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Remembering Edinburgh’s Cinemas - AB - PDC2022

The history of the Edinburgh Playhouse and the City’s Silver Screens

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In 1929 Edinburgh had more than thirty cinemas, but was eagerly awaiting the opening of yet another one. This time it would be The Playhouse a new Super Cinema seating over 3000 - the largest the city would ever see and the second largest in Scotland. Produced by Edinburgh filmmaker and
historian Ian Rintoul, Curtain Up is the story of a wonderful theatre that provided some of the most exciting examples of film, theatre and live music
ever to be seen in Scotland. Also featuring The New Palace Theatre, Greenlaw, the new home for the unique Hilsdon Theatre Organ being lovingly restored by the Scottish Theatre Organ Preservation Society. Curtain Up concludes
with Laurel and Hardy’s 1932 visit, with Organ accompaniment.

The programme also includes Edinburgh’s Silver Screens, an affectionate look at the city and its cinemas in the 1950s, and Matinée Memories, recalling childhood visits to the pictures.