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Description: | 1923.
View of the Majestic Cinema taken not long after it opened on Whit Monday, 5th June 1922. It was designed by architect P. J. Stienlet to seat 2,500 and the Lord Mayor of Leeds, W. Hodgson Esq. performed the opening ceremony. Over 50,000 people flocked to see the first film shown 'Way Down East', a silent melodrama. Prices were 2/- (10p), 1/6d (7.5p), 1/- (5p). The silent film advertised in this image is 'Smilin' Through' released in 1922 with Norma Talmadge, Harrison Ford and Wyndham Standing. The Restaurant entrance is advertised beneath. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | City Square Majestic Cinema | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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