Missing Cinemas - Edinburgh
Email us at info@scottishcinemas.org
We have entries in our database for 72 cinemas that have existed in Edinburgh.
Of those, we have images of some kind on our Edinburgh page for 57 of them.
That means there's only 15 we don't currently have any images of at all.
Can you help ?
Got an old postcard in the loft ?
Spotted one of these cinemas in the background of an old photo?
Let us know! (also please have a look at the our Missing page for Glasgow too!)
N.B. - you need to have the copyright on any images you send us; if you spot one of these in a book or elsewhere online, by all means let us know, but we probably won't be able to use the image without checking first with the original copyright holder.
Of those, we have images of some kind on our Edinburgh page for 57 of them.
That means there's only 15 we don't currently have any images of at all.
Can you help ?
Got an old postcard in the loft ?
Spotted one of these cinemas in the background of an old photo?
Let us know! (also please have a look at the our Missing page for Glasgow too!)
N.B. - you need to have the copyright on any images you send us; if you spot one of these in a book or elsewhere online, by all means let us know, but we probably won't be able to use the image without checking first with the original copyright holder.
Email us at info@scottishcinemas.org
The cinemas we're looking for are:
Cinema
Sighthill
Built by Captain Cameron, later of the Dominion
Abbey
30-32, N. Richmond St
o. 1920 in former synagogue. Cl. by 1933. Demolished.
Embassy
Boswall Parkway
o. 1937. Fire, 2.3.64, prompted closure. Dem. 1975 for supermarket.
Laurieston Hall
Occasional film shows.
New Electric Cinema
Shrubhill, Leith Walk
o. 1908. Later Petit Paris. Cl. c. 1912. Demolished
Olympia
54, Annandale Street
o. 5.2.12 in old skating rink. s. 1,800. Cl. 1915 to become circus. Later car salesroom. Dem.
Operetta House
3, Chambers Strret
o. 1900 for cine-variety in old Moss theatre. Cinema by 1906. Dem. 1951.
Palladium
36 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge
Licence granted July 1913. Conversion of dancing hall.
People's Picture House
19 (17?) Blackfriars Street
Conversion of existing building
Pringle's Picture Palace
71-75, Grove Street
o. 9.11.08 by R Pringle in old mission hall/stables, built 1872. Cl. c.1917 to become theatre. Burned down, 4.7.21. Demolished
St Andrew's Square Cinema
Clyde Street
o. 1.1.23 by FR Graham-Yooll in old vet school of 1818 (arch. R&R Dickson). s. 1,421. Sold to Gaumont, 5.28. Destroyed by fire, 12.11.52. Dem.
Strand
Raeburn Place, Stockbridge
Opp. Palladium.
Theatre Royal
Broughton Street
Summer season film shows, 1912 [CJ Phipps, 1884]
Waverley Market
Occasional film shows Demolished
Broughton High School Theatre
200 seat lecture theatre. Used by film society with 16mm projectors
Cinema
Sighthill
Built by Captain Cameron, later of the Dominion
Abbey
30-32, N. Richmond St
o. 1920 in former synagogue. Cl. by 1933. Demolished.
Embassy
Boswall Parkway
o. 1937. Fire, 2.3.64, prompted closure. Dem. 1975 for supermarket.
Laurieston Hall
Occasional film shows.
New Electric Cinema
Shrubhill, Leith Walk
o. 1908. Later Petit Paris. Cl. c. 1912. Demolished
Olympia
54, Annandale Street
o. 5.2.12 in old skating rink. s. 1,800. Cl. 1915 to become circus. Later car salesroom. Dem.
Operetta House
3, Chambers Strret
o. 1900 for cine-variety in old Moss theatre. Cinema by 1906. Dem. 1951.
Palladium
36 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge
Licence granted July 1913. Conversion of dancing hall.
People's Picture House
19 (17?) Blackfriars Street
Conversion of existing building
Pringle's Picture Palace
71-75, Grove Street
o. 9.11.08 by R Pringle in old mission hall/stables, built 1872. Cl. c.1917 to become theatre. Burned down, 4.7.21. Demolished
St Andrew's Square Cinema
Clyde Street
o. 1.1.23 by FR Graham-Yooll in old vet school of 1818 (arch. R&R Dickson). s. 1,421. Sold to Gaumont, 5.28. Destroyed by fire, 12.11.52. Dem.
Strand
Raeburn Place, Stockbridge
Opp. Palladium.
Theatre Royal
Broughton Street
Summer season film shows, 1912 [CJ Phipps, 1884]
Waverley Market
Occasional film shows Demolished
Broughton High School Theatre
200 seat lecture theatre. Used by film society with 16mm projectors