The Lost Cinemas of Dublin City Centre
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The Lost Cinemas of Dublin City Centre - a walk around the City remembering some sites and discovering others.
Another highlight of the day was randomly striking up conversations with curious onlookers as I shot the locations - the elderly gentleman on Francis street was a treasure trove of information on the Tivoli. - บันเทิง
All these beautiful buildings demolished what a crime
All Ireland is being demoished and that's an even bigger crime, along with our culture, religion, and customs. The tragic part is that it is our 'own' that are doing it for the EU unelected.
"replaced by this monstrosity" never truer words said
Yes.
Dan, thanks so much for this wonderful video. I'm a Luas driver and see the city every day. I look up whenever I'm stopped at platforms, wonderful views
You're very welcome Mary.
About the Adelphi: in the 1960s it was used as a concert hall for the visit by the great pianist Artur Rubinstein. He played Schubert's last sonata. At the end of the 1st movement, the lights came on and the usherettes came in selling ice creams! Rubinstein was not happy. Apparently he coasted the rest of the performance.
Interesting, I didn't know that.
In the projection room there was a framed photo of the Beatles on stage in 1963. Before the cinema closed, it was a scramble to see who'd get it. I didn't :)
That is the marvellous story, Peter. Thanks for sharing.
I attended most of these in th 60s , 70s and 80s
Wow, fantastic video. Brilliant research. Dublin city is a treasure trove of history, I love videos like this, it gives the information of what to look out for when about town and stories that are not common in the history books. Thanks a million 🙏
You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for this brilliant video. I can vouch for the Adelphi screen being fantastic. The last film I saw there was U2's Rattle And Hum.
My father was a lighting designer and supplied lots of these places with spotlights. I can remember going with him sometimes in the 1970s and 80s. Great memories.
4.51..the regent cinema findlater place..was wondering for years about that place because I was in it when they turned it into a bar/nightclub..it was called the Back Gate..it was funny because the slope down to the small dance floor was actually where the seats where..like this place was tiny for it being previously a cinema when I knew it had previously been, never knew the name though lol
A fantastic video and labour of love - much appreciated - keep them coming - many thanks, Daniel!
I liked the Screen.
Fascinating. I didn't realise there were so many cinemas in Dublin in the past. I visited the Screen, the Ambassador and the Irish Film Theatre, Earlsfort Terrace where I saw my first 'art house' movie, 'Days of Heaven'. Despite the destruction of parts of O'Connell Street, it is still a magnificent street that is full of historical significance. Very informative and good choice of music.
I spent a good bit of time in many of those cinemas in the 60s
Were you the guy who fell off the balcony? Yep, I remember.
Cinemas was indeed a great part of lives once real escape from reality into a world of dreams. The Cinemas themselves was also themselves dream palaces to sit in and romances made while there.! Sadly now gone because of change in lifestyles and with TV and modern day technology. Remembering those once fine places of joy here on this video does indeed hark back to times we had then and there fantasies we saw on-screen with the movie stars of yesterday. Fine buildings gone forever ! Nothing today can or will replace them now and gone into memory but some should have been saved for future generations to not show how we once entertained and those elaborate places they was once. Dublin has suffered those loss like other big cities have and we can only hope those that are left behind will survive to tell the tale.!!
Memories ..cinema paradiso ❤️❤️❤️
Great documentary.
So much character of the city lost 😞
Look up!
i was talking with my sons a couple of days ago and they could not believe the amount of cinemas that have closed over the years, they really died a death in the 80's, VHS killed a lot of them.
I remember showing Aliens to 20/30 people per screening. Asking people locally why wouldn't they go see it, their reply was 'we'll wait for it on video'. When Europe 'caught up' with the US release dates and the films were opening same date everywhere that did bring people back to the cinema. And the experience as a whole, screen/sound couldn't be matched at home.
the number of cinemas in the city center but on the north of the city alone around O'Connell street, makes you wonder how O'Connell street came to be the way it was
Thanks for that brilliant nostalgic video.
