Tooting Granada 7841
Granada Theatre (Gala / Buzz Bingo), Tooting. The Hall of Mirrors lies under the rear of the balcony, providing a crossover for patrons.
Opened as the Granada Theatre in September 1931, designed by Cecil Masey, with interior design by Theodore Komisarjevsky, and murals by Lucien le Blanc, recreated by Alex Johnstone. It seated 3,104 (1,354 in the balcony), was equipped with a full stage (the screen was flown into the flytower), a café, a 4 manual/14 rank Wurlitzer organ and a staff of 85. It closed suddenly as a cinema in November 1973, and lay disused until converted for bingo in 1976. Grade 2* listed in 1972, this was upgraded to Grade 1 in 2000.
More History :- cinematreasures.org/theaters/9424
London Borough of Wandsworth, South London, Greater London, England - Granada Cinema (Buzz Bingo), Mitcham Road
July 2010, image reworked 2024
Tooting Granada 7841
Granada Theatre (Gala / Buzz Bingo), Tooting. The Hall of Mirrors lies under the rear of the balcony, providing a crossover for patrons.
Opened as the Granada Theatre in September 1931, designed by Cecil Masey, with interior design by Theodore Komisarjevsky, and murals by Lucien le Blanc, recreated by Alex Johnstone. It seated 3,104 (1,354 in the balcony), was equipped with a full stage (the screen was flown into the flytower), a café, a 4 manual/14 rank Wurlitzer organ and a staff of 85. It closed suddenly as a cinema in November 1973, and lay disused until converted for bingo in 1976. Grade 2* listed in 1972, this was upgraded to Grade 1 in 2000.
More History :- cinematreasures.org/theaters/9424
London Borough of Wandsworth, South London, Greater London, England - Granada Cinema (Buzz Bingo), Mitcham Road
July 2010, image reworked 2024