page_title: Scala Cinema (Bangkok)
hierarchical_section_title: Scala Cinema (Bangkok)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Scala is a historic cinema in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in the Siam Square shopping area, and forms part of the Apex group of cinemas. Opened in 1969, the Scala is the last remaining operational standalone single-screen cinema in the country, and today continues to offer a retro filmgoing experience.
context_page_description: The Scala Cinema was a thousand-seat movie theater in Bangkok, Thailand, named after the Teatro alla Scala, Milan's opera house. Scala opened on 31 December 1969 with a screening of The Undefeated, a US Western starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. It closed on 5 July 2020, showing, as its last film, Cinema Paradiso. The Scala, called "...the finest movie theater left in Southeast Asia" was the last stand-alone cinema in Bangkok, down from roughly 140 movie houses in the 1950s and 1960s.
context_section_description: The Scala Cinema (Thai: โรงภาพยนตร์สกาล่า) was a thousand-seat movie theater in Bangkok, Thailand, named after the Teatro alla Scala, Milan's opera house. Scala opened on 31 December 1969 with a screening of The Undefeated (1969), a US Western starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. It closed on 5 July 2020, showing, as its last film, Cinema Paradiso. The Scala, called "...the finest movie theater left in Southeast Asia" was the last stand-alone cinema in Bangkok, down from roughly 140 movie houses in the 1950s and 1960s.
caption: Scala lobby
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