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,
1917 – Allen / Tivoli Theatre, Richmond Street, Toronto
Architect: C. Howard Crane
The theatre was designed by C.
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 / Metropolitan Theatre, Donald Street, Winnipeg
Architect: C. Howard Crane
The theatre was one of fortyfive in a chain owned by the Allen brothers,
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,
1920 – Allen / Strand Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Architect: C. Howard Crane
One of a large chain of 45 purpose-built cinemas owned by the Allen brothers,
