South Pacific Theatre / 南洋戲院 [1992-1999]
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Address: 23 Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. South Pacific Hotel is the current occupant at the site.
Seating capacity: 2 screens, 352 and 374, total 726.
The first theatre to operate at the site was Nanyang Theatre (南洋戲院). There is place-page for Nanyang Theatre [1966-1990] https://gwulo.com/nanyang-theatre#18/22.27731/114.18025/Map_by_ESRI-Mark..., thus this page discusses its successor South Pacific Theatre.
Word for word, 南洋 is translated to south ocean. However, Hong Kongers in the 1950s (when I was living in HK) used the term when they talked about the place they migrated to work and set up business -Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Nanyang is its phonetic equivalent. The owner of the original theatre might not have the Pacific Ocean in mind when he/she named it.
South Pacific Theatre operated during the period April 16, 1992 - April 12, 1999.
Sources:
- Cinema Treaures: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/27005
- Talk Cinema: https://talkcinema.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/那天我們走過南洋戲院/
- Hong Kong Theatres Association Limited: http://hktaorg.com/en/cinemahistory.php
