Everything tagged: cinema

Seating capacity:  542

Address: 205 Shau Kei Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.  The address number and location marker are approximate.

This page discusses the Shaukewan theatre that started operating before WWII.  Another theatre, located at a different site and called Shau Kei Wan Mini 1 and 2, is discussed in separate page named Full House Theatre their successor.

Precise seating capacity is unknown but it is estimated to be between 100 and 150.

Address: Shatin Sun Hui (on the north side of First Street; and north of and across from the Fire Station), the site of the current New Town Plaza.  Shatin Theatre began operating on May 1, 1955, and was closed some time in the 1970s.  For the purpose of this page, the closing date is estimated to be 1975.

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Seating capacity: 130

Address: 1 Shanghai Street or 23 Austin Road, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong.  Its dual addresses put it squarely at the northwest corner of the intersection of Shanghai Street and Austin Road.   A 2011 Google photo shows a travel agency was its occupant.

Seating capacity: 476

Address:  1 Hing Wo Street, Tin Wan, Hong Kong.  The building remains standing today, and has been converted to a church.

Scala Theatre operated during the period May 1, 1975 - January 3, 1991.

I looked up Scala and the closest I think is a Latin word for a ladderlike structure.  The  Chinese name is a classical term meaning the wife of a king/emperior.

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Seating capacity: 1 screen, 1,125.

Address: King Lai Path, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  Nob Hill Tower is the current occupant at the site.

Ruby Palace Theatre and another theatre Paladium Theatre operated in the same building but with different entrances and lobbies and each had its separate entrance and lobby.

Ruby Palace Theatre opened to business on February 11, 1983 two days earlier than that of Paladium.  Both theatres were closed sometime in 1994.  For the purpose of this page, the closing date is estimated to be April 1, 1994

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Seating capacity: 1 screen, main level 1,242 and two upper levels 653; total 1,895.

Address: 207 Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  Horae Place is the current occupant at the site.

Seating capacity: 121

Address: 221 Sai Yeung Choi Street North, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  園景大廈地下商鋪 (Gardenview Building) is the present occupant at the site.

The theatre's name was likely chosen for its close proximity to Prince Edward Road.

Royal Cinema occupied a unit that was at one time a garage at street level, hence the small seating capacity.   The sources listed below show two different opening dates - February 12, 1992 and December 2, 1992 (selected).  Both stated that it was closed sometime in February 2007.

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Seating capacity: 461

Information gathered thus far from the internet turned out to be very limited.  Riviera Theatre was located somewhere in the Riviera Gardens in Tsuen Wan.  The area is now fairly saturated with residential and commercial buildings and land reclamation continues.  The theatre was likely located close to the water given its name.  The location marker is approximate.

Seating Capacity: 996

Address: 2 Landale Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.  Rialto Building is the current occupant at the site.  [Edit February 7, 2017:  The location marker has been corrected]

For simplicity, the two theatres that operated at the same spot are discussd here.  China Theatre 中華戲院 operated during the period August 28, 1948 - June 3, 1952.  Shortly after, it underwent renovation and reopened on November 15, 1952 and renamed Rialto Theatre 麗都戲院 until it closed for good on September 13, 1977.

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