The Avalon Theatre screens the latest movies. Programmes change every Friday. The film screens once nightly (no matinees) and twice nightly on a Friday and Saturday when the Page theatre organ is played prior to showtime.
The reason there are no Matinee performances is because the Avalon Theatre is part of the Casino Building tour which can be taken during the daytime.
The Film Daily Yearbook;1941 edition lists two theatres in Claremont.
The Claremont Theatre, no seating capacity given and the Village Theatre seating 500. Subsequent editions of F.D.Y. only list the Village Theatre and with a seating capacity of 540.
I would presume the Claremont Theatre was closed around 1940/41.
The operation of the Cineplex Cinema has recently been taken over by a local Independent operator and has been re-named back to its original name; Carlton Cinema.
Sorry about the link above not working. Here is a dramatic shot of Marine Terrace, with the huge fin tower of the Dreamland Cinema standing out in the background: View link
Two views of the London Coliseum auditorium and proscenium, taken before the recent 2004 refurbishment. (When a Cinerama theatre, the screen extended in-front of the eight stage boxes): View link View link
Listed in the 1941 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook as the Tower Theatre with 550 seats. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y it is still the Tower Theatre with a seating capacity of 575. The address is given as E. Tulare Street and E. El Monte Way (which today maps out as E. Kamm Avenue)
The 1952 edition of F.D.Y. has it listed as the Maya Theater, with the same address and seating details as in the 1950 edition.
Here are 5 photographs courtesy of the archive of the Cinema Theatre Association, UK. Taken in 1997 just prior to the closure of the Alhambra: View link
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RJT; Architect W.M. McElfatrick, any relation to William H. McElfatrick (already listed on Cinema Treasures Architect’s database) or could they be the same person?
Here is a January 1970 photograph of the Odeon playing the ABC circuit release. This was normal at this period of time as the Odeon release was played at the nearby Odeon Swiss Cottage and there was not an ABC cinema in the area: View link
Is there a Season in Southern CA? lol
The Avalon Theatre screens the latest movies. Programmes change every Friday. The film screens once nightly (no matinees) and twice nightly on a Friday and Saturday when the Page theatre organ is played prior to showtime.
The reason there are no Matinee performances is because the Avalon Theatre is part of the Casino Building tour which can be taken during the daytime.
The Film Daily Yearbook;1941 edition lists two theatres in Claremont.
The Claremont Theatre, no seating capacity given and the Village Theatre seating 500. Subsequent editions of F.D.Y. only list the Village Theatre and with a seating capacity of 540.
I would presume the Claremont Theatre was closed around 1940/41.
The operation of the Cineplex Cinema has recently been taken over by a local Independent operator and has been re-named back to its original name; Carlton Cinema.
The Film Daily Yearbook;1941 edition has no listing for the Fox Theatre, or any other theatre in Jasper.
It appears in the F.D.Y. 1943 edition with a seating capacity given as 450 and in the 1952 edition of F.D.Y. with a seating capacity of 300.
Sorry about the link above not working. Here is a dramatic shot of Marine Terrace, with the huge fin tower of the Dreamland Cinema standing out in the background:
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Some information about the Compton-Noterman organ and a couple of small photographs here:
http://www.geocities.com/roybattleuk/dreamland/htm
Well boys(& girls), here’s what all the fuss was about!
Photographs I took in January 2005. Looking very smart and inviting in its new ‘Rainbow’ livery:
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A 1994 photograph that I took of the Screen on the Green:
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A photograph I took of the former Victoria Cinema in 1994:
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A vintage postcard view of the Grand Theatre in 1903:
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A b&w photograph of the auditorium taken on opening week in June 1962:
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Two views of the London Coliseum auditorium and proscenium, taken before the recent 2004 refurbishment. (When a Cinerama theatre, the screen extended in-front of the eight stage boxes):
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A vintage postcard view of Highgate Hill in 1922 with the Electric Palace playing Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid”:
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Here’s what London’s Victoria & Albert Museum say’s about the Odeon Leicester Square + a picture:
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Here is an exterior view, taken when still in cinema operation as the Granada Theatre, Tooting:
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A night view of the Wiltern Road entrance as “Starlight Express” nears the buffers on its 20 years run at the Apollo Victoria:
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Here is a current photograph of the egytian style facade of the former Carlton Cinema:
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Demolished in 2005
A photograph of the rebuilt facade of the Plaza Cinema and some more history here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/plaza.htm
Listed in the 1941 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook as the Tower Theatre with 550 seats. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y it is still the Tower Theatre with a seating capacity of 575. The address is given as E. Tulare Street and E. El Monte Way (which today maps out as E. Kamm Avenue)
The 1952 edition of F.D.Y. has it listed as the Maya Theater, with the same address and seating details as in the 1950 edition.
OOooops, sorry… here is the 2nd link again:
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Here are 5 photographs courtesy of the archive of the Cinema Theatre Association, UK. Taken in 1997 just prior to the closure of the Alhambra:
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http;//flickr.com/photos/53257210@N00/89754710/in/photostream/
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A current view of the former Savoy/ABC/Coronet Cinema, now the Coronet pub:
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RJT; Architect W.M. McElfatrick, any relation to William H. McElfatrick (already listed on Cinema Treasures Architect’s database) or could they be the same person?
Here are 3 links to views of the Odeon, re-opening week in December 1954 after repairs from wartime bomb damage:
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In this photograph, Benos Restaurant seen on the right of the entrance, is today the entrance to the Screen on the Hill Cinema:
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A December 1954 night view:
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Here is a January 1970 photograph of the Odeon playing the ABC circuit release. This was normal at this period of time as the Odeon release was played at the nearby Odeon Swiss Cottage and there was not an ABC cinema in the area:
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