Purple Picture House

Unfortunately, many of the listings of this site contain frequent errors, wrong dates and misinformation (not necessarily the fault of the contributors, since the listings have mostly been copied from other sources that were incorrect in the first place) but as a cinema historian myself, I can state that this building was never called the Westmoreland Picture Palace as stated, it didn’t open “around 1912” (nor ever changed ownership) and the last film was not “So This Is London” as stated. Furthermore, it did reopen after the initial period of closure in September 1939, when all cinemas, theatres and other places of entertainment were closed temporarily. I only correct these points, as this site gets referred to by others seeking information on individual cinemas, and has resulted in other web sites, local publications and other sources all now containing erroneous information that has been sourced on this website.