1914 – Shea’s Hippodrome, Toronto, Canada
Architect: Leon Lempert
At opening this was the largest movie theatre in Canada,
Leon Lempert (1867-1934)
An American expert in the design of public theatres who is credited with originating the ‘bowled auditorium’ type of theatre after which most modern show buildings were patterned. He was the son of Leon Lempert Sr. (d.1909).
