Theatres · Northern Ireland
Strand Cinema
Strand Cinema in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Strand Cinema is a cinema or movie theatre in Northern Ireland, 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 Strand Arts Centre, also known as Strand Cinema is an independent four-screen cinema in Strandtown on Holywood Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is one of the two remaining independent cinemas in Belfast, alongside the Queen's Film Theatre. It is the only operational picture house in Northern Ireland down from a total of 40 during the genre's peak popularity.
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Background
History
The Strand originally built for an English Unions Cinema chain, and consisted of a single screen. The cinema's streamlined moderne design, it is said, was influenced by its proximity to the nearby shipyard of Harland & Wolff, featuring curved walls and portholed foyer. The first film to be shown in the theatre when it opened in 1935 was Bright Eyes featuring Shirley Temple. From 1984 to 1987, The Strand was re-opened as a live concert venue by local businessman, Ronnie Rutherford. In 1999, the original red brickwork of the building was rendered and painted and Art Deco flourishes added over its entrance. The original steel windows were replaced in aluminum framed windows at that time.…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6010, -5.8800
Sources
- wikidata: Q38783673 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Strand Cinema (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Strand Cinema?
- Strand Cinema is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6010°, -5.8800°.