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Golden Domes Cinema

30/7/2023

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On This Day 30th July 1934 the Golden Domes Cinema, Streatham High Road was showing Madame Spy.

The cinema opened in September 1912 as the Streatham Picture Theatre. One of 6 cinemas in Streatham and today the site of a gym .

The Streatham Picture Theatre was opened with 900 seats. The opening film was “Caesar Borgia”. The building had an impressive facade, with the entrance flanked by two bays, which were topped by large domes.

In October 1929, the cinema was enlarged to the plans of cinema architect John Stanley Beard and it was re-named Golden Domes Picture Theatre.

It was taken over by Associated British Cinemas(ABC) in August 1935. However, this was not to last very long, as ABC built and opened their new Regal Super Cinema just along the other side of the High Road.
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The Golden Domes Picture Theatre was closed on 12th November 1938, just two days before the Regal Super Cinema opened.
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Dr Andy Andrews link
31/7/2024 07:30:31 am

I was pleased to see this picture of the Golden Domes. My father, Reginald, was the manager there in the 1930s and appears in an image on our website at https://andrewsgen.com/photo/southlondoncinemas.htm Our image and the ad from the local newspaper also ties the movie to 1934 but this time the cinema has 'Golden Domes' on the front. This suggests that your image is likely to be earlier as it shows the cinema's original name. So it is historically very interesting. When my father was called up the then manager of the Regal allowed him to store his car behind the cinema for safety. Once the war was over my father went back to collect it and found it in good working order in spite of being covered in dust and muck from the bombing. I was born in Amesbury Avenue and remember the High Road very well but by then the Domes was a rather dismal DIY furniture store. Regards. Andy Andrews

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