Projection equipment including a Zenith X 2000H lamphouse in a projection room in the Odeon Queensway Cinema

Date:
1972 - 1988
Location:
Odeon Queensway Cinema, 30 Holloway Circus, Queensway, Birmingham
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Odeon Ringway Cinema, 30 Holloway Circus, Queensway, Birmingham
Scala Superama Cinema, 30 Holloway Circus, Queensway, Birmingham
Cinecenta Cinema, Holloway Circus, Queensway, Birmingham
Reference:
NWC01/01/0308
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Scala Superama Cinema opened in 1964 with a single auditorium. It was renamed the Odeon Ringway Cinema in 1970 and then the Odeon Queensway Cinema in 1972. In 1983 the Cinecenta Cinema next door was incorporated into the Odeon Queensway Cinema, producing a three screen cinema. The date of this photograph is not known, though it was taken after the name was changed to Odeon Queensway in 1972 and before the cinemas closed in 1988. It is not clear whether this photograph shows the projection room of the former Cinecenta Cinema or the original Scala Superama Cinema. The building has remained vacant since the cinemas closed in 1988.

Content

This is part of the Series: NWC01/01 Norman Walley: Series of slides; within the Collection: NWC01 Norman Walley Cinema Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walley, Norman

Keywords

20th Century Cinema, Leisure And Recreation, Science And Technology