To CWalczak: The reports you mentioned was not a cinema. It has since come to light that there were two people died in the building that houses the Readings Palms 8-plex in Shirley, They died in one of the shops and not the cinema.
Also the Regent 4-plex On Worcester, a Hoyts Cinema, is being demolished. The cinema, located in the former circle, collapse into the former stall area, which was occupied by shops. Hoyts have decided to abandon the complex.
All cinemas were closed when the Quake that closed these originally as it was 4.35am (NZ Time). With the February 22 Quake there were only a hand full of people at the cinemas at this time. No cinemas collapsed completely, but structural damage resulted in the cinemas being demolished.
CWalczak:– That is not the interior of the Cinerama, Auckland; but that of the Cinerama Christchurch. Different City, Different Island; separated by some 12,000 kilometers.
There is no sign of this cinema; it definitely has been demolished at the same time as the former City Hotel of which it was part of. I used to work there.
Sorry “Lost memory”, but web site date incorrect. I have research all the cinemas in Christchurch, and the Hollywood, Sumner definitely opened in 1941.
As I posted earlier, the oldest cinema still opened that I have managed to track down in the world is that of the Municipal, Roxburgh, New Zealand. It was opened in October 1898. In 2008 it celebrated 110 years of operating, having special screenings of both current and past movies.
To be listed in the “Guinness Book of World Records” the subject must be nominated. Obviously, for this cinema, it has not.
No chance of pulling it down. They 1. Don’t own the building; and 2. It has a heritage order attached to the building. Was the former Embassy Cinema, closed between 1985 and 1995. Opened as Village 4-plex 20 November 1995. Readings took over in 2005.
It was not the State cinema {1931 to December 1995}, both were open briefly 1995 competing with each other.
This former cinema suffered damage from the February 22, 2011 Earthquake.
Unfortunately all former cinemas located in Christchurch are in a bad way and face the wreckers ball, with the exception of THE THEATRE ROYAL.
Added to the list above can now be added CENTURY CINEMA, St Albans (suburb). Closed mid 1960s and converted to a Supermarket.
As of todays date the following cinemas are open:
Movieland Complex (Hornby) 4-screens Hoyts Riccartion 6 screen; 1
Hoyts Northland 4 screen; Hollywood Sumner 3 screens. Closed are Academy; Metro, Regent, Readings 8-plex, Rialto 4-plex.
Demolition of this cinema has begun. It was open 16 August, 1930 to February 22, 2011.
To CWalczak: The reports you mentioned was not a cinema. It has since come to light that there were two people died in the building that houses the Readings Palms 8-plex in Shirley, They died in one of the shops and not the cinema.
Also the Regent 4-plex On Worcester, a Hoyts Cinema, is being demolished. The cinema, located in the former circle, collapse into the former stall area, which was occupied by shops. Hoyts have decided to abandon the complex.
It has also just been
All cinemas were closed when the Quake that closed these originally as it was 4.35am (NZ Time). With the February 22 Quake there were only a hand full of people at the cinemas at this time. No cinemas collapsed completely, but structural damage resulted in the cinemas being demolished.
This cinema faces the wreckers ball.
CWalczak:– That is not the interior of the Cinerama, Auckland; but that of the Cinerama Christchurch. Different City, Different Island; separated by some 12,000 kilometers.
The Kings cinema closed in 1969 and the Regent closed about 1990-1991,
The Rialto is to be demolished by the Council. It has suffered badly with two large cracks up the front of the building.
Located in a former bank, uses DVD, with seating being old couches.
There is no sign of this cinema; it definitely has been demolished at the same time as the former City Hotel of which it was part of. I used to work there.
Virginia Motion Pictures, North Baltimore OH 45872' is one of them
Following the Christchurch earthquake of September 3, 2010, thuis cinema was damaged and as a result now faces demolision.
Now located at http://webspace.webring.com/people/hh/hd5068/index.html
The web sites mention above has moved following geocities closure. It is now located at View link
Sorry “Lost memory”, but web site date incorrect. I have research all the cinemas in Christchurch, and the Hollywood, Sumner definitely opened in 1941.
As I posted earlier, the oldest cinema still opened that I have managed to track down in the world is that of the Municipal, Roxburgh, New Zealand. It was opened in October 1898. In 2008 it celebrated 110 years of operating, having special screenings of both current and past movies.
To be listed in the “Guinness Book of World Records” the subject must be nominated. Obviously, for this cinema, it has not.
Only the auditorium has been demolished.
The Regent licensed by the Cinema Licensing Authority (Govt Dept) and open as a cinema before 1920.
Open pre-1933, closed 1967-69. Fate unknown, but believed demolished.
No chance of pulling it down. They 1. Don’t own the building; and 2. It has a heritage order attached to the building. Was the former Embassy Cinema, closed between 1985 and 1995. Opened as Village 4-plex 20 November 1995. Readings took over in 2005.
It was not the State cinema {1931 to December 1995}, both were open briefly 1995 competing with each other.
Opened on December 18, 2004. Registered seating capacity is 36 (cinema 1) 18 (cinema 2).
Opened in 1935 to replace an earlier theatre opened in 1928.
Kaikoura Community Theatre (Trust) is not an AKA; its the name of the trust that run it.
There is no town in New Zealand called Waikato.
In this general area there were:
Hamilton – Everybodys, 1920’s, renamed Embassy 1946, registered seating cap. 995
Thames – Kings, 1911, renamed Embassy 1951, registered seating cap. 651
No Royal theatre/cinema have been renamed “Embassy” or any other name.
This cinema opened in 1941.