SLHS Stratford Picture House - Cinema
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The Picture House (1934-83)
Built on the site of PictureHouse1. Ken Roe of Cinema Treasures says:
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“Replacing an earlier Picture House. Clifton Cinemas employed architects Roland Satchwell and Ernest Roberts to design a modern Art Deco style cinema, which opened as the Picture House on 26th March 1934 with Madeleine Carroll & Conrad Veidt in “I Was A Spy”. It had a modern brick facade that incorporated new luxury foyer space and projection facilities.
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The Picture House had 1,064 seats in stalls and circle levels, a 35 feet wide proscenium and the fully equipped stage was 30 feet deep. There were ten dressing rooms.
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CinemaScope was fitted in 1956, and the seating capacity was reduced to 954.
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The Picture House was closed on 1st June 1983 with Jon Voight in “Table For Five”. It was immediately demolished and a Safeway Supermarket was built on the site.
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In 2009, a Chicago Rock Cafe operates from the site.”
The rather harsh Art Deco building of 1934
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