11/11/2023 0 Comments Cinema studio 7![]() ![]() Star Cinemas closed the Studios in December 1982. It screened mainly ‘X’ certificate films. ![]() Studio 5 was the old stalls area seating 280, while Studios 6 & 7 were a subdivision of the circle, seating 110 & 123. ![]() Tripling came in 1974 and the cinema renamed as the Studio 5,6 & 7. Studio 7 was the only cinema in Sheffield to show Lee Marvin in “Paint Your Wagon” in 70mm due to Paramount falling out for a time with the ABC Circuit. The cinema re-opened with The D'Oyly Carte Opera’s film of “The Mikado”. Further modernisation came in 1967 when a new ‘Vistarama’ floating screen was installed along with 70mm and the walls were covered in orange pleated drapes. The interior was completely refurbished and Studio 7 was billed as the ‘International Film Theatre’.įollowing a serious fire, the cinema was closed for five months. The frontage was refaced with cedar wood, while a new canopy and blue and white aluminium fascia was erected with a large illuminated ‘Studio 7’ sign, as the cinema was now to be called. The cinema was acquired by the Star Cinemas Group in 1955, and in 1962 was closed for re-modernisation. Sunday opening was allowed from August 1944. The roof of the cinema was damaged during the Sheffield blitz in 1940, closing the cinema until April 1941. Emery Circuit in 1937, and they operated the Wicker Cinema until 1955. With circle and stalls, the cinema sat 1,080. The exterior was in white faience with Grecian urns running along a top parapet. The Wicker Picture House opened on 14th June 1920 with Lillian Gish in “Broken Blossoms”. Located on the Wicker in the City Centre, close to the Wicker Railway Bridge. ![]()
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