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Interesting films.exploring old BHAM cinemas
Why are so many theaters closing, are they being replaced by multi screen theaters? Aside from COVID the theaters were doing very good business.exploring old BHAM cinemas
before i moved to wales. we would go to the uci cinema the late night filming was always full.Why are so many theaters closing, are they being replaced by multi screen theaters? Aside from COVID the theaters were doing very good business.
Most of the ones that were converted to multiplexes were converted in the 80s or 90s. It seems like most new cinemas are built as multiplex except for the odd few that run IMAX movies only (e.g. Millennium point) or the odd independent.Why are so many theaters closing, are they being replaced by multi screen theaters? Aside from COVID the theaters were doing very good business.
Thank you!Most of the ones that were converted to multiplexes were converted in the 80s or 90s. It seems like most new cinemas are built as multiplex except for the odd few that run IMAX movies only (e.g. Millennium point) or the odd independent.
The Forum opened in 1930 I believe. My father worked on it installing the ventilation system and was well known at the time for falling from the dome that was above the screen. Luckily the scaffolding saved him otherwise I wouldn't be writing this. I used to go there in the 60's it was a great little cinema.Thanks Wam for your reply. The ABC New Street was The Forum. Don't know anything about the Mockingbird as I've not seen the modern Birmingham although, strangely enough, I shall be spending a day there shortly so I may be able to catch up. Ellbrown, many thanks for the link to Cinematreasures. I was aware of the site but not of the Birmingham Cinema pages which I've spent a very happy hour viewing. I'd forgotten the Scala Superama. I went to see 'Fall of the Roman Empire there and very nice it was too. The Cinematreasures page reveals just how many Cinemas have gone but it's not surprising when you can have a screen of any size you like at home with surround sound and home convieniences to hand at any time. In the 50's my Mom, sister and I went to the picures every Tuesday and Saturday. It was a way of life and something we didn't want to miss, but when t.v. came into the house I was left to go to a cinema (The Picture House, Harborne) with a declining audience. It was heartbreaking. Closure was inevitable. They were such happy times and I only wish someone had taken a photo of the inside of the old place.
Or Birmin-Gam. (Apologies if that is how you say it.).I do wish people from outside the Midlands would not say BirNingham though!
HelloHi COVROAD- I believe the CINEMA WAS THE Adelphi, the Era corner Churchill roads and Bordesley Green Road,
Green Lane Cinema Green Lane and Victoria Street, {known as the bug hole}. The Ritz Bordesley Green East & Little Bromwich Road, a rather naughty film. However very tame for a 16-year-old. There is a Ritz Garage close by.
Ernie
Don't forget the Grange!My picture houses as a young child were
The Adelph Hay Mills
Coronet Coventry Road
The Kingston ( by the Blues ground)
The Saturday morning matinees
I don’t remember the Grange , only those I mentioned plus the Coronet ( Coventry Rd by the Brighton Arms) and the Waldorf Sparkhill .Don't forget the Grange!
I worked part time in 1960 a couple evenings as an usherette at the Clifton. It was run by a married couple who came from the Bristol area of Clifton to open and run it. The name was their choice.There were two ladies who sold tickets and sweets in the foyer. They stayed for years. While I was there the manager decided to sell hot dogs from the foyer area and it was may job to man the stand and sell them They were expensive to me at the time and as I had to go straight from my office job to the cinema, it took me all the time to not buy one to eat! Besides that I always missed the middle bit of the film.In the late 40s we used to stay at my Dads brothers house at weekends and used to go to the Clifton to watch Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland pictures.
The Clifton opened Febuary 1938 & closed 10th November 1979 Lord of the Rings and Beyond Waikiki. :wink: