Cine Encanto
Neptuno and Consulado,
Havana
Neptuno and Consulado,
Havana
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Architects: Enrique Gill y Castellanos
Styles: Atmospheric, Spanish Renaissance
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Located in the centre of Havana on Neptuno at the corner of Consulado. The Cine Encanto was an elegant, ornate Atmospheric style cinema which opened in 1928. It was designed by architect Enrique Gil working with an architect named Castellanos. The Cine Encanto was closed around 1957.
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According to an article in Motion Picture News which includes some interior photos this cinema opened in 1928 and was atmospheric in design.The architect is listed as Enrique Gil Y Castellanos.
Located on the corner of Neptuno and Consulado Streets and had 1500 seats.
Very elegant. It was located on Neptuno street between Consulado and Industria. The architect who designed it was named Enrique Gil y Castellanos. It was open by 1924, in my mother’s youth. It had an orchestra then, where Armando Oréfiche played the piano, on a pit which rose at intermission, and it showed silent movies.
This cinema was the first in Latin America to install air conditioner system, built by the Carrier Corp. of Newark NJ.
Did this theater have a Kilgen organ? If so, do you have the history of the installation and displacement of the pipe organ?
Replying to Laney:
Kilgen company history indicates that there was a three-manual five-rank instrument installed in the theater in 1927. After the theater closed the instrument was incorporated into a church organ in the Miramar district built by Aizpuru in the 50’s. I saw the organ in 2003 and was curious about the Kilgen chest magnets visible in the chancel organ. Given the size of the Kilgen it’s almost certain that the pipes were used only for the chancel organ, though the ornately carved console in the gallery probably came from the theater as well.