page_title: Closed cinemas in Kingston upon Hull
section_title: Anlaby Road
hierarchical_section_title: Closed cinemas in Kingston upon Hull / Lost cinemas / Anlaby Road
caption_attribution_description: English: Anlaby Road, Hull Looking east-northeast towards the Carlton Theatre from just west of Stirling Street. Designed by Blackmore and Sykes and built by Greenwood and Sons, the Carlton opened on September 9th 1928 showing the silent film "Lonesome Ladies". It was a lavishly decorated cinema with a Fitton and Haley organ which was later removed to the more central Cecil Theatre, destroyed by bombing during World War 2. The Carlton closed in April 1967 and was used as a bingo hall until fairly recently. The building is now disused.
context_page_description: In 1898 William Morton's Theatre Royal showed a 'Veriscope' film, probably the first time any film was shown in a Hull theatre. The Prince's Hall was the first purpose-built cinema in Kingston upon Hull, and was opened in George Street by Morton in 1910. As Hull embraced the new age of public entertainment, attendances at traditional theatre declined. Luxurious cinemas, taking their inspiration from theatres and music halls, were built to accommodate audiences in almost every neighbourhood in the city. By 1914, there were 29 cinemas, theatres and halls showing films in the city. The London and Provincial Cinema Company owned the Hippodrome; the National Electric Picture Theatres owned the Theatre de Luxe, but Morton's was the largest and most influential cinema chain in Hull.
  Since 1895, Morton had been a leading light in theatre and then, from 1910, also cinema. However in 1935, with decline in theatre going, his long reign and businesses came to an end. Associated Hull Cinemas Ltd became the largest circuit in the city, owning 11 cinemas, and this enabled them to command the best films. The consortium later bought the Prince's Hall.
context_section_description: On Anlaby Road were the Cecil (by Ferensway), the Tower (built 1914), and the Regent (built 1910 as Kinemacolour Palace; renamed 1919), all within the city centre.
  The original Cecil was called the Theatre De Luxe and opened in 1911. In 1925 it was demolished and rebuilt to a radically changed ground plan.  The auditorium had been along Ferensway, now it was perpendicular to that road.  It re-opened as the Cecil on Monday 28 September 1925. That theatre was destroyed during a night of air raids on 8 May 1941 but the remains were not cleared until 1953. Work on the new Cecil was begun in April 1955, on the site of the former Mariners' Hospital diametrically across the junction from the 1925 Cecil.  It opened on 28 November 1955 with 1,374 seats in the stalls and 678 in the balcony. The cinema operation was closed on 26 March 1992. As of 2012 the building is operated by the Mecca Leisure Group as a bingo hall.
  Anlaby Road was also home to a short lived open air cinema. The Garden Cinema lasted just four months, between July and October 1912. Managed by Arthur Graham, it was situated on open land to the west of the Emigrants Station. The Pavilion Picture Palace opened on the same site in the summer of 1915. It closed in 1917.
  The West Park Palace at 419–421 Anlaby Road, was opened in 1914 and later known as the West Park Picture Theatre. By 1935 it was licensed as the West Park Theatre and in 1950 was referred to as the West Park Cinema.
  Further west at 474 Anlaby Road was the Carlton Picture Theatre, opened on 9 September 1928, designed by Blackmore & Sykes and built by Greenwood & Sons. It was run by Hull Picture Playhouse Ltd. It continued unaltered (save for minor war damage) until April 1967, after which it became a Mecca Bingo Club until 2008.
caption: Carlton Picture House
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