I was in all of them that were still open from the 1950's and the Adelphi was my favourite screen, too. Saw Mutiny on the Bounty in Ultra Panavision 70 there.
One of my uncles was a projectionist in the Regal. The Cinerama in Talbot St. was great except for the trains rumbling over the roof!
I worked in that "Monstrosity" for its first 20 years :)
If you're doing suburban don't forget the legendary Landscape in Churchtown.
have to agree the main screen in the Adelphi was fabulous
What an outstanding video and an eye opener. Well done and a sincere thank you. How I loved going to the big theater at The Savoy on O’Connell St as a kid.
Thanks Paul, was meant to do a follow up of the cinemas in the suburbs. Maybe this Summer.
Nice. Thanks
Great social history doc. I love cinemas. Thanks for this.
Thanks Denis
Really enjoyed that video report. Well done. My brother worked in the capital and the corinthian , back in the 70s. 👍
Was his name Thomas king?
@@Marlondurranno , Philip, he married Elaine who worked there also...Still together 😂
Thanks ..I was an apprentice operator in the classic cinema early 70s and Thomas King was an apprentice in the capital we went to Kevin St college together.
Was Thomas was a real cool dude from Churchtown I think.
Take care of yourself buddy..
Bravo! memory lane for me living in France ! Thank you!
EXCELLENT🎥 FABOULOUS 🎥AWESOME 🎥
I sat in the Carlton' Corinthian' Capitol' Adelphi' Curzon ' Plaza' Cinerama'Ambasssador' Green ' Theatre De Luxe' watched many many great films ' nowadays there called movies 🎥🎥🎥 DOUBLE FEATURES TWO FILMS GREAT DAYS YEAH
IN THE 1960S N 1970S YOU HAD TO BOOK YOUR SEATS FOR THE MOVIES THEY WERE SO POPLAR sometimes people
Would go four times a week yeh true the most poplar cinemas in dublin city were SAVOY ' ADELPHI' CARLTON' CAPITOL'
CORINTHIAN' AMBASSADOR ' the newspapers were great then for showing what was on in the cinemas ' the herald' press'
Mail' all had great movie pages of current showings 'when times go by people cry' yet i smile for the joy of being there .
The De Luxe on Camden Street was our nearest local picture house, sorry - cinema the ones in O'Connell Street were in "town". It was the Royal in town where you got a picture, followed by a stage show - with chorus girls!
C'mon, admit it. You weren't there for the films.
Brilliant video. It's often forgotten these days that cinema was a HUGE thing in Ireland back in the day. The Ambassador had a terrific big screen, the kind that you could show all those old epic westerns filmed in this, that and the other scope and ration.
My Gran worked in the Adelphi on Abbey St, I saw Star Wars there and yes I got in for free.
Was she the woman who interrupted Arthur Rubenstein for an ice-cream during Schubert's Sonata? Cool!
@@29brendus I dont know? Does the woman fit the description of a fat ewl dwarf with a blue rinse?
@@WolfeTone17-98 May The Force be with you. Revenue will be in touch soon about that free ticket.
@@29brendus The day I have been dreading all my life.
Excellent work, well done sir👍
You should do a similar video on all the old cinemas in the Dublin suburbs, I'd enjoy that too.
Gerard James thanks Gerard. I did intend to do a Part 2 which would have brought in the suburb cinemas - but 2020 happened!
Maybe next year.
Yes! The Star in Crumlin, Stella Rathmines, Rialto, Leinster and many more.
Saw West Side Story in the DeLuxe Camden Street. The Beach Boys live in the Adelphi
Yes..my mam and dad went to the Fairview one before they got married and I went in the 70s. Still remember the smell....common to all cinemas then.
@@notonevote Brillaint. Do it. I will volunteer to drive you around at €10 a gallon. LoL!
Grew up in the late 6os
In York St. Spent loads of time in the deluxe on a Sunday. Film and matinee
Great place also the grafton and the green cinema .
Sold news papers for paddy the paper man for pocket money outside the green cinema Great days indeed.
Oh to be back then
Hello Alan Kavanagh .
