IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/239
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MAJESTIC CINEMA, STOKE NEWINGTON
Date(s): 1916-1940
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Majestic Cinema | Stoke Newington x Vogue Cinema x Vogue Repertory Cinema x Vogue Continental
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
An opening date is not known for the Majestic Cinema, but it is listed in the Kinematograph Yearbook 1937 edition as operating with a seating capacity of 700.
By 1940 it had been taken over by Capital and Provincial Cinemas Ltd and re-named Vogue Cinema. Capital and Provincial Cinemas Ltd were later renamed Classic Cinemas. They specialised in re-runs of classic Hollywood films. It had become the Vogue Repertory Cinema by 1945 and the seating capacity had been reduced to 451. In the mid-1950's it began screening mainly foreign films and was re-named the Vogue Continental.
It closed on 21st June 1958 as a protest by Classic Cinemas against the landlord's rent rise. The building was shuttered and remained closed for 42 years. In November 2000 work began to convert the building into a restaurant and residential use.
Source of information: Website 'Cinema Treasures' at http://cinematreasures.org/theater/14875/ (accessed Nov 2009)
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Majestic Cinema, Stoke Newington, including leases, fire insurance policies, aircraft insurance policy, consent for alterations and correspondence with solicitors, 1916-1940.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
O/239/001-015
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in 1967.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009