Theatres · Northern Ireland
Picture House
Picture House in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Picture House is a cinema or movie theatre in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, dating from 1913. 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 Campbeltown Picture House is a theatre located in Campbeltown, Scotland. Opened in 1913, it was one of the first purpose-built cinemas in Scotland. It is the only remaining example of an Atmospheric theatre in Scotland.
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Background
History
The Picture House, known locally as The Wee Pictures, was designed by the architect Albert Gardner, a student of architecture at Glasgow School of Art from 1901 to 1905. It opened in May 1913, and aside from a short hiatus in the 1980s, has been used continuously as a cinema since. In November 2017, the National Library of Scotland announced that Campbeltown Community Business Ltd were donating the historical archive relating to the Picture House to the Library's Moving Image Archive. The archive includes newspaper cuttings, architectural drawings, advertisements, financial ledgers, and details of a 1938 plane crash which resulted in the cinema closing the night because the reels for that…
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- Coordinates
- 55.4240, -5.6032
- Address
- Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
- Established
- 1913
- Official site
- www.campbeltownpicturehouse.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17574308 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Campbeltown Picture House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Picture House?
- Picture House is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
- When was Picture House built?
- Built or established in 1913.
- Who owns Picture House?
- Picture House is owned by Campbeltown Community Business Ltd.