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Plaque

Biograph Theatre

Erection date: 2010

Inscription

Biograph Theatre opened 1908 as London's first licensed cinema. Originally the Assembly Room of The Spread Eagle pub and later the Picture Palladium and Court Cinema.
Wandsworth Council
2010

Site: Biograph Theatre (1 memorial)

SW18, Garratt Lane, 5

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Biograph Theatre

Designed by architect Keith D. Young, for light entertainment and music hall,...

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London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and ...

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