Brightonfilm


Directory of cinemas in Brighton & Hove

This listing includes not only cinemas as such but all other places of any significance where films were shown regularly or occasionally in Brighton and Hove, Southwick and Shoreham. Venues are listed alphabetically; the profile pages generally use the names by which they were best known during the longer part of their existence, with cross-references from alternative names.
• Click on the picture, name or name-change link to go to the cinema's history page.

On these pages ticket prices are shown periodically but do not reflect every change. They are given in old money: 2½d = 1p, 1s = 5p. For comparison, the average price for all UK cinema tickets in 1939 was 10d (4.2p), in 1950 it was 1s 9½d (7.5p), by 1960 it had risen to 2s 6½ (12.7p), in 1970 it leapt to 6s 1½d (30.6p) and in 1980 it stood at £1.42.

ABC Cinema
75 East Street, Brighton
see Savoy Cinema-Theatre

ABC Cinema
Portland Road, Hove
see Granada

Academy Theatre
59 West Street, Brighton

1911 Academy
1931 Tatler
1932 Academy
1973 closed

Ace Cinema
107-108 Lewes Road, Brighton
see Gaiety Cinema

Aquarium Kinema
Madeira Drive, Brighton

1897-1939 (occasional)


Arcadia Cinema
16 Lewes Road, Brighton

1910 People's Picture Palace
1910 Arcadia Cinema
1940 Closed
1944 Re-opened
1957 Closed

Astoria
15 Gloucester Place, Brighton

1933 Opened
1977 Closed


Bijou Electric Empire
64 North Street, Brighton
see Prince's Cinema

Bijou Electric Empire
High Street, Shoreham

1911 Opened
c1929 Duke of York's Cinema
1931 Closed

Bijou Select Palace
see Prince's Cinema

Brighton Film Theatre
64 North Street, Brighton
see Prince's Cinema

Cannon Cinema
75 East Street, Brighton
see Savoy Cinema-Theatre

Cannon Cinemas
Brighton Marina
see Cineworld

Cinema-de-Luxe
150 North Street, Brighton

1910 spring Opened
1942 Destroyed by fire.

Cinematheque
9-12 Middle Street, Brighton

1996-2005

Cinescene
64 North Street, Brighton
see Prince's Cinema

Cineworld Cinemas
Brighton Marina

1991 MGM Cinemas
1995 Virgin Cinemas
1999 UGC Cinemas
2005 Cineworld

Classic Cinema
Lewes Road, Brighton
see Gaiety Cinema

Classic Cinema
130 Western Road, Brighton
see Curzon

Coliseum
78 West Street, Brighton
see Grand Picture Palace

Coliseum
342 Brighton Road, Shoreham

1920 Opens
1941 Closed

Continentale Cinema
Sudeley Place, Kemp Town, Brighton
1920 Opened as King's Cliff Cinema
1948 Metro Cinema
1949 Picture Playhouse/Playhouse Cinema
1951 Continentale Cinema
1986 December Closed

Coronation Cinema
104 North Road, Brighton

1911 Coronation
1928 New Coronation
1934 Troxy Cinema
1938 Rex News Theatre
1939 Closed

Cosy Nook
1 East Street, Brighton
see Kings Minicine News Cinema

Court Cinema
16-17 New Road, Brighton

1909 Opens in former Coliseum Theatre
1940 Closed
1947 Dolphin Theatre
1952 Reverts to theatre use
1955 Paris [Continental] Cinema
1957 Reverts to repertory theatre use
1962/63 Closed.

Court Kinema
7 Church Street, Shoreham
see Star Electric Picture Palace

Curzon Cinema
130 Western Road, Brighton

1909 Electric Bioscope
1910 Queen's Electric Theatre
1915 Queen's Picture Theatre
1919 Picturedrome
1922 Scala Cinema
1932 Regal Cinema
1936 Curzon Kinema
1975 Classic Cinema
1979 Closed.

Devonshire Cinema
Eastern Road, Brighton
see Tierney's Royal Picture Theatre

Dolphin Theatre
16-17 New Road, Brighton
see Court Cinema

The Dome
Church Street, Brighton

occasional use

Duke of York's Cinema
Preston Circus, Brighton

1910 Opens


Duke of York's Cinema
High Street, Shoreham
see Bijou Electric Empire

Duke's at Komedia
44-47 Gardner Street

2012 Opens


Electric Bioscope
130 Western Road, Brighton
See Curzon

Electric Empire Picture Palace
76-77 George Street, Hove

1911 Opens
1934 Closes


Embassy
1 Western Road, Hove

c1912 Opened as Hove Cinematograph Theatre
1922 Tivoli Cinema
1948 Embassy Cinema
1981 Closed


Empire Picture Theatre
Haddington Street, Hove

1910 Opened.
1930 New Empire
1933 Closed.

Essoldo Cinema
134 North Street, Brighton

1940 Opened as Imperial Theatre
1943 Film use increases
1950 Essoldo
1964 Closed

Gaiety Cinema
107-108 Lewes Road, Brighton

1937 April 24 Opened
1965 November Ace Cinema
1971 Vogue Cinema
1979 Classic Cinema
1980 October closed.

Gem Electric Cinema
36a London Road, Brighton

1910 Opens
1914 Closes

Gem Cinema
132 King's Road, Brighton
see Victoria Hall

Granada
Portland Road, Hove

1933 July 17 Opened
1965 May ABC
1974 June 4 Closed

Grand Cinema
(46) North Road

1931-1940

Grand Cinema-de-Luxe
85 King's Road, Brighton
see Palladium Cinema

Grand Picture Palace
78 West Street, Brighton

c1905 Occasional film shows in a roller-skating rink, built in 1892.
1911 Opened as a cinema.
c1912 Coliseum.
1917 Closed.


