Capacity: 2 screens, 263 and 102, total 365.
Address: 220 Wanchi Road, Wanchi, Hong Kong.
New Imperial Cinema operated during the period December 1992 - March 2004. New Imperial - 1 was located on the street level and New Imperial - 2 was located in the basement.
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Seating capacity: 1,462, renovation in 1987 reduced the capacity to 1,000.
Address: 223-237 Nam Cheong Street, Sam Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Currently, a residential building stands between the theatre and Nam Cheong Street, hence the theatre is likely more accessible from the rear street called Wai Chi Lane. The opening date of the theatre was on October 1, 1975. It was reported to have closed sometime in late 1999 or early 2000. For the purpose of this page, the closing date is estimated to be January 2000.
Seating capacity: unknown
Address: 123 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Grand Metro is the current occupant at the site.
Available information shows that Mongkok Theatre opened at an unknown data in late 1930 or early 1931, its operation temporarily suspended during the war, and was closed on May 8, 1949. For the purpose of this page, the opening date is estimated to be January 1931.
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Seating capacity: 2 screens, 473 nd 478, total 951
Address: 1-23 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Miramar Cinema operated during the period May 12, 1993 - February 13, 2003.
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Seating capacity: 2 screens, 133 and 373, total 506.
Address: 30 Canton Road, Silvercord Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
MCL Silvercord Cinema operated during the period July 17, 1993 - October 8, 2006. There is a photograph showing the sign of the cinema at the entrance to the building which reads "Silvercord Cinema". It is not clear whether this was the original name and later renamed MCL Silvercord, or MCL was part of its name throughout the operating period.
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Seating capacity: 1,248.
Address: 4716 Choi Hung Road, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, near an amusement park and across from Wong Tai Sin District Police Headquarters. While I believe the location marker is accurate, locals could help if it needed improvement. There is a flicker photo (source below) showing the amusement park, Choi Hung Road and the nullah.
Metropole Theatre operated during the period January 31, 1965 - November 1, 1982.
Seating capacity:1,491
Address: The theatre was located in Shek Kip Mei, a public housing estate in Kowloon. Several slightly different locations are found in the sources: Tai Hang Tung Road; "now 仁寶大廈"; 大坑東-窩仔街 intersection; and 九龍仔 石硤尾 大坑東 4390地段. (No street number is available) Based on these, Google has confirmed it at the Ample Building, at the southwest corner of the intersection made by Tai Hang Tung Road-Woh Chai Street and Tong Yam Street.
Seating capacity: 1,028
Address: 21 Fung Kam Street, Yuen Long, Hong Kong. According to one source, one current occupant at the site is a church, which puts it at the Kam Lung Mansion on Fung Kam Street.
Merryland Theatre started operating on July 14, 1984 until its closing sometime in 2002. It was converted into a church which opened to the public on December 24, 2003. For the purpose of this page, the closing date of the theatre is estimated to be December 2002.
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Seating capacity: 1,401. Address: 4 Anchor Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Mayfair Mansion is the current occupant at the site.
Mayfair Theatre operated during the period December 29, 1966 - February 12, 1990.
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Address: Man Ming Lane, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Location marker is approximate.
Very little is known about the Man Ming Theatre following an internet search. According to Cinema Treasures, it was a Pre-WWII neighbourhood cinema. It opened at an unknown date before June 7, 1937 and was in the film guide of the local newspapers between 1938 and 1941. For the purpose of this page, the opening date is estimated to be June 1, 1937, and its closing date December 31, 1941.
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