Reference
Z351/1
Title
Prospectus of the Luton Picturedrome Ltd, owned by the "Lion " circuit of picture playhouses.
Date free text
no date [circa 1911]
Production date
From: 1911 To: 1911
Scope and Content
Capital of £6000 required, to be raised by 12,000 ordinary shares of 10s each. Lists directors etc of Company, and contains information on the "boom in picture theatres - and opportunity for the discriminating investor", and details of the Luton Picturedrome, Park Street, Luton, with line drawings of the interior an exterior of the building - Architect, W H Longworth of Manchester, "the well known picture theatre architect".
Note: The Luton Picturedrome was opened on 8th April 1911, and was the second cinema in the town [ex. inf. Luton News, 6 April 1911]. It was closed in the early 1930's, and the building is now [1979] the House of Holland.
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