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The Lathom Hall Picture Palace
The Lathom was a Picture house, now over 100 years later it plays homage to its cinematic roots and is decorated with film and music memorabillia.
Bibliography
As well as gathering information about cinema heritage through the memories we have recorded, our research has led us to many places including, archives, libraries and sources of information through he Internet. Below is […]
The Palladium, Seaforth
The original building of what was the Palladium Cinema in Seaforth still stands today and has been part of the community for 100 years, having several changes of use. It is currently used as a gymnasium.
Queues to get into the cinemas
There were often queues to get into the cinemas because they were so popular.
Reels would sometimes break down or get mixed up
Films came to the cinema on large reels which would be projected onto the screen, the reels would sometimes break and get mixed up
The Stella Cinema Seaforth Road Seaforth
The Stella Cinema a 1920′s gem which accommodated seating for 1200 patrons
The Electric Picture Palace
The Electric Picture Palace – this image is a coloured postcard showing the old picture house and how Bridge road looked c.1911
J. Arthur Rank and Children’s Entertainment Films
In the early days of cinema films for children would often be of American origin and sometimes just be adult films which had been edited until British films especially made for the child audience came along following concerns about the effects of film on the young audience.
Morality at the Cinema
After the Second World War, the church and educationalists raised concerns regarding what was being shown within the children’s cinema matinees, and in the cinemas in general, highlighting Hollywood’s glamorization of immoral behavior and crime.
