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Royal Theatre [1960-1990]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2010-04-09 14:32
Date Place completed: 
1960-01-26
Date Place demolished: 
1990-05-21

Dates from Raymond Lo via Cinema Treasures.

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Sands Theatre, TST [1963-1980]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2010-04-07 13:23
Date Place completed: 
1963-07-19
Date Place demolished: 
1980-01-01

Dates from Raymond Lo on Cinema Treasures.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Star Theatre, TST [1922-1961]
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Star Theatre, TST [1922-1961]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2010-03-25 21:02
Date Place completed: 
1922-06-01
Date Place demolished: 
1961-12-01
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Star Theatre

Submitted by 80sKid on Thu, 2010-03-18 22:17
Image (external): 
Binary Data 2270593590
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1958
Places shown in this photo: 
Star Theatre, TST [1922-1961]
Mohan's (1st generation) [????- ]
Image Galleries: 
1950s Hong Kong
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1950s
cars
Tsim Sha Tsui
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Cathay Theatre / 國泰戲院 [1939-1984]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-02-09 21:58
Date Place completed: 
1939-02-14
Date Place demolished: 
1984-11-01

Dates from the Cathay Theatre page at Cinema Treasures.

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1966 Cinema lobby?

Submitted by David on Wed, 2009-12-30 09:13
Image (external): 
Binary Data 2832843850

The person posting this on Flickr asks if anyone can recognise it. It looks like a cinema lobby to me - do you know which one?

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966
Image Galleries: 
1960s Hong Kong
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1966
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Capitol Theatre [1952-1977]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2009-09-14 22:15
Date Place completed: 
1952-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
1977-01-01

I think this is the right location, as the current building is called Capitol Centre. Can anyone confirm?

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Queen's Theatre (1st generation) / 皇后戲院 [1924-1958]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2009-08-31 21:47
Date Place completed: 
1924-05-01
Date Place demolished: 
1958-07-01

Dates via Raymond Lo on the Cinema Treasures website.

One change in the appearance is the concrete canopy seen in later photos. Vincent writes:

There was no concrete canopy at the theatre entrance in photographs taken in 1945 or before.  Probably the canopy was built in 1947.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Hong Kong Theatre [1916-1922]
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Yau Ma Tei Theatre

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2009-05-16 19:14
Image (external): 
Binary Data 3426402309
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2009
Places shown in this photo: 
Yau Ma Tei Theatre [1930- ]
Image Galleries: 
2000s Hong Kong
Tags: 
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Yau Ma Tei

Yau Ma Tei Theatre [1930- ]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2009-05-16 19:01
Date Place completed: 
1930-06-14

There's a good overview of this old cinema building at in this document: "HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT OF YAUMATEI THEATRE AND RED BRICK BUILDING"

In Raymond Lo's article (link below), he gives the opening date as 14th June, 1930.

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