Everything tagged: cinema

Seating capacity: 1,411

Address: 1 Woo Hop Street, ​Sai Wan, Hong Kong.  Kam Ling Court is the current occupant at the site.

Kam Ling Theatre operated during the period January 23, 1951 - May 14, 1973.

​Sources:

• Cinema Treasures: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/17835
• Hong Kong Theatres Association Limited: http://hktaorg.com/en/hist_inner.php?id=14

Seating capacity: 1,200

Address: 6 Heng Lam Street, Lok Fu, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  Kam Kwok Building is the current occupant at the site.

Kam Kwok Theatre operated during the period January 20, 1966 - November 29, 1971.

Sources:

• Cinema Treasures:http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/22269
• Hong Kong Theatres Association Limited: http://hktaorg.com/en/hist_inner.php?id=14

Seating capacity: unknown

Address: Choi Hung Road, San Po Kong, Kowloon, site of the former Kai Tak Amusement Park:   https://gwulo.com/node/35206#14/22.3334/114.1863/Map_by_ESRI-Markers/100

As the two theatres were located in the same building and operating in the same period, both are discussed here.

Seating capacity: Jade Theatre 1,480; Pearl Theatre 1,323.

Address: 22-36 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay,​ Hong Kong, site of the current MCL JP Causeway Bay Cinema.

​Jade Theatre operated during the period December 24 1969 - September 6, 1998.

​Pearl Theatre operated during yh period December 15, 1971 - September 6, 1998.

​Sources:

Seating capacity: 1 screen, 1,183.

Address: 47 Moreton Terrace, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.  Evangelical Free Church of China Tung Fook Church is the current occupant at the site.

Seating capacity: 498

Address*: 190 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.  Island Building is the current occupant at the site.

Seating capacity:  Based on the information from the sources, the initial capacity was likely 1,261 consisting of 801 on the lower level and 460 on the upper level.  Later on, 28 more seats were added to the lower level.  Another redevelopment result in 3 screens having a total capacity of 1,119 (339, 320 and 460).

Address: 29 Burrows Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Imperial Cinema operated during the period February 15, 1969 - March 3, 2004.

Seating capacity: 1 screen, 800.

Address: Castle Peak Road (Hung Shui Kiu) and Tan Kwai Tsuen Road intersection, southeast corner, Hung Shui Kiu, New Territories, Hong Kong.  Formerly Lai Hung Park, the current occupants are the Lai Hung Garden Blocks.

The Chinese name for the theatre was likely referenced to its immediate neighbour - a bridge (Kiu) on Castle Peak Road over a stream called Hung Shui (looks like an artificial channel from the air).

Seating capacity: 2 screens, 372 and 424, total 796

1-25 Ta Chuen Ping Street, Kwai, Chung, Hong Kong.  Po Sing Centre is the current occupant.

Hung Sing Theatre operated during the period June 10, 1986 - January 1, 1992.

Sources:

• Cinema Treasures: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30286
• Hong Kong Theatres Association Limited: http://hktaorg.com/en/hist_inner.php?id=14

Seating capacity: 2 screens each 757, total 1,514

Address: 8 On Pong Road, Tai Po Centre, Tai Po, Hong Kong.  Tai Po Mega Mall is the current occupant at the site.

Hung Kai Theatre operated during the period February 7, 1986 - January 1, 1995.

 Sources:

• Cinema Treasures: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30292
• Hong Kong Theatres Association Limited: http://hktaorg.com/en/hist_inner.php?id=14