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New Empire Cinema (other)
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New Empire Cinema may refer to: * New Empire Cinema (Bowral), New South Wales, Australia * New Empire Cinema (Kolkata), India * New Empire Cinema (Mumbai), India See also * New Empire Theatre * Empire Cinemas * New Empire (other) * Empire Theatre (other) Empire Theatre or Empire Theater may refer to: Australia *Empire Theatre, Adelaide, former theatre and cinema in Grote Street, Adelaide, 1909–1948 *Empire Theatre, Sydney, former musical theatre and cinema in New South Wales *Empire Theatre, Too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Empire Cinema (Bowral)
The New Empire Cinema is a Movie theater, cinema in Bowral, New South Wales. Also known as the Empire Theatre, and Empire Pictures, and open since 1915, it is the oldest continuously running cinema in mainland Australia. At times over the years, the title has defaulted to New Empire and there have been similarly named establishments in other Australian states. Launceston, Tasmania The New Empire currently has four screens, and can hold up to 560 people. The cinema is run by Richard Ruhfus, David Graham and Gerard Aiken, and a staff of 24 employees. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:New Empire Cinema Cinemas in New South Wales Bowral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Empire Cinema (Kolkata)
New Empire Cinema is a single screen cinema hall located in Humayun Place in New Market, (opposite Shreeram Arcade), Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This theatre is next to Lighthouse Cinema. History Major general Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Home Minister of Nepal acquired 45 properties in Kolkata (then Calcutta). New Empire theatre was one of them. New Empire cinema auditorium was set up in 1932. The chief designer architect of this theatre was A. de Bois Shrosbree. At that time this theatre was used to perform Ballets and plays. Eminent performers like Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Uday Shankar, Amala Shankar, Bohurupee ( Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra) performed in this theatre. In 1932 Indian Noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Empire Cinema (Mumbai)
New Empire was a cinema hall in South Mumbai located in close proximity to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. It closed down on 21 March 2014 after being in existence for over a century due to persistent losses suffered by the owners. History New Empire originally opened in 1908 as a live theatre and hosted plays. It was then known as the Empire Theatre. In 1948, it was completely overhauled by British architect M.A. Riddley Abbott and reopened as New Empire with a seating capacity of nearly a thousand. The New Empire Cinema was taken over by 20th Century Fox Corp. in 1955 and was the Bombay showcase cinema for their films. New Empire was one of the oldest single-screen cinema halls in Mumbai and the first in Asia to have a cantilevered balcony. Similar cinema halls that were built in the Art Deco style and opened subsequently in the south Mumbai area were Regal (opened in 1933), Metro (opened in 1938) and Liberty (opened in 1949). The first film it screened was in 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Empire Theatre
The New Empire Theatre was a historic theatre in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Built in 1896, it closed in 1998 and was demolished in 2017. History The New Empire Theatre was built in 1896 by theatre impresario Frederick Marlow. He had owned the public hall previously on the site, and converted it to The Empire Theatre in 1892. A fire on Boxing Day 1895 destroyed the building. Marlow took it upon himself to rebuild a bigger, better theatre, with five floors and electric lighting. The theatre was the first of its kind in Southend, and was called "the prettiest theatre outside of London" by local press at its opening in 1896. Marlow presented a varied programme of musicals, opera, concerts, plays, variety and music hall. He remained at the theatre until 1905 when it was taken over by the Southend-on-Sea Theatre Company Ltd. The following fourteen years the theatre was run on a leasehold basis by various people, including Albert Marchinsky, an illusionist known as "The Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Cinemas
Empire Cinemas Limited is a multiplex cinema chain in the UK. There are 14 Empire Cinemas across the country, with 131 screens in total. Ownership and management The ultimate beneficial owner of Empire Cinemas Ltd is Irish entrepreneur Thomas Anderson. Anderson also owns Inspiration Holdings Ltd, a company which now owns Altive Media, Pearl & Dean advertising company, Titan Parking and Clarkebond. The CEO of Empire Cinemas, Nolly, is also an Executive Director of Inspiration Holdings. History Empire was originally a cinema in Leicester Square in London which opened in 1884 as the ''Empire Theatre'' and was a West End variety theatre, designed by Thomas Verity. Empire Cinemas Limited was formed in 2005 when Empire acquired the cinemas divested from Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld after the Office of Fair Trading had required them to divest 11 of the Odeon chain and six of the Cineworld chain. In 2005, both Odeon and the UK operations of UCI were taken over by Terra Firma who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Empire (other)
New Empire can refer to: * New Kingdom of Egypt, when Ancient Egypt was at the height of its power * Xin dynasty (literally: New Empire), Chinese imperial dynasty from 9 to 23 AD * New Empire (band), an Australian band * New Empire Cinema (other), several cinemas * New Empire Theatre * ''A New Empire'', a 2016 EP by Ailee * '' Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire'', a mobile game * '' Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'', a 2024 monster film See also * New (other) * Empire (other) An empire is a group of states or peoples under centralized rule. Empire may also refer to: Buildings * Empire (skyscraper), formerly the Imperia Tower, a complex in Moscow, Russia * Empire, Colombo, a residential complex in Sri Lanka * Empire ... * New Kingdom (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
