Kinematograph year book (1944)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

448 The Kinematogvaph Year Book. FENTON (Staffs), Pop. 25,620. Plaza Picture Playhouse (bth), Market Street.— Prop., Plaza (Fenton), Ltd. Phone, Longton 39003. 560 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous evenings, Mats., Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Sat. Prices, 6d. to is. 9d. Proscenium width, 35 ft. Stage, 20 ft. ; two dressing-rooms. Station, Fenton. Films by Potteries Transport. Royal Cinema (we), Manor Street. — Prop. Harper and Ashton, Ltd. 700 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices, 3d. to gd. Station, Fenton, L.M.S. FERRYHILL (Co Durham), Pop 10,133 Gaiety Theatre (rca). — Prop., Thompson's Enterprises, Ltd., Palladium Bldgs., Eastbourne Road, Middlesbrough. Phone, Linthorpe 88156. 752 seats. Booked at H.O. Once nightly. Three shows Sat. Prices, 6d. to is. 6d. Proscenium width, 25 ft. Variety occasionally. Stage, 22 ft. deep ; three dressing-rooms. Phone, Ferryhill 55. Majestic Theatre (btp), Dean Bank. — Prop., Joseph Cadman. 750 seats. Twice nightly Pictures, Variety. Prices, 6d. to is. Proscenium width, 23 ft., Stage, 21 ft. deep. 4 dressing-rooms. Pavilion (we). — Props., Wall and Thompson. Booked at Newcastle-on-Tyne. 901 seats. Once nightly. Two shows Sat. Prices, 6d. to is. Phone, Ferryhill 47. FILEY (Yorks) Pop. 3,730. Grand Theatre and Cinema (Ultramonic), Union Street. — Prop., Filey Enterprises, Ltd. 500 seats. Man. Dir., Andie Caine. Booked at Leeds and London. One show nightly. Sunday opening. Three changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 2s. Proscenium width, 23 ft. Brig Cinema (ba). — Prop., Majestic Cinema (Pocklington) Ltd., Manor Buildings, Pock lington. Phone, Pgcklington 2137. 950 seats. Prices, 9d. to 2s. 6d. Booked at Tower, Leeds. FINEDON (Northants), Pop. 4,100. Cinema. — Prop., Watts, Cinemas Ltd., " Poolstock," Finedon. 300 seats. Booked at H.O. by D. M. and G. A. Watts. Phone, Finedon 209. Once nightly, Mon. to Fri. Continuous Sat. Prices, 5d. to is. 9d. Road Transport. FiSHBURN (Stockton-on-Tees), Pop. 4,000Alhambra (Morrison). — Prop., W. W. Turnbull, Greenside, Durham Road, Coxhoe. Phone 5. 460 seats. Booked at Hall. Prices, sd. to is. 6d. Twice nightly. Mon., Wed. and Sat., once other nights. Proscenium width, 28 ft. Station, Ferryhill, L.N.E.R. FLEET (Hants), Pop. 4,528. County Cinema (we). — -Prop., County Cinemas, Ltd., 49, Park Lane, London, W.i. Phone, Mayfair 781 1. Continuous. Prices, is. to 2s. 9d. Cafe attached. Phone, Fleet 200. Station, Fleet, S.R. ; and by Film Transport. FLEETWOOD (Lancs), Pop. 30,000. Sunday evening shows all the year round. Art Cinema (we), Lord Street. — Prop., Black, pool Tower Co., Ltd., Empress BuildingsBlackpool. Phone, Blackpool 1. 915 seats, Booked at H.O. Mat. at 2.30, and continuous from 6.30 p.m. ; one on Sun. Two changes weekly. Prices, is. to 2s. Proscenium width, 30 ft. Cafe attached. Phone, Fleetwood 429. Station, Fleetwood, L.M.S. Fitted "ARDENTE" Deaf Aids See page 49 Pier Cinema (we), Esplanade. — Prop., Fleetwood Pier, Ltd., 800 seats. Continuous nightly. Daily mat. Two changes weekly. Prices, is. to 2s. 3d. Cafe. Phone, 563. Regent Cinema (we), Lord Street. — Props., Leeswoods Entertainments. 