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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: LEEDS NEWS THEATRE - WW2
« on: Saturday 01 June 19 10:59 BST (UK) »
Hi Bendywendy,
Just stumbled across your question by accident so I thought I'd log in to give you at least an initial reply.
The "News Theatre" was located in City Square, Leeds and was part of the Queens Hotel and City Station art deco building complex. I can recall visiting it regularly as a child in the early 1960s where they showed B and C rate movies and "Pathe News". I am a great lover of Art Deco architecture and I think that's where I got that passion.
It later changed its name to the Classic and then to the Tatler (an adults only cinema venue).
There are some old photos with descriptions on the Leodis site at:
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004218_54516238
and
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009811_169332&DISPLAY=FULL&COMMENT=YES
and
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20041210_19771975
and
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200836_166312
There is an article about News Theatres around the world and what they were at:
http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen/davidlean/news-theatres
There is an option for a paid article about news theatres in general at:
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/JBCTV.2005.2.2.227
Hope that helps. You might have found some of these links already and want more personal information, but I'm afraid my memories of the News Theatre are rather vague.
Best wishes
Just stumbled across your question by accident so I thought I'd log in to give you at least an initial reply.
The "News Theatre" was located in City Square, Leeds and was part of the Queens Hotel and City Station art deco building complex. I can recall visiting it regularly as a child in the early 1960s where they showed B and C rate movies and "Pathe News". I am a great lover of Art Deco architecture and I think that's where I got that passion.
It later changed its name to the Classic and then to the Tatler (an adults only cinema venue).
There are some old photos with descriptions on the Leodis site at:
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004218_54516238
and
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009811_169332&DISPLAY=FULL&COMMENT=YES
and
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20041210_19771975
and
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200836_166312
There is an article about News Theatres around the world and what they were at:
http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen/davidlean/news-theatres
There is an option for a paid article about news theatres in general at:
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/JBCTV.2005.2.2.227
Hope that helps. You might have found some of these links already and want more personal information, but I'm afraid my memories of the News Theatre are rather vague.
Best wishes