Luxor Cinema
10 Station Parade, South Street,
Lancing,
BN15 8AG
10 Station Parade, South Street,
Lancing,
BN15 8AG
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THe Luxor has now been converted into luxury flats, with the original exterior modernised but retaining the original Art Deco style. https://www.worthingherald.co.uk/business/first-look-inside-new-flats-lancings-luxor-building-138329 My grandfather Sam King was the co-owner of Shipman and King who bought this cinema in 1952!
At first the shops on either side were not opened due to shortage of materials. The space was used for posters. Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE told me he would put up posters after the doorman, who did the job, was called up.
The projectors were Ernemann, made in Germany. They were the last pair shipped to England before the war. The chief operator was a Mr Frank Chipperfield. Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE started working there as a rewind boy when the cinema opened. He went on to become the first British Film Commissioner.
Façade in 1990:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/138644640/
End of the foyer, where the auditorium once stood:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/2242269398/
There is a vintage and contemporary views of this theatre on this webpage: scroll down about two-thirds of the way: http://www.bn15.co.uk/history/cinema.html. Each will enlarge if clicked upon/.