formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Last week, after learning Netflix backed away from a deal to purchase independent cinema chain Landmark Theatres, we heard rumors the streamer was instead looking to buy the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Source: Netflix Is Close To Buying Hollywood’s … Continued
THE company that was developing the much-maligned former ABC Cinema site at the top of Mount Pleasant Road, has sold off the land to another developer but the £80million Belvedere scheme will still be delivered. Source: Times Local Newspapers & … Continued
Documents obtained by CoventryLive from the Land Registry show that the land and building on the north east side of Abbey Street, known locally as the old Ritz Cinema, has been bought by Semichyong UK, a Co-operative Society registered to … Continued
Thurrock Council has welcomed progress to convert a historic cinema into a pub. Source: Thurrock Council welcomes progress on new pub for State Cinema | Braintree and Witham Times
A public body set up to safeguard Scotland’s historic environment has called for the historic O2 ABC building to be saved. Source: Historic Environment Scotland calls for Glasgow’s O2 ABC building to be saved | HeraldScotland
One afternoon in Paris in 1895, a young secretary at the Gaumont Film Company attended a private screening put on by the Lumière brothers to demonstrate the Cinématographe, a camera and projector that paved the way for motion pictures. Source: Ready for her … Continued