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Description: | c1930s.
View of the Picture House in Station Road, an 800 seater cinema which opened on 5th August 1920. It was completely renovated in 1938 when the name was changed to the Ritz. It re-opened with new seating and carpeting and the latest technology in sound and projection. The new sound system was the Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound System. In this image the Picture House is showing 'Head Over Heels' a musical of 1937 starring Jessie Matthews and the 1936 film, 'Walking on Air' - a comedy with Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond.
Photograph taken by Rowland Brining who worked as a projectionist before World War 2. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Station Road Picture House | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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