1914 – Phibsborough Picture House, North Circular Rd, Dublin

Architect: A.V. O’Rourke

Closed in 1953, to be demolished to allow a new cinema,

1916 – Lyceum Cinema, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Architect: Charles Adelian Aickin

Opened on 11 December 1916,

1916 – Picture Theatre, Duncairn Gardens, Belfast

Architect: F.T. Waddington

From The Building News, August 16 1916: “This cinema theatre,

1917 – Grand Central Cinema, O’Connell Street, Dublin

Architect: Frederick W. Higginbotham

Constructed as a cinema after the destruction of the area in the 1916 Easter Rising.

1919 – Allen’s Danforth Theatre, Toronto, Canada

Architect: Hynes, Feldman & Watson

Opened in August 1919,

1919 – Coliseum Cinema, High St., Clapham, London

Architect: North & Robin

In 1910 the Electric Picture Palace had opened in Venn St.

1919 – Former Allen Theatre, Bloor Street, Toronto, Canada

Architect: Hynes, Feldman & Watson

Allen’s Bloor Theatre was opened in 1919,

1919 – Metropolitan Theatre, Donald Street, Winnipeg

Architect: C. Howard Crane

The theatre was one of 45 in a chain owned by the Allen brothers,

1920 – Former Screen Cinema, Eden Quay, Dublin

Architect: T.F. McNamara / Jones & Kelly

Originally rebuilt after the 1916 destruction of this part of Dublin,

1921 – Former Astor Cinema, Eden Quay, Dublin

Architect: Frederick W. Higginbotham

Replacing two buildings destroyed in the 1916 Rising,