Edinburgh, Picture Theatre, interior. View of foyer.
SC 680409
Description Edinburgh, Picture Theatre, interior. View of foyer.
Date 1914
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number SC 680409
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BL 22541/1
Scope and Content Entrance Foyer, the New Picture House, No 56 Princes Street, Edinburgh The New Picture House, owned by Provincial Cinematographic Theatres, opened as one of Edinburgh's 'respectable' picture houses in 1913. This photograph of the foyer was taken in 1914 by the architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere. The entrance foyer was lined with white marble, and lit by electric lights set on elaborate pedestals. The domed ceiling was edged with the Greek key-pattern motif which was repeated around the walls. The New Picture House, one of ten picture theatres to open in Edinburgh in 1913, was designed for 'the top end of the cinema market'. It offered the public the added luxury of two tea rooms, a cafe and a full orchestra to accompany the silent films. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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