Kinema Theatre
14th Street SW and 17th Avenue SW,
Calgary,
AB
T2T 0C6
14th Street SW and 17th Avenue SW,
Calgary,
AB
T2T 0C6
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Previous Names: Mount Royal Theatre
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Opened in 1911 as the Mount Royal Theatre. On November 16, 1933 it was renamed the Kinema Theatre. Always a double bill such as "Arsene Lupin Returns" and "Checkers".
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MikeRogers
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I am sure it probably under went a name change,but as far as I could track it it was KINEMA.
Thanks Chuck you must have some big Theatre book.
According to this webpage: View link the theatre opened in 1911 as the Mount Royal, and was demolished in the 1950’s.
Strange; it comes up that way when I searched for it again and works when I clicked on it – View link
If it still will not work, the relevant section reads: “In 1911 he [William Nimmons] had another landmark constructed, the Mount Royal Theatre, later called the Kinema, the first and only cinema ever constructed in Bankview. The theatre functioned as a silent picture house, before being converted into an automobile repair shop. During the "Great Depression,” it reverted back to a theatre, the Kinema, before being demolished during the 1950s."
Oops!
Just to clarify, I did not mean to suggest your original information was wrong, Chuck, just that there was some additional information out there that indicated that the theater had a longer history and another name, as Mike Rogers suspected.
This opened on November 16th, 1933 as Kinema. Grand opening ad posted.