Seating capacity 1082. Address: 199 Tong Mi Road, Kowloon.
Good World Theatre operated during the period February 1940 - November 1972 except for a brief period during the war. The site is now occupied by residential and shopping developments. It showed Chinese and English movies at low price. In the 1950s it was a place to watch Wong/Huang Fei-hung movies, and western movies at 5:30 pm cost 20 cents a ticket.
Seating Capacity 1451. Address: 33 Lai Chi Kok Road, Kowloon.
Gregory Peck was a recently known name in Hong Kong when they showed this film. His Chinese name is shown on the left of this advertisement. Though not having watched this movie or read it plot, I think its Chinese title is more impressive, and it loosely translated to "(His) Sound and Power Shake Nine States". Across the street on the other side there was a gas station where car washing was a frequent scene. Now, the triangular site is a park. <Read more ...>
The first purpose built theatre in HK, Tung Hing theatre, was built on the corner of market Street (today named Po-Hing Fong) and Grace street (today called Po Yan Street) This theatre opened in 1867, and was later renamed Chung Hing Yuen. The theatre closed in early 1910.<Read more ...>
Wikipedia states: "Tora! Tora! Tora! (Japanese: トラ・トラ・トラ) is a 1970 Japanese-American war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941."
So I think the image dates to about 1970/71. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Opened on 14th June 1930, and closed on 10th June 1971.
Designed by Palmer & Turner.
Seen from above it had a very distinctive roof, with a large dome across the centre of the building, and two smaller domes at the front. <Read more ...>
It is now boarded up on the street side. By its looks the four walls are still standing but the roof had come down quite a few years ago. Rolls of seats could still be seen last year. Uncertain if the site is marked or redeveloment. <Read more ...>
