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Electric Cinema, Notting Hill
Electric Cinema, Notting Hill in England London, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Electric Cinema, Notting Hill is a cinema or movie theatre in England London, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Electric Cinema is a cinema in Notting Hill, London. One of the oldest working film theatres in Britain, it became Britain's first black-owned cinema in 1993, and remained so until it was sold in 2000. As of 2022, after several changes in ownership, the cinema is also known as the Electric Portobello, with a second screen at the old Television Centre at White City called the Electric White City.
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Background
History
The Electric Cinema first opened in London's Portobello Road on 24 February 1910. It was one of the first buildings in Britain to be designed specifically for motion picture exhibition, and one of the first in the area to be supplied with electricity. It was built shortly after its namesake the Electric Cinema in Birmingham, which predates it by around two months. Its first film was Henry VIII, screened on 23 February 1911. Designed by architect Gerald Seymour Valentin in the Edwardian Baroque style, it originally opened as the Electric Cinema Theatre, with 600 seats. During World War I an angry mob attacked the Electric, believing that its German-born manager was signalling to Zeppelin…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5155, -0.2050
- Address
- 191 Portobello Road, London, United Kingdom
- Phone
- +44 20 3417 3660
- Established
- 1910
- Official site
- electriccinema.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5357329 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Electric Cinema, Notting Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Electric Cinema, Notting Hill?
- Electric Cinema, Notting Hill is in London, United Kingdom.
- When was Electric Cinema, Notting Hill built?
- Built or established in 1910.
- Who owns Electric Cinema, Notting Hill?
- Electric Cinema, Notting Hill is owned by Soho House.