700 seats. Continuous. Mat. daily. Booked at Hall. Two changes weekly. Prices, 8d. to is. 4d. Phone, Fleetwood 667. Verona (we), Knott End-on-Sea, near Fleetwood. Victoria Cinema (we), Poulton Road. — Prop., Victoria Cinema (Fleetwood), Ltd. 1,124 seats. Booked at Shaw. Continuous. Mat. daily. Prices, is. to 2s. 3d. Stage, 15 ft. deep ; three dressing-rooms. Phone, Fleetwood 708. FJixton (Lancs.) Pop. 2,929. New Curyon, (we), Princes Road. Props., New Land and Development Co , Ltd , 1,200 seats. Prices gd. to 2s. 3d. Continuous. Booked at Hall. Pictures and Variety. Proscenium width 45 ft. Stage 20 ft. Cafe. Phone Union 2929. Station, Urmston. FOLKESTONE (Kent). Pop. 35,890. Central Cinema (we). Phone, Folkestone 3335. Controlled by Mayfair Circuit (Control), Ltd., 5, Culross Street, London, W.i. Phone, Mayfair 1038. 1,397 seats. Booked by A. Cohen at H.O. Station, Folkestone Central, S.R. Fitted "ARDENTE" Deaf Aids See page 49 Odeon (we). — Props., Odeon Theatres, Ltd. 49, Park Lane, London, W.i. Phone. Mayfair 781 1. Continuous. Prices, is. to 3s. 6d. Proscenium width, 38 ft. Stage, 20 ft. deep ; four dressing-rooms. Phone, Folkestone 2274. Cafe. Station, Folkestone Central, S.R. Playhouse (we), Guildhall Street.— 778 seats. Continuous. Phone, Folkestone 3554. Closed. Fitted "ARDENTE" Deaf Aids See page 49 Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Bouverie Road. — South Coast Pleasure Gardens, Ltd. 1,100 seats. Variety, Musical Comedies and Plays. Booked by David Manderson, Emanwye House, Bernard Street, W.C.i. Prices, is. to 5s. gd. Proscenium width, 30 ft. Stage, 45 ft. ; 11 dressing-rooms. Phone, Folkestone 21 15. Savoy Super Cinema (we), Grace Hill. — Props., Savoy Super Cinema (Folkestone), Ltd., 150, Southampton Row, W.C.i. 750 seats. Continuous. Booked at H.O. Prices, 9d. to 3s. Proscenium width, 30 ft. Cafe attached. Phone, Folkestone 4666. FOREST HALL (Northumberland). New Picture House (btp). — Prop., Stanhope (Newcastle-on-Tyne) Cinema Co., Ltd., 178. Westgate Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone, Newcastle 27451. 400 seats. Booked at H.O. by V. R. Marshall. Two shows nightly, one show Sun. Mats., Mon. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to is. Phone, Ritz (btp). — Prop., Hinges Cinemas, Ltd., 147 /i4g, Northumberland Street, Newcastleon-Tyne. Phone, 20317. 1,062 seats. Continuous from 5.15 p.m. Mat. Sat. Once nightly Sun. Booked at 147 /i4g, Northumberland Street. Prices, 7d. to is. gd. Cafe attached. Station, Benton, L.N.E.R. FORDINGBRIDGE (Hants), Pop. 3,456. Glen dale Theatre. — Props., Glendale Theatres Corporation, National House, 60/66, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 6704. 252 seats. Booked at H.O. by Harold Baim. Continuous from 5.30, Mon., Thurs. , FOR BOX OFFICE FILMS OF POPULAR DESIGN