Key Words :- cinema

Address :- 50 Mitcham Road, Tooting, London, Greater London, SW17 9NA
Grid Ref :- TQ 27543 71340
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.426723 , Long -0.166857
Local Authority :- Wandsworth London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade I
Historic England List No :- 1357668,
Site Dates :- 1931 -

Description and History of Site:-
Architects: Masey and Uren, interior by Theodore Komisarjevsky and Monte Carlo
Opened 7th September 1931 with Oh! Oh! Cleopatra, Two Crowded Hours

'The best example in London of the American-inspired escapist extravaganzas of the 1930s' (Pevsner).

Closed 17th November 1973 with The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. Became a bingo club.

Further Reading and References:-
Webb, Malcolm. 'The Amber Valley Gazetteer of Greater London's Suburban Cinemas 1946-86'. Amber Valley, 1986
Gray, Richard. 'One Hundred Years of Cinema Architecture'. Lund Humphries Publishers, 1996
Eyles, Allen. 'The Granada Theatres'. Cinema Theatre Association, 1998
Harwood, Elain. 'Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the Interwar Years'. Batsford, 2019

A detailed history is available in the Cinema and Theatre Association brochure produced for a visit on 2nd March 1997. Colin Jenkins

https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/9424
http://www.glias.org.uk/news/030news.html#F

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