Through the magical red curtains and you are transformed back in time to the 1920`s. You have now entered the auditorium with its candle style wall lighting, Art deco fixtures and more than a touch of modern day luxury refinement.
The view from the front far corner of the hall showing the spacious rows of luxury pullman seats. At the top of the picture can be seen the projection room portholes, Two portholes for each of the projectors, two smaller look out windows for the projectionist and a third porthole to the right for the slide lantern.
From the opposite top corner looking towards the front of the hall we see the wall to wall screen curtains known in the trade as `the tabs’ and Above it is the curved proscenium. The hall holds just over two hundred and fifty patrons, seats are divided into two sections with a isle running down the centre leading towards a child inciting Walls ice cream fridge (strategically placed at the front of the screen). In bygone days of public smoking the seating divide line was encouraged for the smokers on one side and nonsmokers on the other side.
The hall begins to fill for another night of memorable movie magic in the unique surround and atmosphere of Liverpool’s oldest surviving independent purpose built cinema.
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