Alcazar Picture Theatre

The Alcazar Picture Theatre, also known as the Alcazar Cinematograph Theatre, was an entertainment venue on Fore Street in Edmonton, London. It opened in 1913 with a screening of the film The Battle of Waterloo. Beyond cinema, the venue hosted concerts, roller skating, boxing, and wrestling, and it could seat 1,700 people. The building also included a separate dance hall and summer and winter gardens, and it featured a Moorish-style front with a balcony and verandah. The Alcazar was renovated in 1933, when sound was added to the cinema. It was badly damaged by bombings in 1940 and 1944, and the remains were demolished and the site redeveloped in the 1960s. A mosaic in nearby Moree Way, created by Art Start and local schoolchildren, commemorates the Alcazar.

The Alcazar, also known as the Alcazar Cinematograph Theatre, was an entertainment venue in Fore Street, Edmonton in London. It opened in 1913 with the film The Battle of Waterloo. In addition to being a cinema, the Alcazar hosted concerts, roller skating, boxing, and wrestling. It could seat 1,700 people and had a separate dance hall and summer and winter gardens. It had a Moorish style front with balcony and verandah. The Alcazar was renovated in 1933 and sound added to the cinema. The Alcazar was badly damaged by bombings in 1940 and 1944. The remains were demolished and the site redeveloped in the 1960s. A mosaic in nearby Moree Way created by Art Start and local schoolchildren commemorates the Alcazar.

• 1960

  The remains were demolished and the site redeveloped in the 1960s.

• 1944

  The Alcazar was again badly damaged by bombing.

• 1940

  The Alcazar was badly damaged by bombing.

• 1933

  The Alcazar was renovated and sound was added to the cinema.

• 1913

  The Alcazar opened with the film The Battle of Waterloo.

A large multi-purpose entertainment venue in early 20th-century suburban London.

• Cinema screenings

• Concerts

• Roller skating

• Boxing

• Wrestling

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2. 2Alcazar, Edmonton - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org