Originally called the Surrey County Theatre, it was renamed as a cinema in 1929, and in 1947, it became the 'Gaumont'. The auditorium has since been demolished, but the entrance and foyer were retained, and are now part of the Times 2 Shopping Centre.
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Surrey County Cinema
E. C. H. Rowland The Surrey County Cinema (later the Gaumont) opened on this ...
Film producer and director. Born Herbert Sydney Wilcox at Norwood. He fought in the Royal Flying Corps in WW1 and entered film production in 1922. Formed the British and Dominions Film Corporation ...
Actor and screenwriter. Born John Jeremy Lloyd in Danbury, Essex. He appeared in the American comedy series 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in', and various films and other television programmes. Along w...
In 1908 Pyke converted two shops at 164-166 Edgware Road into a cinema. This was a success and he created more, naming each one the Cinematograph Theatre. By 1910 he had 5 cinemas, each an independ...
Film actor and singer. Born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape in Hornsey. Her father, a German businessman moved the family to Magdeburg. She studied at the dance and voice school of the Berlin Opera, taki...
In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centenary of cinema. See the pdf.
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