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A list of Edinburgh Cinemas that have exsisted through the years
MGM/ ABC/ NOW THE ODEON
THE ABBEY, CLOSED 1933
ALBERT HALL, CLOSED 1932
ALHAMBRA, CLOSED 1958
ALISON, CLOSED 1946
ASTORIA, CLOSED 1974 (SEEN BAMBI THERE IN THE MID SIXTIES )
ATMOSPHERIC, THE GATEWAY, CLOSED 1959
BEVERLEY,ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLUE HALLS AT SOME POINT, CLOSED 1959
BROADWAY, ALSO A NAME CHANGE FOR THE GATEWAY
BUNGALOW,IN PORTOBELLO, BATH STREET CLOSED 1956
CALEY, CLOSED 1984 NOW THE REVOLUTION
CALTON STUDIOS, CLOSED 1984
CAMEO, STILL GOING
CANNON, THE ABC
CAPITOL, CLOSED 1961
CARLTON, CLOSED 1959
CENTRAL, CLOSED 1929
CENTRAL, PORTOBELLO , CLOSED 1961
CINE PLAYHOUSE, SPRINGVALLEY GARDENS, CLOSED 1938
THE CINEMA, (LA SCALA) CLOSED 1987
CINEMA HOUSE , CLOSED , 1930
CINEMA HOUSE (THE EMPIRE IN LEITH) CLOSED c1930
CLASSIC (LA SCALA) CLOSED 1987
COLISEUM, CLOSED 1942
COUNTY, CLOSED 1963
COUNTY (THE GEORGE PORTOBELLO) CLOSED 1974
DEAN, CLOSED 1935
DOMINION, STILL GOING STRONG, GREAT WEE PLACE
EASTWAY, CLOSED 1961
EMBASSY , CLOSED 1964
EMPIRE, CLOSED 1930 ish
EVANS PICTURE HOUSE, SPRINGVALLEY NAME CHANGE
FILMHOUSE, STILL GOING STRONG AND GETTING A NEW HOME SOON
GAIETY , NAME CHANGE FOR THE OPERETTA HOUSE AT CHAMBER STREET, CLOSED 1939
GAIETY, KIRKGATE LEITH, CLOSED 1944
GATEWAY, CLOSED 1959
GAUMONT, CLOSED 1963
GEORGE, BATH STREET PORTOBELLO, CLOSED 1974
GRAND, CLOSED 1960
HAYMARKET (SCOTIA) CLOSED 1964
IMPERIAL (CINEMA HOUSE, NICOLSON STREET) CLOSED 1930
IMPERIAL PICTURE HOUSE (STORRIES ALLEY, LEITH) WHERE WAS THAT? CLOSED ?
JACEY, CLOSED 1973
KINGS CINEMA, THE CAMEO, STILL GOING
LA SCALA, THE CLASSIC, CLOSED 1987, MAYBE JUST AS WELL
LAURIE OR THE LAURIE STREET CINEMA (THE ALISON) CLOSED 1946
LYCEUM, CLOSED 1963
LYRIC, CLOSED 1931
MAGNET, CLOSED 1915
MARCOS DRAUGHT HOUSE CINEMA, GROVE STREET, CLOSED 1988
METRO, (THE LA SCALA, THE CLASSIC) CLOSED 1987
MGM ( THE CURRENT ODEON)
MONSEIGNUER NEWS THEATRE (THE JACEY)CLOSED 1973
NEW COLISEUM ( SAME AS THE OLD COLISEUM) CLOSED 1942
NEW ELECTRIC CINEMA ( PETIT PARIS) CLOSED 1912
NEW PALACE, CLOSED 1956
NEW PICTURE HOUSE (THE PORTOBELLO CENTRAL)CLOSED 1961
NEW TIVOLI, CLOSED 1973
NEW TOLLCROSS, CLOSED 1947
NEW VICTORIA, THE OLD ODEON NOW SADLY GONE
NORTH BRITISH ELECTRIC THEATRE ( THE CINEMA HOUSE) CLOSED 1930
ODEON, RELOCATED
OLYMPIA, CLOSED 1915
OPERETTA HOUSE , CLOSED 1939
PALACE, (183 CONSTITUTION STREET)CLOSED 1966
PALACE (PRINCES STREET) CLOSED 1955
PALACE (THE SAVOY ST BERNARDS ROW) CLOSED 1966
PALLADIUM, CLOSED 1932
PAVILION ( THE DEAN) CLOSED 1935
PETIT PARIS , CLOSED 1912
PICTUREDROME ( THE EASTWAY ) CLOSED 1961
PICTURE HOUSE ( PRINCES STREET) ?
PLAYHOUSE, NOW THE THEATRE
POOLE’S ROXY, CLOSED 1963
POOLE’S SYNOD HALL , CLOSED 1965
PRINCES ( THE JACEY) CLOSED 1973
PRINGLES PICTURE PALACE ( THE GATEWAY) CLOSED 1959
PRINGLES PICTURE PALACE ( GROVE STREET) CLOSED 1917
QUEEN’S HALL ( 5 QUEEN STREET)CLOSED 1915
REGAL ( THE MGM , ABC) NOW THE ODEON
REGENT ( ABBEYMOUNT) CLOSED 1970
RIO ( THE COUNTY , CRAIGMILLAR) CLOSED 1963
RITZ , CLOSED 1961
RITZ KINEMA ( SPRINGVALLEY AGAIN) CLOSED 1938
ROXBURGH, CLOSED 1930
ROXY (POOLES ROXY) CLOSED 1963
ROYAL CINEMA ( THE TRON) CLOSED 1928
RUTLAND ( GAUMONT) CLOSED 1963
ST ANDREWS SQUARE CINEMA , CLOSED 1952
ST BERNARDS’S PICTURE PALACE, CLOSED 1966 (THE TUDOR)
SALISBURY, CLOSED 1943
SALON, CLOSED 1974
SAVOY, CLOSED 1966 ( THE TUDOR)
SCOTIA, CLOSED 1964
SILVER CINEMA, ( THE LYRIC) CLOSED 1931
SPRINGVALLEY, CLOSED 1938
STAR, CLOSED 1925
STATE, CLOSED 1972
TIVOLI, CLOSED 1973
TOLLCROSS, CLOSED 1947
TRON, CLOSED 1928
TUDOR, CLOSED 1966
VICTORY , CLOSED 1956
WAVERLEY, CLOSED 1920
WEST END CINEMA (ALBERT HALL) CLOSED 1932
Acknowledgement- Fastblacks Edinburgh Taxi Forum
