Savoy Cinema Superb
8 Manchester Road,
Burnley,
BB11 1HH
8 Manchester Road,
Burnley,
BB11 1HH
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The operating room was at the rear of the stalls. To accommodate the extra equipment for talkies, the room was extended into the foyer.
Front pit patrons entered at a stage-end paybox/lobby in Red Lion Street.
The first Burnley cinema with (regular) talkie equipment was the Pentridge. They installed Electrocord which opened with Bebe Daniels in ‘Hot News’ on 20 May 1929. The Savoy ran a spoiler in the local paper, pointing out that they had tried a sound system about 18 months earlier but found it unsatisfactory so were therefore paying top-price for the WE system. So they were the second (regular) talkie cinema. The Imperial was the third (16 Sept) with BTP equipment.