Majestic Picture House
Daulby Street,
Liverpool,
L3
Daulby Street,
Liverpool,
L3
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Located in the east of the inner city centre at the corner of Daulby Street and Prescott Street backing onto Boundary Place(which no longer exists today). The Majestic Picture House was opened on 10th June 1914. With its corner entrance, the façade was faced in terracotta, and was topped by a dome. Inside the auditorium, seating was provided for 670 in the stalls and 200 in the circle. There were also three boxes on the right-hand side of the circle, each seating 5 persons. In 1927 alterations were carried out with increased the seating capacity by 350, and some of this space was provided by the removal of the circle boxes.
In March 1930 it was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system and the first ‘talkie’ to play here was “Victor McLaglen in "King of the Kyber Rifles”. The Majestic Picture House was closed on 3rd April 1937 with Jack Benny in “The Big Broadcast. It was immediately demolished to built the Art Deco style Majestic Cinema on an enlarged site (which has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
Contributed by
Ken Roe
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Grand opening ad posted. Admission was 1.12-5p (1.48-5.90 pounds in today’s money)