O'Sullivan and last appears in the Kine Year Book of 1949. Its entry is replaced by the Ormonde from 1949 although this is stated as being on Strand Street! The 400-seater was run by James Kavanagh along with the other Ormondes and had a GB Kalee sound system installed. In 1976 Michael and Mary O’Riordan became the owners and reverted back to the Cosey which opened on 2 October 1977. It was twinned around 1990 and soldiered on until 2 March 2013 when it closed with ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ and ‘The Last Stand’. It is currently on the market. More info at: www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-corkman/20130307/281771331616917.
Further information, the Picturedrome opened end of February 1914. Notably run by Patrick Coffey but from about 1960 by Mrs Gillooly. It is said to have closed in the 1990s.
Bar Brasserie du Metro had closed by August 2017.
Bubba Ray’s closed March 2017.
The Lyndale opened on 5 May 1915. It first closed c. 1930 but was reopened by W.R. Frank in 1931.
Reopened as a second-run house in 1989 before closing in June 1994.
Doors at Studio 82 bar closed June 2014, now Trap & Gill.
The premises are now occupied by Nicole’s Dance & Art School.
Closing date 30 September 1970.
Opening date 13 May 1988. According to the website Screen 1 is 293 seats and Screen 2 is 95. Plans for a third screen in 1998 never materialised. Subsidence temporarily closed the cinema in 2003 but everything hunky-dory now.
There seems to be a bit of confusion here. The Crescent Picture House was situated in the Pierrot Pavilion and opened in July 1923. It was obviously a success as the larger Crescent Cinema was built next door and opened in June 1930. That lasted until the early 1970s and is now apartments with the facade retained. The smaller one must have closed when the larger one opened. It was eventually demolished and the Crescent Leisure Centre occupied the site. Some info here: www.cinematour.com/tour/fo/5658.html
Opened 17 December 1934 and closed 18 July 1970. The Town and Country Club during the 1980s, survived a redevelopment plan in 1992 but closed March 1993. Later that year Mean Fiddler took on the lease with films of a musical nature returning to the former cinema in 1995 under the Silver Screen Cinema Club banner. The MAMA group took over the lease in 2007 and refurbished the building in 2009 when it became known as the HMV Forum. The current operator is Live Nation, part of the Academy Music Group, which has rebranded the venue the O2 Forum.
Exact opening date 4 February 1959. Renamed Premier in 1984 but closed for refurbishment 29 November 1984. Reopened as the Curzon West End 8 March 1985. It was announced in December 2014 the cinema was under threat from Crossrail 2 project and a campaign to save the cinema was started, backed by Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry. Two more premieres: the film “Lolita” had a Gala Premiere here in 1962 and “The Competition” had a Royal Charity Premiere here in June 1981 in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
In reference to the above I believe the original owner was the Woodavon Cinema Company.
Taken over by John Downs in the 1980s. It was his company Cosmo Leisure that converted it into a bar/nightclub opening in December 2004. A series of incidents led to its licence being revoked and it closed suddenly in December 2012.
Reopened in June 1977 after tripling. Press reports state a fourth screen was added in the bar area in March 1995. The cinema was reputed to be haunted by a little girl in a red coat. Barrow-born John Duffin has committed some images of the cinema to canvas see: http://www.johnduffin.co.uk/digital/2007/index.html
Theatre now seems to have gone into voluntary liquidation although a separate company did stage the Christmas pantomime Snow White over the festive period.
The cinema is part of Marine Point, a £42 million retail and leisure park developed by Neptune Investments. It was the first of the company’s UK cinemas to open, and is a social hub engaging not only cinema but bands, musicians and poets, and is one of eight Light cinemas across the country. The company, formed by Australian businessman John Sullivan and his business partner Keith Pulligan, opened its first cinema in Bucharest in 2008.
The building has reopened as the W Cinema. This is believed to have been in March 2017 according to press reports but the cinema didn’t bother responding to enquiries. The previous venture, the Cineplex, was operated by the Hoban family. Public screenings ended September 2013 with the Westport Film Club screening its last film, Summer in February, on 2 October 2013. It closed for digitisation but did not reopen at the time.
Scott ran the cinema until his death in 1986 after which it was run by Peter Hoare. In recent years Scott Cinemas merged with the Williams family’s WTW Cinemas taking the tally of sites to twelve. A refurbishment was carried out in 2012, to include installation of digital projection equipment, and the large screen has 3D capabilities.
The Ritz opened on St Patrick’s Day 1947. Source: Facebook.
The Cosy is believed to have been built around 1930 by Jeremiah O'Sullivan and last appears in the Kine Year Book of 1949. Its entry is replaced by the Ormonde from 1949 although this is stated as being on Strand Street! The 400-seater was run by James Kavanagh along with the other Ormondes and had a GB Kalee sound system installed. In 1976 Michael and Mary O’Riordan became the owners and reverted back to the Cosey which opened on 2 October 1977. It was twinned around 1990 and soldiered on until 2 March 2013 when it closed with ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ and ‘The Last Stand’. It is currently on the market. More info at: www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-corkman/20130307/281771331616917.
Further information, the Picturedrome opened end of February 1914. Notably run by Patrick Coffey but from about 1960 by Mrs Gillooly. It is said to have closed in the 1990s.
The entrance block has been demolished.
Picturedrome was open by October 1916 when The Miser’s Gift was shown. Looks like the auditorium at the back is now a hostel.
New image added today.
The Gate opened on 12 April 2006 and has digital projection in all screens along with Dolby Digital Surround sound.