Standard Super Cinema
151-157 Goldsmith's Row,
London,
E2 8QR
151-157 Goldsmith's Row,
London,
E2 8QR
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Looks like demolition is now in progress from this photograph dated 4th August 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/sarflondondunc/209029691/
I have just found that this originally opened in around 1911 as the Electric Cinema. Within days it had been re-named Olympia Cinema. It became the Standard Cinema from 1912 and had a ‘straight’ pipe organ to acompany the silent films.
The Standard Cinema was equipped with a Christie 2Manual/8Ranks theatre organ in 1927. It was opened by Charles Willis.
Three views of the former Standard Super Cinema that I took in October 2004:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/137690777/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/137691083/
A view of the rear of the building:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/137691435/