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Gaumont State Cinema is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5413°, -0.1976°.

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Gaumont State Cinema

Gaumont State Cinema in England London, United Kingdom.

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Gaumont State Cinema 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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Gaumont State Cinema is a Grade II* listed Art Deco theatre located in Kilburn, a district in northwest London.

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Entertainers Gracie Fields, Larry Adler and George Formby performed at the official opening broadcast live on BBC Radio on 20 December 1937. Since then, the Gaumont State has been one of the most popular music venues in London and has hosted a number of historic performances. From the late 1980s until 2007 the building was run as a bingo hall by Mecca Bingo. In 2007 the bingo hall was closed, and the building and surrounding site were put up for sale. A campaign to "Save the Kilburn State" from unsympathetic property developers, and restore it as a cultural centre, was started in the same year by local residents. The building was eventually acquired by Ruach City Church, led by Bishop John…

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