Comments from rivest266 - Cinema Treasures

rivest266 commented about Staten Theatre on Nov 6, 2021 at 4:37 pm

Newspaper ads in the SI Advance started to appear on July 5th, 1947 for this theatre.

rivest266 commented about Odeon Trafford Centre on Nov 5, 2021 at 8:53 pm

IMAX screen opened on November 20th, 2013 https://www.avforums.com/threads/trafford-centre-imax.1831351/

rivest266 commented about Odeon Trafford Centre on Nov 5, 2021 at 8:51 pm

2017 IMAX VR Grand opening

rivest266 commented about Odeon Manchester on Nov 5, 2021 at 8:43 pm

1930 grand opening ad posted.

rivest266 commented about New Oxford Theatre on Nov 5, 2021 at 7:47 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266 commented about New Manchester Hippodrome Theatre on Nov 5, 2021 at 7:33 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266 commented about Manchester Opera House on Nov 5, 2021 at 6:31 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266 commented about Manchester Opera House on Nov 5, 2021 at 6:30 pm

Picture from the Guardian

New Theatre in Manchester 26 Dec 1912, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

rivest266 commented about Manchester Hippodrome Theatre on Nov 5, 2021 at 6:26 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266 commented about Gaiety Theatre on Nov 4, 2021 at 9:26 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266 commented about Cornerhouse Cinemas on Nov 4, 2021 at 8:18 pm

This opened on May 3rd, 1935. Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266 commented about Cannon Deansgate on Nov 4, 2021 at 6:54 pm

1960 reopening ABC Deansgate reopening 01 Sep 1960, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

rivest266 commented about Cannon Deansgate on Nov 4, 2021 at 6:51 pm

This opened as the Deansgate Picture House on January 15th, 1914, as the “most luxurious picture theatre in the country” according to the grand opening ad, which can be seen in the photo section.

rivest266 commented about Arcadia Cinema on Nov 4, 2021 at 6:00 pm

Demolished around 2014 per Google street view.

rivest266 commented about Theatre Royal Cinema on Nov 4, 2021 at 5:00 pm

This is now a mosque.

rivest266 commented about Loew's Palace Theatre on Nov 3, 2021 at 5:49 pm

Cinerama ad: Loew’s Palace Cinerama 26 Jul 1961, Wed The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) Newspapers.com

rivest266 commented about Light Cinemas Bolton on Nov 3, 2021 at 5:20 pm

This cinema has reopened per official website.

rivest266 commented about L'autre Cinema 1 & 2 on Nov 3, 2021 at 4:38 pm

1982 grand opening ad in French posted.

rivest266 commented about UA Cine I & II on Nov 3, 2021 at 8:30 am

Fiddler on the roof promo https://youtu.be/LgnJChP-5yM

rivest266 commented about Plaza Theatre on Nov 2, 2021 at 10:08 pm

better quality grand opening ad

Plaza theatre opening 25 Apr 1952, Fri The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) Newspapers.com

rivest266 commented about Crosstown Theatre on Nov 2, 2021 at 10:04 pm

Higher quality ad: Malco Crosstown opening 18 May 1951, Fri The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) Newspapers.com

rivest266 commented about Whitehaven Cinema on Nov 2, 2021 at 9:46 pm

This opened as the Whitehaven theatre by General Cinema on November 2nd, 1966.

General Cinema Whitehaven Cinema 02 Nov 1966, Wed The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) Newspapers.com

rivest266 commented about Funhouse Theatre on Nov 1, 2021 at 9:09 pm

announcement Cine 3 announcement 20 Jun 1971, Sun The Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana) Newspapers.com

rivest266 commented about Theatair X on Nov 1, 2021 at 4:55 pm

new video and some history

rivest266 commented about Showplace Cinemas on Nov 1, 2021 at 4:48 pm

Grand opening ad: Cinema 37 opening 17 May 1972, Wed The Reporter-Times (Martinsville, Indiana) Newspapers.com