{"id":233,"date":"2019-11-11T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/archives-alive\/?p=233"},"modified":"2020-03-27T15:34:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:34:51","slug":"3-curzon-kinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/3-curzon-kinema\/","title":{"rendered":"3. Curzon Kinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"audio-style\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-233-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Backrow-Backstage-3-V2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Backrow-Backstage-3-V2.mp3\">https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Backrow-Backstage-3-V2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At 130 Western Road, where Waitrose now stands, there was a cinema which operated from 1909-1979, variously as Electric Bioscope, Queen&#8217;s Electric Theatre, Queen&#8217;s Picture Theatre, Picturedrome, Scala Cinema, Regal Cinema, Curzon Kinema, and finally as Classic Cinema<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\nOriginally the size of a small shop seating about 50 people, it expanded over the years to include an orchestra pit when silent films had a live soundtrack, to over 650 audience capacity in the 1930s.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The last film screened was either <i>The Warriors<\/i> or <i>The Spaceman and King Arthur.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI remember sitting in Brighton\u2019s Curzon cinema for more than seven hours, watching Errol Flynn lead the Light Brigade to glory. In those days films were own continuously and you could stay as long as you liked \u2013 or dared.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Your next stop, the <strong>Brighton Little Theatre<\/strong>, is accessed by a small flight of steps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-535\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Queens-Electric-Theatre-1911-Royal-Pavilion-Museums-Brighton-Hove.jpg?resize=240%2C245&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Queen's Electric Theatre, 1911 - Royal Pavilion &amp; Museums, Brighton &amp; Hove\" width=\"240\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Queens-Electric-Theatre-1911-Royal-Pavilion-Museums-Brighton-Hove.jpg?w=982&amp;ssl=1 982w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Queens-Electric-Theatre-1911-Royal-Pavilion-Museums-Brighton-Hove.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Queens-Electric-Theatre-1911-Royal-Pavilion-Museums-Brighton-Hove.jpg?resize=768%2C782&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queen&#8217;s Electric Theatre, 1911 &#8211; Royal Pavilion &amp; Museums, Brighton &amp; Hove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Scala-1930-Royal-Pavilion-Museums-Brighton-Hove.jpg?resize=251%2C305&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sepia photograph of the front of the Scala Cinema, Western Road, Brighton. Sign on top floor for the Western Club.\" width=\"251\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Scala-1930-Royal-Pavilion-Museums-Brighton-Hove.jpg?w=824&amp;ssl=1 824w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Scala-1930-Royal-Pavilion-Museums-Brighton-Hove.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Scala-1930-Royal-Pavilion-Museums-Brighton-Hove.jpg?resize=768%2C932&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Scala, 1930 &#8211; Royal Pavilion &amp; Museums, Brighton &amp; Hove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At 130 Western Road, where Waitrose now stands, there was a cinema which operated from 1909-1979, variously as Electric Bioscope, Queen&#8217;s Electric Theatre, Queen&#8217;s Picture Theatre, Picturedrome, Scala Cinema, Regal Cinema, Curzon Kinema, and finally as Classic Cinema. 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