Theatre | Royalty |
Cinerama film formats shown | 3-strip and 70mm |
3-strip dates | From 11/27/63 to 11/07/64, single booth |
70mm dates | From 11/16/64 to 08/07/66 |
Screen curvature and size | |
Address | On Kingsway in the City of London |
Comments | Mainly a move-over and re-run house. Renamed Island in early 1995 |
Current status | Live theatre |
ROYALTY CINERAMA THEATRE LONDON PLAYDATES
Built in 1960 to replace the demolished Stoll Theatre - situated on Kingsway, off West End.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM.
Transferred from Coliseum.
Wed Nov 27 1963 to Sat March 21 1964. 16 weeks.
THE BEST OF CINERAMA. ~
Sun March 22 1964 to Sat June 6 1964. 11 weeks.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE
BROTHERS GRIMM.
Sun
June 7 to Sat July 11 1964. 5 weeks.
Conversion to Single Strip.
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. UltraPanavision.
Transferred from Coliseum.
Thurs July 16 to Wed April 7 1965 38 weeks.
THE GOLDEN HEAD. (Premiere) Super Technirama.
Thurs April 8 to Wed June 2 1965. 8 weeks.
MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY. MCS 70
Transferred from the Coliseum.
Thurs June 3 to Thurs July 29 1965. 8 weeks.
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD. UltraPanavision.
Transferred from the Casino.
Fri July 30 to Wed Oct 27 1965. 13 weeks.
. MY FAIR LADY. Super Panavision.
Simultaneous run with Warner Theatre following opening at Warner.
Thurs Oct 28 1965 to Wed Jun 29 1966.
MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY./' MCS 70.
Thurs Jun 30 to Aug 7 1966
Closed on 7th Aug 1966 as a Cinerama Theatre.
Returned to use as normal cinema, TV studio and live theatre.
Below movie program envelope and ticket stub
Ticket flyer front
Ticket flyer back
Ticket flyer front
Ticket flyer back
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