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Exterior of the Duke of York's Picture House. The Duke of York's Picture House is an art house cinema in Brighton, England, which lays claim to being the oldest cinema in continuous use in Britain. [1] [2] According to cinema historian Allen Eyles, the cinema "deserves to be named Britain's oldest cinema". [3] The cinema is a Grade II listed ...
Komedia is an arts and entertainment company which operates venues in the United Kingdom at Brighton and Bath, [1] and a management and production company Komedia Entertainment. Beyond hosting live comedy, the venues also host music, cabaret , theatre and shows for children, featuring local, national and international performers.
The cinema opened on 1 August 1930, still under the Savoy brand (and known as the Savoy Cinema Theatre), [7] showing new releases Loose Ends and Not So Quiet on the Western Front. Films typically received a one-week run and were changed on Fridays, although major hits such as All Quiet on the Western Front and King of Jazz were shown for longer.
The Regent Cinema was a cinema in Brighton, England. It was opened by Provincial Cinematograph Theatres on 27 July 1921 and was one of that company's first super cinemas. It was demolished in 1974.
XD Theater is a 3D film attraction. When first released, XD Theater included the 3D ride films Cosmic Coaster, Haunted Mine and Arctic Run. [citation needed] There are now over 40 3D films in Triotech's XD Theater library. The ultimate immersive ride with real time 3D stereoscopic graphics combined with visual FX for a multi sensory experience ...
Picturehouse West Norwood. Picturehouse Cinemas is a network of cinemas in the United Kingdom, operated by Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd. [1] and owned by Cineworld. [2] The company runs its own film distribution arm, Picturehouse Entertainment, [3] which has released acclaimed films such as Hirokazu Kore-eda's Broker and Monster, Scrapper, Corsage, Sally Potter's The Party, Francis Lee's God's Own ...
By 1910, two purpose-built cinemas existed; one, the Duke of York's Picture House, is still in use [2] and is the oldest operational cinema in England. [4] During the 1920s and 1930s, larger and larger cinemas were built as demand increased; an early "super cinema" was the Regent Cinema (1921), and the 2,500-seat Savoy followed in 1930. [2] [5]
One of the former Odeon cinemas in Leeds, pictured in May 1980.This is now a Sports Direct branch.. Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch.Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation", [5] but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek ...