Talk:ABC Cinema, Brighton

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The former ABC Cinema, Brighton, in 2016

• ... that the world premiere of Brighton Rock was held at Brighton's ABC Cinema (pictured)?

• Source: Allen Eyles (2003), Brighton and Hove Cinemas, p.71. "At midnight on Thursday 8 January 1948, the world premiere of Brighton Rock took place at the Savoy (no other cinema was in the running, as it was made by ABC's associated production company)." (First sentence from a full paragraph about the premiere. The Savoy was the name of the cinema at the time, as noted in the article.)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chicken of Tomorrow Contest
• Comment: Another Brighton article contributed as part of the recent restarting of Wikipedia:WikiProject Brighton.

Created by Hassocks5489 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 99 past nominations.

Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 19:20, 28 June 2024 (UTC).

• Reveiewing... new enough, long enough, QPQ provided. Hook in article, image free. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 06:31, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
• ...No copyvio issues, neutral. Hook is followed by a citation to a reference i cannot see, though a copy of the text is provided above. Reads well and hook and article are interesting. Thank you for your work. Whispyhistory (talk) 10:16, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
  • ... how interesting (WP:DYKINT) are we finding this hook? The world premiere of a film about events in a town took place in that town? Is that abnormal? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:45, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm not aware of any other examples of this happening, and I would think it is quite abnormal for a world premiere to take place in a smallish provincial town; but I'm happy to have alternative hooks suggested. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 11:55, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

I agree with Airship: the premiere of a movie happening in the place where the movie takes place is not too interesting. @Hassocks5489: Can you propose some alternate hooks? If you can't think of other hooks, would it be better if this was withdrawn? Z1720 (talk) 00:46, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

I'll suggest the following – see what you think: (source is ref [24], which covers the whole sentence in which it appears) Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 18:25, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

• ... that the ABC Cinema (pictured) in Brighton was nicknamed "the white whale"?

Bit of a sad one, but here:

• ... that a casino, a bar, and at one point a restaurant all live in what was once one of Brighton's most important cinemas (pictured)? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:27, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

That would also work for me, although sadly such unsympathetic conversions of ex-cinemas aren't too uncommon around these parts. Pinging: (AirshipJungleman29—Z1720—Theleekycauldron) Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 14:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)