This used to stand on the corner of Morrison Hill Rd and Sharp Street West.
There's a hotel there now.
Does anyone know which years it opened & closed?
Notes from Raymond Lo on Cinema Treasures:
[...] It was built on the site of the previous Po Hing Theatre. "Po Hing", meaning "celebrations all over the world", is the Cantonese prounciation of its Chinese name.
The theatre opened to business in December 1928, and [...] on 27th July, 1955, it closed its doors [...].
Notes from Raymond Lo on Cinema Treasures:
[...] It was built on the site of the Po Hing Theatre.
The theatre opened to business on 24th December, 1957 with Doris Day in "Pajama Game".
[...]
It closed its doors on 1st October, 1987.
A hotel with two mini cinemas was built on the site of the theatre.
The Chinese name of the Astor Theatre (普慶戲院) was the same as the Po Hing Theatre.
Dates from Raymond Lo via Cinema Treasures.
Dates from Raymond Lo on Cinema Treasures.
Dates from the Cathay Theatre page at Cinema Treasures.
I think this is the right location, as the current building is called Capitol Centre. Can anyone confirm?
Dates via Raymond Lo on the Cinema Treasures website.
One change in the appearance is the concrete canopy seen in later photos. Vincent writes:
There was no concrete canopy at the theatre entrance in photographs taken in 1945 or before. Probably the canopy was built in 1947.
There's a good overview of this old cinema building at in this document: "HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT OF YAUMATEI THEATRE AND RED BRICK BUILDING"
In Raymond Lo's article (link below), he gives the opening date as 14th June, 1930.