I did also and the same selling the paper s for Paddy outside the Green cinema as a youngsters.
Mc Dougall’s
Brilliant history. I was with a drama group (Parnassus Arts Group) that used the Eblana aall thorugh the 80's. We also used the Academy on Pearse St as a theatre venue for a few years towards the end of the 1980s. The cinema screen was still intact on the stage and we had to roll under before making a stage entrance. Worse still, because it wasn't set up as a theatre, there was no back stage area and, consequently, no toilets. So, if we were in a long play, it would have been quite the ordeal!!
Left Dublin 12 years ago or so.
Went to see at The Screen in Hawkins Street ‘Downfall’, ‘Moulin Rouge’, ‘Amélie Poulain’, among others.
I remember a pigeon trapped inside the lobby that I safely ‘scared’ and led back outside by opening more doors.
I smoked many cigarettes by Mr Screen, waiting for the right times to get in. :)
Crazy to see that all this is now ‘a past thing’ somehow, while this was just 20 years ago.
I remember looking at the poster for Amélie in the foyer with a 'coming soon' tag. I turned to the girl looking at it too and said, 'really looking forward to seeing this..'
Ended up dating her :)
I only walked past the site yesterday and every time I do, I think of the cinema.
I'm only 45 and I'm surprised that I know so many of these beautiful cinemas. I was lucky that my Dad loved going to the pictures and took me and my brother every opportunity he got.
My 2 fav cinemas were the Ambassador and The Classic. We used go to the Stella too.
My Mam and Dad used go to the Star in Crumlin before we were born.
Thank you so much for posting this Dan.
It looks like DVDs harmed cinemas. Now we have Netflix, but nothing beats a cinema experience
Beautiful video.
I actually have an "admit one" ticket from the Green Cinema. Its in mint condition if anybody knows of any place that would like it as part of cinema history.
You could try the IFI Simon (ifi.ie)
Ah yeah, but who was wichya? That's what we all wanna know! LOL!
Very enjoyable and yet sad sweep through the real age of the cinema in Dublin. There's one you may have forgotten: The Masterpiece Picture House ' at 99 Talbot St. 1914 - 1953.
Great video. Thank you
Thank you with all my heart...from an adopted dub...
Thanks Alex
It's great and terrifying to see, another done in the same tone but reverse order for shipping centres would be bang on.... basketball courts, ice rinks and bowling alleys
You'd need a whole week for Butcher's Shops.
@@29brendus And Barber Surgeons
@@29brendus and another couple on King's Inns Solicitor Barristers Attorney Generals?
@@niallbuckley22 Oh Yes!
God, what a brilliant video, had no idea there were so many, thank you for posting. Note to self: don't open a cinema in Dublin :(
Thanks Bret, I did want to do Part II during the Summer, which would have covered suburban cinemas, but not this year. maybe next.
Stone stuff Dan. I was born in 71 and the cinema was everything growing up. The Mrs. and I seen the commitments in the Astor and when we left to go home there was a crazy old man that climbed up to Daniel O Connell holding on to the statue with his bottle cursing all and sundry. Garda fire brigade ambulance. It was a cold Tuesday night in February 92 I think. It was a script writers dream. Liked and subscribed. God bless.
First cinema visit was Around the World in 80 Days with Dad and two brothers in the Ambassador
Fantastic. My earliest memory was Disney's Candleshoe (1977)
Saw it on a school tour from Finglas, and it was in the The Plaza as well, where the wax works were for a while near Dorset St. Maybe around '66? I remember another school tour to see 'The Sound of Music' around '64 and that was in Talbot St. Cinerama, under the Railway Bridge. I'll never forget the opening scene of the Austrian Alps and I thought I was going to die!
Awesome. Thanks. Look up. I've being saying it for years.
It really is a beautiful street.
I remember a friend in the 80s telling me to 'look up when were walking down O Connell St. I've never forgotten that and always do it now wherever I am.
Thank you so much for making this!
the Cameo in middle abbey street , was beside pab travel , its not a hotel called the Adelphi the front facade was changed when it got renovated
It was called the Abbey when I made the video.
