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Great World and Royal Theatre (1965)

Submitted by OldTimer on Mon, 2018-04-23 21:51
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1965

Great World Theatre on Lai Chi Kok Road, and Royal Theatre on Nathan Road.

Source: uwants.com - post#4788 by user 4rex - http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=14833421&page=320#pid231635146

Lai Yuen (Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park) Cinemas 1-5 / 荔園劇場 [1950-1997]

Submitted by OldTimer on Sat, 2018-04-14 03:51
Date Place completed: 
1950-08-01
Date Place demolished: 
1997-03-31

Location: Lai Yuen, also known as Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Seating capacity: unknown, estimated in the low hundreds for each, and one up to 1,000

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cinema
Lai Chi Kok

1870's Sheung Wan

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2018-03-27 20:05

Text on Flickr:

簡述 : Sheung Wan/Hong Kong Island

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1875
Tags: 
reclamation
Sheung Wan
cinema

Ko Shing Theatre (1st generation) [c.1875-1927]

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2018-03-27 19:57
Date Place completed: 
c.1875-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1927-04-01 (Day is approximate)

Little known about this theatre, it appears on a 1870's photo.

There it says: The western-style building, on the extreme left, is Ko Shing Theatre, popular at the time with patrons of Chinese opera.

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cinema
Sheung Wan

Empire Cinematograph Theatre c1913

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2018-03-13 02:09
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1913

Taken from an album showing HMS Minotaur on the China Station

Nathan Road 1960's

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2018-03-01 22:21

The movie Solomon and Sheba was released October 27, 1959 (London premiere).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1960
Tags: 
Nathan Road
cinema
traffic pagoda

GARDEN THEATRE-open-air cinema-SCMP advert

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2018-02-02 18:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1932

Garden Theatre, an open-air cinema on Wanchai reclamation grounds

see small text above and below Garden Theatre banner

2,000 seats all “big roomy chairs”

Depression prices!

Circle seating & Box seating

Tai Po Theatre and neighbours, 1950s aerial photo

Submitted by OldTimer on Fri, 2018-02-02 04:52

Tai Po Theatre and neighbours as seen in this 1950s aerial photo, as supported by the river's alignment and street patterns.

Source: uwants.com - post #2421 by user 4rex - http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=14833421&page=162#pid218019126

Shek Wu ~ Hang Lok Theatre

Submitted by OldTimer on Thu, 2018-02-01 11:51

Shek Wu Theatre was the predecessor of the Hank Lok Theatre.

Photo source: uwants.com - post#2375 by user 4rex - http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=14833421&page=159#pid217438698

Tung Lok Theatre and its Yuen Long neighbours

Submitted by OldTimer on Sat, 2018-01-06 10:47

Tung Lok Theatre in Yuen Long.  The other photo looks a bit depressing so this photo is added to show its busy days.

Source:  uwants.com - post #2008 by user 4rex -  http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=14833421&page=134#pid213777623

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