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    How British Cinemas have Changed in the Past 100 Years through Pictures

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    Cinema a century ago was a new, exciting and highly democratic form of entertainment. Picture houses nationwide offered a sociable, lively environment in which to relax and escape from the daily grind. With feature films still rare, the programme was an entertaining, ever-changing roster of short items with live musical accompaniment. Here’s a collection of 38 pictures that show how British cinemas have changed in the past 100 years.

    The Cinema House, Sheffield, 1914
    The Regent Cinema, Sheffield, 1927
    The Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London, c.1928
    The Granada, Tooting, London, c.1931
    Gaumont Palace, King’s Road, London, 1934
    The Savoy, Enfield, 1935
    The Ritz, Barnsley, 1937
    Gaumont Holloway, London, c.1937
    Clock Cinema, Leeds, 1938
    News Theatre (now Tyneside Cinema), Newcastle, 1938
    The Academy Cinema, Oxford Street, London, c.1945
    Warner West End (now Vue Leicester Square), London, 1946
    The Carlton, Nottingham, 1946
    National Film Theatre Telekinema at the Festival of Britain (later moved to the current BFI Southbank site), London, 1951
    The Astoria, Charing Cross Road, London, 1956
    Columbia Cinema (now Curzon Soho), London, 1958
    The Empire Theatre (now The Empire Leicester Square), London, 1959
    The Cosmo (now Glasgow Film Theatre), Glasgow, 1960
    Curzon Mayfair, London, 1965
    Cameo Royal Cinema, Great Windmill Street, London, 1967
    The Florida, Enfield, 1970
    EMI International Film Theatre (now Curzon Renoir), London, 1976
    Filmhouse, Edinburgh, c.1979. Credit: Edinburgh Evening News.
    Odeon Chelsea (now Curzon Chelsea), London, 1981
    National Film Theatre (now BFI Southbank), c.1981
    Curzon West End (now Curzon Soho), London, 1985
    Cornerhouse, Manchester, 1986
    Curzon Phoenix, Phoenix Street, London, 1986
    Curzon Mayfair, London, 1986
    Showcase Cinemas, Nottingham, c.1988
    UCI, Whiteley’s Shopping Centre, Bayswater, London, 1989
    Broadway, Nottingham, 1993
    Harbour Lights Picturehouse, Southampton, 1995
    QUAD, Derby, 2010. Credit: Graham Lucas Commons.
    Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast, c.2012
    Odeon BFI IMAX, London, 2012
    Watershed, Bristol, 2014. Credit: Toby Farrow.
    The Showroom, Sheffield, 2014
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