Remember queuing for the Savoy cinema, back in the 1970s. How times have changed.
It's gry to see all the great pictures,it is so sad all is gone
Excellent feature. Might be worth mentioning that THE QUEENS THEATER on Pearse Street served as a base for the Abbey Theater companies while the new Abbey was rebuilt following the fire,
Thanks, appreciate that.
I was only a child at the time, but I later heard a lot of Dubs were none too happy about the Abbey Theatre temporally taking it over after the fire. Not an exact comparison, but it was like the Royal Shakespeare Company being allowed to take over the London Palladium.
Thank you for your work, but this is just so sad and depressing :-(
Declan McArdle I walk down Abbey St. several times a week and every time I walk past Arnotts I think of the Adelphi.
Yes. I too often think of the Adelphi when I have to Dodge cars flying out of carpark. Now, have you thought of doing a film on the lost cinemas of Dublin suburbs ?
@@seamuswhelan7523 That was the plan Seamus. I was going to do the suburban cinemas this Summer, as I have fond memories of a lot of them, Classic, Grand, the original Stella....
but then March happened.
Maybe next Summer.
The Princess
@@notonevote Can't wait! As I am reading the comments here, more keep popping up in my mind, Cabra, Stllorgan, Dun Leary, Terenure (Classic?). You'd need one video for each suburb almost.
Great document, thank Dan ! I've barely known them but at least this visual documentary will help all of us to remember how important was cinema in the people's lives, few decades ago! With Netflix and movies on your mobile now, cinema has become more accessible but the pleasure isn't the same!
Thanks Charlotte. it definitely isn't the same
What a beautiful video. Lots of people will use this as a source when they're reviewing cinemas in Dublin. Thank you very much. It brought back many beautiful memories.
Thank you so much Carl, really appreciate that
"The Ranch" was talked about in a routine by comedian Dave Allen. He talked about his childhood cinema days.
He said it was a 'cowboy' outfit!
Fantastic. Are you going to do one about ( some of ) the cinemas of the suburbs? There must have been hundreds!
Thanks for this.
At least the Savoy is still there
Hi Peter, yes I was planning on doing it last Summer.
Maybe this Summer..
The destruction of Savoy Screen 1 was an absolute travesty..
Take a bow Dan
Very well put together ❤
Brilliant video
Many thanks for this terriffic Video. So many brillant observations right up to the very end with your advice "When in the City LOOK UP", absolutely spot on.
Fantastic video. How about the suburban cinemas like the Casino (Finglas), Star (Crumlin), Stella (Rathmines)? "Me Da", use to get the Evening Herald, and there were at least 2 centre pages with all the entertainment, clubs and films. The Casino in Finglas became part of Superquinn, now Supervalu. Then there was The Televsion Club, Kingsway, Napoleons, Zhivago, The Revolution, etc. brilliant times then. WE didn't need Temple Bar.
Well done. I feel very sad after looking at your video. My parents may have frequented some of the earlier Cinemas while dating and I certainly went to many of the later Cinemas, on dates. The Green Cinema was a favourite due to its double seats. You had a better chance of a 'smooch' in those seats.
I'd love to see the sequel featuring the suburban cinemas - including "The Shack" in Ringsend, aptly named by all accounts! (Matinee patrons had to watch out for pee trickling underfoot, making it's way down towards the screen :)
Yep, me too. The 'Cas' in Finglas.
The shack was the Ritz cinema in Serpentine Ave. Sandymount, your thinking of the Regal cinema in Ringsend , the toilets were dark smelly and horrible you had to venture down concrete steps to get to them. we kids were afraid to go down the steps so we peed on the steps some kids even peed on the seats 😂
@@peterdoyle4530 Yes! you're dead right, got the names mixed ;)
@@stephenward7856 ah ,those were the days
There used to be a cinema in Phibsboro too
Great Video thanks brought back lots of memory at the Adelphi Cinema
Very very interesting ...
