Scottish Cinemas and Theatres
Dunbar Cinema
Lamer Street
Converted to flats, building extant but unrecognisable as a cinema
Empire
44 High Street
This address was the manager’s house, still extant. Cinema entrance was to left (Empire Way).
The auditorium was on sloping ground at rear, now demolished. 548 seats in 1950.
Corn Exchange / Olympia
High Street/Corn Exchange Passage
Building extant but derelict.
Photos courtesy of Harry Rigby.
Playhouse
Abbey Road
Opened in 1939, by Scott's Empires. Later owned by CAC. Plans exist from 1984 for renovation/rebuilding.
It has since been demolished and replaced by a children’s nursery on site. It had 1031 seats in 1950.
Photo courtesy of the Scottish Screen Archive / Cinema Theatre Association.
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