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Bath Regal
Falmouth Grand
Falmouth St Georges
Penzance Ritz
Bernhard in 1928 and had an ambitious expansion programme in the 1930s involving the
takeover of local cinemas businesses with the aim of becoming sole operator in key towns
up and down the country and to build new cinemas.
In January 1936 they acquired Grand Theatre (Falmouth) Ltd from Harris Brothers thus
control of the two cinemas in Falmouth, until Odeon spoiled the party that year by building a
new cinema (Odeon were Unions chief rivals). Also that year they built the Ritz, Penzance.
Union Cinemas Ltd soon got into financial difficalties and by the end of 1937 control was
taken by Associated British Cinemas but continued to be run as a wholly owned company as
Union Cinemas Ltd until the 1950s but without the Union name appearing on the cinemas
or advertising.