1923 – Gaumont Cinema, Belfast
Opened as the Classic Cinema and renamed after it was taken over by the Gaumont chain. The building included a cafe and dance hall.
Opened as the Classic Cinema and renamed after it was taken over by the Gaumont chain. The building included a cafe and dance hall.
When constructed it was the largest cinema in Northern Ireland with over 2,200 seats, 1000 of those on the massive balcony.
Designed by the foremost cinema architect in Northern Ireland, and considered his masterpiece, The Tonic was the largest Cinema in Ireland with 2,001 seats at the time.
Erected around 1839 as the Protestant Bethesda Chapel to replace an earlier one of around 1785.
Closed in 1953, to be demolished to allow a new cinema to be constructed on the site.
Built on the site of the former Metropole Hotel, which was destroyed in the 1916 rising,
Opened in 1914, the cinema sat 630 people and was originally known as the Manor Cinema. Later, it was known as the Palladium,
Image courtesy Irish Architectural Archive. Munden and Purcell collection, ref no.
Constructed as a Picture Theatre, the Coliseum remained in used until the 1970s.
Once every neighbourhood or major street had its own cinema, many are sadly gone. The Phoenix lives on,