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Safari Cinema is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.3825°, -0.1075°.

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Safari Cinema

Safari Cinema in England London, United Kingdom.

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Safari 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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Safari Cinema was an entertainment venue at 225 London Road in Broad Green, Croydon. It was opened in 1936, and closed in 2004. The building was demolished in 2005, and was described at the time as "the last of the historic cinemas from the Golden Age left in Croydon". It was previously known as the Savoy (1936-1958), ABC Croydon (1958-1986) and the Cannon (1986-late 1990s).

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Opened on 9 March 1936, by Associated British Cinemas, it was designed by William R. Glen and seated 2,300. It was a fair distance from the town centre. Lighting in the large spacious auditorium was entirely indirect, mainly from troughs on the ceiling. On 31 March 1953, an electrical fault resulted in a fire that totally destroyed the auditorium. Post-war building restrictions were still in force and it reopened with a utilitarian appearance on 27 December 1953. In July 1958 it closed to allow a more extensive reconstruction to take place. When it reopened as the ABC on 19 October, it had 2,118 seats and was lavishly appointed. Tripling caused the next closure, from May to November 1972.…

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