Name: Talk: Scottish Cinemas – a short history
Start: 2024-11-19T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Fotheringay Centre, 63 Fotheringay Road, G41 4NN

$Talk: Scottish Cinemas \u2013 a short history$

Join us for a whirlwind tour showing how Scotland’s cinemas developed from the early days of music halls, tents and makeshift spaces to the grand picture palaces of the 1930s. See how these buildings brought a wee touch of exotic colour from places like Turkey or Egypt and how the multiplex triggered a revival that sees the whole story coming full circle, with a special focus on the cinemas of the Southside.
About Gary Painter
Gary Painter was a student of Archaeology and Scottish History at Glasgow University when he got a part-time job in the city’s Odeon Cinema. One day, an old projectionist showed him photos of the building in its heyday and thus began two decades of looking for architectural fragments of these lost pleasure palaces, now largely demolished or repurposed unsympathetically. In 2001, he co-founded the scottishcinemas.org project, containing now over 1000 buildings.
Time: 7.30pm start. Doors from 7pm.
Tickets: £6.00 (cash only) with refreshments, no booking necessary.