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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 ...
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 ...
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The Duke of York's Picturehouse, [141] dating from 1910, [142] was opened by Violet Melnotte-Wyatt. It is the country's oldest purpose-built cinema and was Brighton's first Electric Bioscope, which still operates as an arthouse cinema. The Duke of York's Picturehouse expanded in 2012, adding two additional screens in a different location.
In December 2012, Dukes at Komedia (sometimes styled as Dukes@Komedia) opened a two-screen cinema operated in collaboration with the Duke of York's cinema and Picturehouse Cinemas. [4] [5] Duke’s at Komedia replaced the original Komedia Upstairs comedy club. [6] [7] [8] The main screen has 142 seats, and a smaller, second screen can seat 96 ...
In the 1890s, early filmmaker George Albert Smith lived and built a studio in neighbouring Hove, now a part of the city of Brighton and Hove. Brighton's Duke of York's Picturehouse has been in operation since 22 September 1910, making it the oldest purpose built and continually operating cinema in Britain.
William Coupon (born December 3, 1952, in New York City) is an American photographer, known principally for his formal painterly backdrop portraits of tribal people, politicians and celebrities. William Coupon was born in New York City, but moved to Washington, D.C., and later to San Francisco.