It seems highly improbable that there would be a Gayety Theatre and a Gaiety Theatre, both operating at the almost the same location, in the same time period. This would have confused the public totally.
My take on this is, that it is possible the Gayety (burlesque) Theatre maybe took out a cinematograph licence and it was listed in the 1914-15 edition of American Motion Picture Directory (spelt incorrectly as Gaiety). Maybe there were plans to screen movies, maybe even movies were screened. A run through newspaper advertisements for this time period would confirm or deny this.
Looks we have evidence that the Gaiety Theatre screened movies. It is listed in the 1914-15 edition of the American Motion Picture Directory. The address given is Broadway and Lorimer Street.
A photograph of the entrance to the Cine Melies that I took in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2408225278/
Well Ken, you will see in these two photographs I took in April 2006, they have cleaned up the building and the graffiti has now gone:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2408154066/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2407322905/
A photograph I took of the Cines Comedia in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2408107656/
A photograph I took of the Cine Aribau Club in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2404821095/
Two photographs I took of the Cine Verdi in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2405586092/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2405588900/
Three photographs I took of the Cine Rex in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2404068072/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2403242741/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2403244953/
An April 2008 photograph I took of the building which housed the Cine Publi-Filmax in its basement:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2402821411/
Two photographs I took of the former Cine Niza in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2402740215/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2402741691/
Five photographs I took of the Cine Napols in April 2008:
Exterior
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2403474734/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2402647823/
Outer foyer area
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2402649765/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2402651595/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2402654921/
A photograph I took in April 2008 of the former Cine Diagonal:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2401194661/
A photograph of the foyer, designed by Antoni Bonamusa:
http://flickr.com/photos/33752742@N00/288411105/
Three photographs I took of the now closed Cine Club Pedro IV:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2401481882/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2401483204/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2400654423/
Two exterior photographs I took of the Cine Club Coliseum in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2401353594/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2400525527/
A photograph of the entrance to the Cine Casablanca Gracia, which I took in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2400433043/
A photograph of the former Cine Balmes which I took in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2401218854/
It seems highly improbable that there would be a Gayety Theatre and a Gaiety Theatre, both operating at the almost the same location, in the same time period. This would have confused the public totally.
My take on this is, that it is possible the Gayety (burlesque) Theatre maybe took out a cinematograph licence and it was listed in the 1914-15 edition of American Motion Picture Directory (spelt incorrectly as Gaiety). Maybe there were plans to screen movies, maybe even movies were screened. A run through newspaper advertisements for this time period would confirm or deny this.
Two photographs I took of the Cine Astoria in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2399826810/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398995655/
Three views of the Cinema Ars that I photographed in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2399762654/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398932353/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398933463/
Looks we have evidence that the Gaiety Theatre screened movies. It is listed in the 1914-15 edition of the American Motion Picture Directory. The address given is Broadway and Lorimer Street.
A photograph of the exterior of the Arenas Cine Gay that I took in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2399383488/
A photograph of the facade of the Cine Arenas that I took in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398555749/
Two photographs I took of the Cines Alexandra in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398311003/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398312121/
A photograph I took in April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398205867/
Three exterior views of the Bosque Multicines I took in April 2008:
Original 1905 (remodeled in 1965) facade:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398924658/
Closer view:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398097647/
New main entrance to the 9-screens:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398928976/
Four photographs I took in April 2008:
The exterior of the original single screen Cine Aribau:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2397996143/
Auditorium view from the balcony:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398828598/
Auditorium view from the rear orchestra:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398000255/
Exterior of the new screens 1-4, located across the road:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2398832696/
An undated photograph, most likely early-1970’s, of the Odeon St. Helier:
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