Seating Capacity 1,476. Address: 114 Pei Ho Street, Shum Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is noted that one block south of the former theatre is Pei Ho Building which might give the impression that the former theatre was located there. I have placed the location at the correct spot which agrees with the red dot in the 1956 map. (please read reader comments below regarding actual location)
I remember this place. I often visited my classmate in late 1950s who was living on one pre-war roof top shanty hut, made of no more than three simple wood panel walls and a roof, on the northeast corner of Fuk Wing and Pei Ho intersection. From his roof top, I could see street vendours selling cooked food in front of the theatre.
Pei Ho Theatre opened on January 24, 1934 and permanently closed on March 28, 1977.
Source(s):
- Wikipedia's list of theatres no longer operating: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%B7%B2%E7%B5%90%E6%…
- Hong Kong Theatres Association Ltd: http://hktaorg.com/en/hist_inner.php?id=14
- Cinema Treasures:http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/31392
Photos that show this Place
Comments
Pei Ho Theatre
Hi Peter - I feel in this case the old map is incorrect. Your marker is placed on 118-124 Pei Ho Street which was built in 1960 and so cannot be the location of the theatre which was demolished in 1977.
The address of #114 is, in fact, the Pei Ho Building you mentioned, which was built in 1978. The information on cinema treasure also mentions the exits onto Fuk Wa Street and not Fuk Wing Street.
This image from 1972 also shows the low pitched theatre roof (bottom centre) located exactly where the Pei Ho Building stands today at the junction of Fuk Wah and Pei Ho Streets.
Phil
Pei Ho Theatre
Thank you Phil for your feedback and correction. I will correct the marker.
The 1949.1 air photo has refreshed and corrected my memory of the shophouse-rooftop on the northeast corner of the Fuk Wa-Pei Ho junction. On one of my visits to a friend who was living on the rooftop (also refugee from mainland), he recounted another friend did something very dangerous. He threw a piece of wood towards the theatre landing on a hot boiling wok on the street outside of the theatre. Luckily no one was injured. Regards, Peter