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The Theatre De Luxe was a film theatre on Camden Street in
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from 1912 to 1975.


History

The original cinema was opened by Maurice Elliman, a Jew who escaped the pogroms in Eastern Europe. The first building was designed by Frederick Hayes, MRIAI, and built by George Squire & Co. It was enlarged and rebuilt in 1920.Irish Times, 4 September 1920 The exterior was remodelled in
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style in 1934. The cinema had a 16-foot by 23-foot screen. It had a capacity of 1,395 seats. The cinema closed in 1975, and it was planned to use the building as an
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theatre for
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, but this fell through. It became a snooker hall in 1979. The upper room of the building was used for the rehearsal room scenes in the 1991 film The Commitments. The building is now a hotel (Hotel De Luxe) and a night-club.


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Archiseek Architecture site
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