Seymour; Great photo of the Regal Theatre/later Odeon, Marble Arch, now demolished and not to be confused with the current open Odeon Marble Arch, which is also on this site.
The console of the Wultitzer organ was in the center of the orchestra pit, so could be seen by the audience. The organ chambers were located in the ceiling, above the proscenium. To allow sound from the instrument into the auditorium, there was a tone chute, which allowed the sound to emit through the massive grillework above the main ceiling chandelier, giving an effect of the music seeming to ‘float’ over the audience.
A similar set up was also at two other Grauman theatres, the Metropolitan in Downtown, and the Egyptian along Hollywood Bouelvard.
A vintage photograph of the Odeon, playing the Odeon release in May 1956: http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/deptford1.jpg
A set of vintage photographs, showing the Odeon from its 1938 opening, to dereliction in the 1980’s and demolition in 1988: View link
Both the Alhambra Theatre (listed as Alhambra Amusement Co.) 108-110 Bleecker Street and Majestic Theatre (no address given) are listed in 1914/1915.
Other early theatres listed are:
Bender Theatre
Empire Theatre, Bleecker Street
Family Theatre, 82 Bleecker Street
Idle Hour Theatre, 629 Bleecker Street
Lumberg Theatre, Washington near Lafayette Street
Mirth Theatre
Orpheum Theatre, 34 Lafyette Street
Savoy Theatre, 634 Bleecker Street
Star Theatre, 644 Bleecker Street
Theatorium, 206 Genesee Street
There is no Avon Theatre listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 edition, but that does not mean to say that an Avon Theatre didn’t open, in perhaps late 1915?
The 1937 film “Wings of the Morning” starred Henry Fonda, not Tyrone Power and was about horse racing. It could of course still have been the opening film in 1941. The only film starring Tyrone Power around the 1941 opening could have been in “A Yank in the RAF”.
More history, details and photographs of the Queen’s Hall building:
http://www.nqho.com/NQHO/Queens_Hall.html
History, more details photographs and memorabilia on the Scala Theatre here:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Scala.htm
LM: In the 1941 & 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook, it is spelt “Nottowa”, so not sure which is correct.
Seymour; Great photo of the Regal Theatre/later Odeon, Marble Arch, now demolished and not to be confused with the current open Odeon Marble Arch, which is also on this site.
The console of the Wultitzer organ was in the center of the orchestra pit, so could be seen by the audience. The organ chambers were located in the ceiling, above the proscenium. To allow sound from the instrument into the auditorium, there was a tone chute, which allowed the sound to emit through the massive grillework above the main ceiling chandelier, giving an effect of the music seeming to ‘float’ over the audience.
A similar set up was also at two other Grauman theatres, the Metropolitan in Downtown, and the Egyptian along Hollywood Bouelvard.
A set of vintage photographs of the Ritz/ABC/Belle-Vue:
View link
A vintage photograph of the Odeon in 1956:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevp/682903550/
The Cine Vox, photographed in September 2008:
View link
Close-up in August 2007:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marion/1079220108/
From a different angle in June 2009:
View link
Viewed from the balcony during a concert:
View link
The opening day advertisement can be seen here:
View link
A more complete description can be found here:
http://everything2.com/title/Cinema%2520Egyptien
Historic photographs and more details of the New Cross Empire Theatre here:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/NewCross.htm#empire
A vintage postcard view from around 1905:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt1965/3567820174/
A set of 3 vintage photographs of the New Cross Super Kinema:
View link
A vintage photograph of the Odeon, playing the Odeon release in May 1956:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/deptford1.jpg
A set of vintage photographs, showing the Odeon from its 1938 opening, to dereliction in the 1980’s and demolition in 1988:
View link
A vintage postcard view of the Broadway Theatre in the early 1900’s:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt1965/3550386097/
The front and entrance of the Palace Cinema can be seen on the right of this photograph(where the pedestrian is walking):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt1965/2562170852/
A vintage photograph and further details of the Broadway Theatre here:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/NewCross.htm#broadway
Here are some photographs of the Vista Theatre that I have taken:
Scanned photos from 1999:
Exterior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/3723847963/
Foyer:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/3723849347/
Auditorium side-wall:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/3724658328/
Two photographs of the auditorium I took in June 2005:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/3724692664/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/3724694372/
Both the Alhambra Theatre (listed as Alhambra Amusement Co.) 108-110 Bleecker Street and Majestic Theatre (no address given) are listed in 1914/1915.
Other early theatres listed are:
Bender Theatre
Empire Theatre, Bleecker Street
Family Theatre, 82 Bleecker Street
Idle Hour Theatre, 629 Bleecker Street
Lumberg Theatre, Washington near Lafayette Street
Mirth Theatre
Orpheum Theatre, 34 Lafyette Street
Savoy Theatre, 634 Bleecker Street
Star Theatre, 644 Bleecker Street
Theatorium, 206 Genesee Street
The former State/Granada, photographed as the Gala Bingo Club in January 2001:
View link
There is no Avon Theatre listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 edition, but that does not mean to say that an Avon Theatre didn’t open, in perhaps late 1915?
The 1937 film “Wings of the Morning” starred Henry Fonda, not Tyrone Power and was about horse racing. It could of course still have been the opening film in 1941. The only film starring Tyrone Power around the 1941 opening could have been in “A Yank in the RAF”.
A vintage photograph of the Excelsior Cinema in 1939, shortly after it was re-modeled:
View link
A set of vintage photographs of the Gaumont, now Odeon Holloway:
View link
The Metro Cinema can be seen mid-distance on the left of this May 2009 street scene:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moddathir/3713804153/
The Abcat Cine Club, photographed in April 2005:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/finkangel/12450490/