Kinematograph year book (1946)

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.

410 The Kinematograph Year Book. BILSTON— continued. Theatre Royal (bth). — Props., Astel Pictures, Ltd., C. S. Joseph Circuit, 38, John Bright Street, Birmingham, 1. Phone, Mid 1933. 700 seats. Continuous. Prices, ad. to 3s. Proscenium width, 26 ft. ; Stage, 25 ft. deep ; six dressing-rooms. Phone, Bilston 41001. B1NGLEY (Yorks ), Pop. 20553. Hippodrome (we), Main Street. — Props., Bingley Hippodrome, Ltd., Old Bank Chambers, Keighley. Phone, Keighley 2264. 739 seats. Booked at Leeds. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to is. 6d. Proscenium width, 26 ft. Phone, Bingley 174. Station, Bingley. Myrtle Cinema (we).— Props., Bingley Cinema, Ltd., 9, Henry Street, Keighley. Phone, 3771. 900 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices, iod. to 2s. 6d. Phone, Bingley 211. BIRKENHEAD (Cheshire), Pop. 147,946 Avenue Super Theatre (bth), Park Road, North. — Props., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 80 /82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 4556. Booked at H.O. (Closed.) Claughton Picture House (bth), Claughton, Road. — Prop., Claughton Picture House Co., Ltd., 20, Castle Street. Phone, Central 3401. 800 seats. Booked at Liverpool Cinema Feature Film Co., Ltd., 9, Ranelagh Street, Liverpool. Continuous evenings ; daily mat. Phone, Birkenhead 2029. Coliseum Picture House (we), Tranmere. — Props., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 80/82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 4556. Booked at H.O. Empire Cinema (we), Conway Street. — Prop., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 80/82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 4556. Booked at H.O. Phone, Birkenhead 1815. Gaumont (baf) Duosonic, Park Road East.— Props., General Theatre Corporation, 123, Regent Street, W.i. 1,694 seats. Prices, is. to 2s. gd. Continuous from 1 p.m. Proscenium width, 40 ft. Booked at New Gallery House, Regent Street, W.i. Stage, 19 ft. deep ; eight dressing-rooms. Fitted "ARDENTE" Deaf Aids See page 78 New Mayfair. — Prop., S.M. Super Cinemas, 80/82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Plaza Theatre (we), Borough Road, — Prop., Bedford Cinemas (1928), Ltd., 19, Castle Street, Liverpool. Phone, Central 1544. 2,293 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous from 2.30 p.m. Prices, is. to 2s. 3d. Stage, 18 ft. deep ; four dressing-rooms. Phone, Birkenhead 1119. Queen's Hale (ba), Claughton Road. — Prop., General Theatre Corpn., Ltd., 123, Regent Street, London, W.i. 918 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous evenings ; daily mat. ; Sun. opening.. Prices, 6d. to iod. Phone, Birkenhead 1498. Regal (we), Bebington Road. — Prop., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 80/82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 4556. Booked at H.O. Regent Picture House (we), Church Road, Tranmere. — Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31, Golden Square, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 7887. 1,091 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Mat. daily. Phone, Rock Ferry 611. Station, Central, Mersey R. Rex (we). — Prop., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 80 /82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 4556. In course of construction. Rio (bth), Price Street. — Prop., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd, 80 /82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 4556. Continuous. Booked at H.O. Phone, Birkenhead 2093. Station, Park, Mersey, and L.M.S. Ritz, Claughton Road. — Prop., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 80/82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 4556. Booked at H.O. (Closed). Roxy (bth), Charing Cross.: — Prop., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 80/82, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 4556. Continuous. Mats, daily. Booked at H.O. Phone, Birkenhead 191 1. Savoy (rca), Argyle Street. — Props., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31, Golden Square, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 7887. 2,000 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous evenings, daily Mat. Phone, Birkenhead 161. Station, Woodside, Birkenhead, Mersey R. Super Cinema, (ba), Conway Street. — Prop., General Theatre Corpn., Ltd. Booked at 123, Regent Street, W.i. 751 seats. Continuous from 1.30 p.m. Prices, is. to 2s. 3d. Proscenium width, 22 ft. by igl ft. Phone, Birkenhead 221 1. Central Station, L.M.S. BIRMINGHAM (Warwick), Pop. 1,002,413. Adelphi Super Cinema (bth), Hay Mills. — Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30/31, Golden Square, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 7887. 1,248 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Daily Mat. Phone, Victoria 1208. Albion Picture Theatre (we), Holyhead Road. — Prop., Albion Picture Theatres, Ltd. Booked at Hall. Continuous. 1,200 seats. Prices, iod. to 2s. 3d. Phone, Northern 0433. Alexander, John Bright Street. Alhambra (rca), Moseley Road. — Props., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31, Golden Square, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 7887. 1,348 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Proscenium width, 50 ft. Phone, Victoria 2826. Apollo Picture Playhouse (bth), Tyburn Road. — Prop., Apollo Picture Playhouse, Ltd., 8, Waterloo Street, Birmingham. Phone, Mid. 4173. 1,225 seats. Booked at Hall. Prices, iod. to 2s. 3d. Continuous from 2 p.m Sun. from 3 p.m. Phone, Erdington 0834. Stations, New Street, L.M.S., and Snow Hill, G.W.R. Films by Road Transport. Ashted Row Picture House (we). — Props., Ashted Row Pictures, Ltd. 779 seats. Booked at Lombard House, Great Charles Street, Birmingham. Continuous from 2 p.m., daily ; Sunday, from 3 p.m. Prices, 7d. to is. Proscenium width, 25 ft. Phone, Aston Cross 3432. Road Transport. Aston Cross Picture House (bth). — Lichfield Road. — Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30/31, Golden Square, London, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 7887. 1,000 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Mat. daily. Phone, East 0430. Stations, New Street, L.M.S., and Snow Hill, G.W.R. Astoria Cinema (bth). — Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31, Golden Square, W.i. Phone, Gerrard 7887. 1,194 seats. Booked at H.O. Separate shows. Phone, Aston Cross 2384. Stations, New Street, L.M.S., and Snow Hill, G.W.R. Atlas Cinema (we), Flaxley Road. Stechford. — Props., Atlas Picture House, Ltd., 962, Alum Rock Road, Birmingham. 1,378 seats. Prices, iod. ro 2s. 3d. Continuous Mon., Wed., Thurs. and Sat., from 2 p.m., Tues. and Fri., from 5 p.m. ; Sun., from 3 p.m. Proscenium width, 40 ft. Phone, Stechford 2206. Beacon Cinema (bth), Clifton Circuit, Great