Hippodrome
Middle Street, Brighton

1902-1929

Hove Cinematograph Theatre
1 Western Road, Hove
see Embassy

Hove Town Hall
Church Road, Hove

1896-1910 or later

Imperial Hotel
43 Queen's Road, Brighton

1896 Early film demonstration

Imperial Picture Palace
5 St James Street, Brighton

1912 Opens
1916 Closes

Imperial Theatre/Cinema
134 North Street, Brighton
see Essoldo

Jacey Cinema
64 North Street, Brighton
see Bijou Electric Empire, Brighton

King's Cliff Cinema
Sudeley Place, Kemp Town, Brighton
see Continentale Cinema

Kings Minicine News Cinema
1 East Street, Brighton

1945 Cosy Nook
1946 Kings Minicine News Cinema
1950 Closed.

Lido Cinema
Denmark Villas, Hove

1932-1961
1944 July 30 Odeon
1961 February 18 Closed.

Majestic Cinema
Eastern Road, Brighton
see Tierney's Royal Picture Theatre

MGM Cinemas
Brighton Marina
see Cineworld.

New Coronation
104 North Road, Brighton
see Coronation Cinema

New Empire
Haddington Street, Hove
see Empire Picture Theatre

New Kinema
Albion Street, Southwick

c1915 Opens
1928 Plaza
1931 New Kinema
1946 Damaged by fire but reopens
1948 Destroyed by fire

Norfolk Cinema
High Street, Shoreham

1933 Opened.
1947 Ritz Cinema
1964 Closed

Novelty Electric Theatre
27 West Street, Brighton

1911 Opened
1912 Empire Electric Theatre.
1913 late Closed.

Odeon
Denmark Villas, Hove
see Lido Cinema

Odeon
85 King's Road, Brighton
see Palladium Cinema

Odeon Kemp Town
40 St George's Road, Kemp Town, Brighton

1934 Opens
1960 Closes

Odeon Kingswest
King's Road/West Street, Brighton

1973 Opens


Odeon West Street
West Street/Little Russell Street, Brighton

1937 Opens
1973 Closes

Palace Pier Pavilion
Madeira Drive, Brighton

various dates

Palladium Cinema
85 King's Road, Brighton

1897 Opened as Alhambra Opera House and Music Hall
1912 Palladium Cinema
1936 Odeon
1937 Palladium Cinema
1956 Closed

Paris Continental Cinema
16-17 New Road, Brighton
see Court Cinema

Pavilion Cinema
South Coast Road, Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven

1923 Opens
1940 Closes

Pavilion Cinema
North Street, Portslade

1911 Prince's Imperial Picture Palace and Theatre
1932 Pavilion Cinema
1958 Closed.

People's Picture Palace
Park Crescent Place/16 Lewes Road, Brighton
see Arcadia Cinema

Picturedrome
Eastern Road, Brighton
see Tierney's Royal Picture Theatre

Picturedrome
130 Western Road, Brighton
see Curzon

Picturedrome
North Street, Portslade
see Pavilion Cinema, Portslade

Playhouse Cinema
Sudeley Place, Kemp Town, Brighton
see Continentale

Plaza Cinema
Albion Street, Southwick
see New Kinema

Prince's Cinema
64 North Street, Brighton

1911 Bijou Electric Empire
1913 Bijou Select Palace
1915 Prince's Electric Theatre
1919 Prince's Cinema
1947 Prince's News Theatre
1967 Jacey Cinema
1969 Brighton Film Theatre
1978 closed
1979 Cinescene
1983 closed

Prince's Electric Theatre
64 North Street, Brighton
see Bijou Electric Empire, Brighton

Prince's Imperial Picture Palace and Theatre
see Pavilion Cinema, Portslade

Princes News Theatre
64 North Street, Brighton
see Bijou Electric Empire, Brighton

Queen's Picture Theatre
130 Western Road, Brighton
see Curzon

Regal Cinema
130 Western Road, Brighton
see Curzon

Regent Cinema
133 Queen's Road/133 North Street, Brighton

1921 Opens
1973 Closes

Rex News Theatre
104 North Road, Brighton
see Coronation Cinema

Ritz Cinema
High Street, Shoreham
see Norfolk Cinema

Rothbury Cinema
Franklin Road, Portslade

1934 Opens
1964 Closes

Royal Tierney Picture Theatre
64 Edward Street, Brighton

1911 Opens
1916 Picturedrome.
1919 Majestic Cinema.
1920 Devonshire Cinema.
1922 Closed.

Savoy Cinema-Theatre
East Street, Brighton

1930 Opens
1963 ABC Cinema
1976 Re-opened as a four-screen complex
1986 Cannon Cinema
1995 Virgin Cinemas
1997 ABC Cinema
1999 Closed.

Scala Cinema
130 Western Road, Brighton
see Curzon

Star Cinema
7 Church Street, Shoreham

1910 Winton's Hall
1914 Star Electric Picture Palace
1924 Court Kinema
1926 Closed

Tatler
59 West Street, Brighton
see Academy Theatre

Tivoli Cinema
1 Western Road, Hove
see Embassy

Troxy Cinema
104 North Road, Brighton
see Coronation Cinema

UGC Cinemas
Brighton Marina
see Cineworld

Victoria Hall
132 King's Road, Brighton

1896 only Pandora Gallery
1896 only Victoria Hall
1954-1955 Gem Cinema

Virgin Cinemas
Brighton Marina
see Cineworld

Vogue Cinema
Lewes Road, Brighton
see Gaiety Cinema

West Pier Pavilion
King's Road, Brighton

1895-c1914

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