Centenary Of Cinema 1996
The British Film Institute and Scottish Film Council ran a competition where the public could nominate film greats to be commemorated with a special film-cell plaque. These plaques are dotted throughout the UK. There are 262 in the series.
263 plaques
Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #001
William Arthur Haggar (1851-1925) ran his travelling cinema on and from this site [full inscription unknown]
Market Place, Aberdare, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #002
Capitol Cinema opened 1933 / William Walker
Union Street, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #003
Donald Crisp (1880-1974) [full inscription unknown]
Aberfeldy's Main Square, Aberfeldy, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #004
Aldeburgh Cinema / Laetitia Gifford [full inscription unknown]
Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High St, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #005
Charlie Chaplin [full inscription unknown]
Cannon Cinema, Aldershot, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #006
Alnwick Playhouse [full inscription unknown]
The Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, United Kingdom
Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #007
Ronald Gow / Altrincham Grammar [full inscription unknown]
Altrincham Grammar School For Boys, Marlborough Rd, Altrincham, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #008
Patrick Magee 1922-1982 [full inscription unknown]
New Cinema, Armagh, United Kingdom
Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #009
Empire Cinema 1912-1959 [full inscription unknown]
The Empire Ballroom, King Edward Street, Ashbourne, United Kingdom
Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #010
Bamburgh Castle - the location for Huntingtower, Becket, The Devils, Mary Queen of Scots, and Macbeth [full inscription unknown]
Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh, United Kingdom
Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #011
Tonic Cinema 1936-1991 [full inscription unknown]
102 Hamilton Road, Bangor, County Down, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #012
Odeon Cinema opened as the Rio in 1935 [full inscription unknown]
The Odeon Apartments, 22-30 Longbridge Road, Barking, London, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #013
Odeon Cinema. Birt Acres and Robert Paul lived locally [full inscription unknown]
Everyman Barnet, Western Parade, Barnet, London, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #014
Alexander "Sandy" Mackendrick (1912-1993) film director who made Whisky Galore! here on Barra
Pier Road, Barra, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #015
Here stood the Granada Cinema 1934-1990 a flagship of the Granada circuit 15th December 1934-5th December 1990 [full inscription unknown]
5-9 St Peter's Street, Bedford, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #016
first film show in Northern Ireland at The Empire Theatre [full inscription unknown]
Empire Theatre, 42 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom
Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #018
Site of the Regal Cinema (later Essoldo) 1938-1969 [full inscription unknown]
212 Bebington Road, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #019
Argyle Theatre. First film show in Birkenhead 9 Nov 1896 [full inscription unknown]
, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #020
Stan Laurel was a boarder here 1902-1903 [full inscription unknown]
King James Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom
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Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #021
Mitchell & Kenyon Blackburn's pioneering cinematographers and producers of Norden Films were based here 1897-1901
Lord Street, Blackburn, United Kingdom