Cinema of the Month
Our
cinema of the month is the Odeon Newcastle, a four screen theatre dating back to
the 1930s, but still with a lot of its original features. This fantastic cinema
is gong to close in November, when it is replaced with a brand new 12 screen
state of the art complex, just up the road from the current one.
If you can’t get to see the cinema yourself before it closes, don’t worry because a video CD is available to buy for £11 from Broncos Video, just go to http://www.broncusvideo.co.uk
Cinema of the Month
Called
simply the Richmond Kinema, it opened on Easter Monday 1930 with the films
Gold Diggers of Broadway and The Cockney Spirit In War and a seating
capacity of 1533 it was the biggest Cinema yet built in the area. Its owners
confidently informed the public that their intention was to "make this Kinema
equal to any in the West End," The front of the auditorium was modelled on a
fanciful recreation of a seventeenth century Spanish Grandee's courtyard,
features included ornate grillwork, Spanish tiles, Moorish windows and an
intricate system of coloured lights was projected onto the ceiling to create an
artificial sunrise and sunset in the intervals between films.
The Richmond Kinema, now a Grade Two listed building, is the most architecturally interesting of Richmond's Cinemas. It is believed to have been the first "semi-atmospheric" cinema in Britain.
The cinema is now the Richmond Odeon and has been subdivided into three screens. But screen one is still a very attractive looking screen. A picture is available on the web site.
Some of these cinemas on video CD for £11, from Broncos Video, just go to http://www.broncusvideo.co.uk
Cinema of the Month
There is not a cinema of the month is time, but you can have a look at the cinemas which are available by logging on to Broncus Videos, details below.
Some of these cinemas on video CD for £11, from Broncus Video, just go to http://www.broncusvideo.co.uk
