Liberty Theatre [1949-1997] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Liberty Theatre [1949-1997]

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Submitted by David on Sat, 2010-08-21 16:42
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
1949-01-28
Date Place demolished: 
1997-09-01

Dates from Raymond Lo on the Cinema Treasures website.

The name lives on - the current residential building on this site is named Liberty Mansion.

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cinema
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Submitted by OldTimer on Thu, 2017-03-02 09:48.

Its Chinese name is Liberty Theatre / 快樂戲院

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-03-07 15:01.

The plans for the Liberty Theatre in the news, April 6, 1948:

Pile driving has been completed on a plot of land at the corner of Jordan Road and Temple Street, Kowloon, where a picture theatre— to be known as “The Liberty Cinema" is to be erected.

[...] Messrs. Chau and Lee are the architects [...]

At Jordan Road, the Liberty Cinema, covering an area of 57 feet by 150 feet, will seat about 850 persons on the ground floor and 450 on the balcony. The owners are the Far East Investment Co., and the contractors are the Lai Hin Construction  Co. It is hoped that the theatre will be finished in August.