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1940s · Mayfair cinema, College Road

Two films and a newsreel

told by John Rowley

Growing Up

I saw lots of 1920’s and 1930’s movies (at the Mayfair). They were all ‘talkies’. Examples would be “The Three Stooges”, the old cow boys and Indian films. Hardly any British films. British films were always seen as second rate. The program for the cinema would have been Monday, Tuesday Wednesday 2 films, a major film and a secondary film. In between films would have been a newsreel. The second film would have been the main film. And this would have played twice over the day. There would have been another film on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And there would have been a different film on Sunday.

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From Chris Hillcox’s Voices of Kingstanding (https://kingstanding.wordpress.com/memories/ammenaties/cinema/the-mayfair-cinema-college-road/), shared with his permission..

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