page_title: Savoy Cinema
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Savoy Cinema / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Savoy Cinema Dublin, during construction by Meagher &amp; Hayes, pre-1929
context_page_description: The Savoy Cinema is the oldest operational cinema in Dublin, and it is the preferred cinema in Ireland for film premières.
context_section_description: The cinema was built in 1929 by Meagher & Hayes, on the site of the old Granville Hotel. The luxurious auditorium, housing 2,789 seats, opened to the public with the American colour talkie On with the Show. It was altered in 1954 to incorporate a large CinemaScope screen, and showed Ireland's first widescreen feature, The Robe, at the time owned by Odeon Ireland Ltd.
  It was reported in February 2012 that the cinema was in danger of closing. In the previous decade, audience numbers fell from 740,000 to 250,000 per annum.
caption: Savoy Cinema Dublin, during construction by Meagher & Hayes, pre-1929
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