Hollywood Theatre (Toronto)
Toronto's Hollywood Theatre opened on 1930, at 1519 Yonge Street.[1] It was the first cinema in Toronto specifically designed to show talking pictures -- movies with sound. It was designed by architect Herbert George Duerr, who designed it with a moorish facade. As built it contained 1,321 seats.
The venue was operated by the Famous Player's chain.[2]
The building was renovated multiple times, adding a second auditorium, seating 800 patrons, in 1946.[1] According to author Doug Taylor, it became the first cinema in Canada to have more than one auditorium.
Famous Player's closed the theatre in February 1999, and it was demolished later in 1999.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Doug Taylor (2014). Toronto Theaters and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen. The History Press. pp. 28, 32, 38–40. ISBN 9781626194502.
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Janice Bradbeer (2016-04-14). "Once Upon A City: When Hollywood came north". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
Famous Players shuttered the Hollywood at Yonge and St. Clair in early February 1999.
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