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A century of cinema in a Georgian city 1910-2010

Reference Number: PP/2386
Level of Description: Item
Title: A century of cinema in a Georgian city 1910-2010
Creator(s) & Administrative History: Doman, Ben: Author
Date: c. 2011-2012
Extent: Pages: 51
Description: Contains information on the following cinemas/picture houses: Electric Theatre at 22 Westgate Street, Beau Nash Picture House at 22 & 23 Westgate Street, Picturedrome/Regal/Odeon at 16 Southgate Street, Vaudeville Electric Theatre at 13 Westgate Street, Coliseum at James Street West, Palace Theatre at Saw Close,Theatre Royal at Saw Close, Jubilee Hall at Broad Street, Pump Room at Abbey Churchyard, Oldfield Park Picture House/Oldfield Cinema/Scala at Shaftesbury Road, Oldfield Park, Assembly Rooms at Alfred Street, Forum at Southgate Street, Little Theatre at St. Michael's Place, Gemini/Robins at St. John's Place, President at the Regency Theatre, Sawclose and the Odeon Multiplex at James Street. It also covers the following proposed cinema schemes that never came to fruition: Electric Theatre at Moorland Road, a cinema at Westgate Buildings and James Street for Union cinemas, ABC cinema at Kingsmead Square, Odeon at St. James Parade. There are sections on the following theatre companies: Bath Electric Theatre Company, Beau Nash Cinema Company, Avon Cinema Company and on those influential within the Bath Cinema scene such as Alfred J. Taylor, J. Bannister Howard, W. H. Watkins and Emmanuel and Eric Harris
Subject: Cinemas
Entertainment
Music theatres