Cornwall Cinema Gazetteer

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Gaiety

This delightful little cinema, accessed via a bridge across the Tolcarne River was opened in 1921 and designed by the Penzance architect practice of Cowell, Drewitt and Wheatly. There was seating for 360 and the screen was at the front of the building.  The stage was 8' deep with a 24' wide proscenium. Ran by Reginald Hennessey, by the mid 1930s it had passed to Robert Thomas of Penzance until being taken over by Harry Herbert Flower of Newlyn who operated the cinema through out the 1960s and until closure around 1970.  The original British Thomson Houston sound became RCA in the late 1950's along with a 17' by 10' 4" screen.  The building is now a restaurant.

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