As Manager during the 1970s I can tell you that it was operated under Contemporary Cinemas Ltd, Charles Cooper of Contemporary films and his wife Kitty provided the programming. Other Directors were James Quinn of the BFI, who as “Magic Casement” ran the late shows, programmed by myself,my various assistants but particularly by Brian O'Sullivan and his late wife, Margaret. Ralph Stephenson, writer and afficinado of the short film was the third director. Runs included “Blanche” (Boroczyk) most of the Werner Herzog Movies and almost anything by Chabrol. The late nights were legendary and were originally the brain child of Adolpho Oleaches, a peruvian, last heard of in the USA.
Jeff Curtis
As Manager during the 1970s I can tell you that it was operated under Contemporary Cinemas Ltd, Charles Cooper of Contemporary films and his wife Kitty provided the programming. Other Directors were James Quinn of the BFI, who as “Magic Casement” ran the late shows, programmed by myself,my various assistants but particularly by Brian O'Sullivan and his late wife, Margaret. Ralph Stephenson, writer and afficinado of the short film was the third director. Runs included “Blanche” (Boroczyk) most of the Werner Herzog Movies and almost anything by Chabrol. The late nights were legendary and were originally the brain child of Adolpho Oleaches, a peruvian, last heard of in the USA.
Jeff Curtis