The Grand Central is a Public Bar now and has been for many years. It is a great place to visit, with many original features from the Bank.
That's the pub on the corner of o'connel st/middle abbey st. you're thinking of. The cinema was down a bit on O'Connel st, it's now a bank (has been since the 40s)
Okay. I presumed that was the same building because of the name. Thanks.
I was in many of them, any that were still standing in the City in 1975 I was on them. Right up to Camden St and back up to Phibsboro on the north side. That's all kid's done back then. Thing's were bleek but the flicks took your mind off thinking about how bleek.
Very interesting thanks
What’s the music? Perfect for this video.
The piece is called Requiem In Cello, it's free to use from the TH-cam audio library
Excellent work Dan
Fantastic history..thank you.
I saw 'Born Free' at The Corinthian with my late mother and aunt. Our class from school went to see 'The Ten Commandments' at The Ambassador. Great memories. There was a cinema on Pearse Street, almost opposite Trinity College, just up from the Quays, can't remember it's name ?
Brillo❤
The Deluxe on Camden Street currently vacant? I was there a couple years ago and I thought it had been turned into some sort of flats or a hotel.
Last Summer it was boarded up. It may be open now, but last year when I shot the footage outside the buildings, it was closed.
@@notonevote was
Was a pub until covid
@@seamuswhelan7523 Then it must have open after August 2019? because the day I shot the footage across the street from it, it was shut down.
Saw La Strada my favourite film in cinema under bus aras
I have a picture of Dublin I think my great grandmother and my grandfather in 1930s(he had kids in his late 30s) trying to find a grand cinema in the background but cannot find a picture 😢
Ah the Mero.
Theatre Deluxe; is it possible that Laurel & Hardy are standing outside?? 8:35
The films showing there are Slightly Scarlet and First Travelling Saleslady which opened in 1956. Laurel and Hardy were in Ireland twice, 1952 and 1953, their final performance was in the Olympia Theater.
@@notonevote Just thought it looked a little like them! Thanks, really enjoyed your film.
@@noelstapleton1806 I didn't notice before, but yes it really does.
Office block, office block, office block...how depressing.
to think what was demolished to build the glass boxes.
Oh begob i remember the Green with the double seats shur twas the first cinema where i got the feel and then the slap !
An awful shame. Greed appears to be the common theme..😮
no mention of the Stella in Rathmines??
Video covers City Centre Diana. I had planned to do a follow up last Summer to include the suburbs but..
Ah the good old days.
I can't even get into a cinema.
Maybe more will close if people decide not to get boosted or better again the owners will wake up and not ask for discrimination pass.
Now you're talkin' !
Same! I'll never go to the cinema again! Boycott them for life after the way they treated us!!!! Greed compliant fools the owners are!!!
New and Old Classic Cinemas In Harlods Cross?
I focused on the cinemas of the City Centre for this one. I had plannned on doing a follow up to include the suburban ones which of course would have included the Classic.
Knew the owner very well, a gentleman.
The Beach Boys and The Beatles among others played at the Adelphi. Actually caught a screening of "HELP!" there before it was cruelly disposed of :(
I didn't know they knocked The Screen.
Great video Dan, much appreciated.
There was a photo of the Beatles on stage in the projection room that we were all gunning for, I didn't get it :)
@@notonevote Aww, that would have been a treasure. I can imagine the stampede :)
When the Beach Boys played, Carl Wilson was delayed due to complications with him being a conscientious objector and arrived just in time to walk up the aisle strap on his guitar and start playing - that would have been a beautiful moment.
@@PaulOfThebesMC No, I think he was in a bar around the corner in Earl St.
@@29brendus 😄
The Eblana had a much more extensive theatre history than your commentary suggests there, being a Dublin Theatre Festival venue from the time of its original opening. According to Irish Playography, over third new Irish plays premiered there.
I ‘suggested’ nothing about theatre, the video is about cinema in Dublin City Centre.
@@notonevote Indeed it is, but you said it was a theatre from 1975, so I was just adding to your information there.
I think it looks better as a McDonald's now