Elite Picture Theatre

33 Upper Parliament Street,
Nottingham, NG1 2BP

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rivest266
rivest266 on October 20, 2022 at 12:02 pm

opening article:

Elite Cinema openingElite Cinema opening 22 Aug 1921, Mon The Nottingham Evening Post (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England) Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on October 20, 2022 at 11:57 am

Held an reopening in 1958.

ABC Elite reopeningABC Elite reopening 25 Jun 1958, Wed The Guardian Journal (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England) Newspapers.com

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on October 27, 2011 at 6:03 am

I did a number of Holiday Manager reliefs there. In the early 70’s the Auditorium at that stage was in very poor nic. The staff where good to work with..I remember one the films showing at the time was “Love They Neigbour” My Theatre at the time was being converted to a 3 screener.. The Elite was an oddity ABC-EMI only had a 50% interest the other was the landlord that owned the block.. When The Cinema was built.. They discovered there was Projection box…. So they ended up with a very tight one and the Projectionist had to be a acrobat to get to it… Projection Equipment was Ross GC3s with RCA sound…

abcman
abcman on March 6, 2009 at 4:32 pm

What a great photo.Never did any managerial reliefs in Nottingham when I was with ABC. Wish I had now, this looked a stunning auditorium.

woody
woody on March 6, 2009 at 4:26 pm

stunning shot of the auditorium
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woody
woody on March 6, 2009 at 4:18 pm

luckily saved from being destroyed by fire feb 2009
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what is it with cinemas and fires?

jrhine
jrhine on February 22, 2008 at 2:02 pm

The original organ in the Elite was a three manual Willis.

Ian
Ian on October 13, 2007 at 3:53 am

Another exterior view here:–

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