Greater Torontomovie theatresand drive-ins

Includes Mississauga, Oakville, Brampton,York Region, Oshawa

12/31/2011

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TORONTO

21st Century Love (245Yonge)

Opened and closed in 1973 Mini pornocinema.

21st Century Love (325Yonge)

Opened and closed in 1973 Mini pornocinema.

Academy

1286 Bloor Opened 1934 and closedabout 1965 B & F Theatres owned theAcademy, which had 391 seats

Ace

Aka: Photodrome39 Queen W (south side of Queen Eastof Bay)Fall 1941-May 26, 1945, nametransfurred to the Regal Theatre

Ace

603 DanforthOpened 1945 and closed 1954 20thCentury Theatres owned the Ace,which had 585 seats.

Acropolis

?683 Lansdowne AvenueOpened 1964 and closed 1975The early Greek community centredaround the Lansdowne and BloorStreet area, moving east of the DonRiver, on Danforth Avenue, followingthe February 1966 opening of theBloor-Danforth subway.Thomas Vlahos owned the Acropoliswhich had 904 seats

Adelphi

Aka: Cum-Bac

1008 DovercourtRenamed from Cum-Bac in 1936 andclosed 1956 The Adelphi was ownedby Sonia Lipton, which had 460 seats.

Alhambra

Aka: Baronet, Eve

568 Bloor WestOpened 1920 and closed 1969The Alhambra Theatre opened as theKing George Theatre, circa 1910. TheKing George Theatre appears in the1911 City of Toronto Directory. The first advertising for the AlhambraTheatre name appears on April 10,1920. A religious gathering was beingheld in the theatre on that date. Thetheatre was known for a time as theBaronet, and later the Eve theatre

showing adult films. Eve’s Paradise

opened further west on Bloor Street.The seats were removed from the Evetheatre by April 3, 1986. In 2004, theAlhambra Theatre site is now a SwissChalet Restaurant., thanks to GodfreyMallon for info for this theatre.Famous Players owned this theatrethat had 944 seats.

Allen

aka: Tivoli

13 Richmond eastopened on November 10,1917 andrenamed Tivoli Saturday, November 3,1923 Owned by Jules and Jay J. Allen,the Company was formed in 1906. Thebrothers owned many theatres inGreat Britain, the United States, andCanada. The City Directory of 1920records that the company owned the former BEVERLY theatre at 1488AYonge Street. Thanks to GodfreyMallon for info for this theatre

Allen’s Beach,

1929 Queen Street East,(Queen St. at Waverly Rd.) see Beach

Allen’s St. Clair, 1156 St. Clair Avenue

West, (St. Clair Ave. and Dufferin St.) SeeSt. Clair

Allen’s Parkdale –

1605-7 Queen StreetWest, (Queen St. West at Triller Avenue)See Parkdale

Allen’s Danforth –

151 Danforth Avenue,(Danforth Avenue, east of BroadviewAvenue) see Danforth

Allen’s Bloor –

529-31 Bloor Street West, just east of Bathurst Street. See Bloor

Allen’s Beaver –

2942 Dundas Street WestSee Beaver

Allenby

1215 DanforthOpened 1936 and renamed Roxy 1970Allied owned the Allenby which had770 seats.

Apollo

2901 Dundas WestOpened 1936 and closed 1954 TheApollo was owned by B & F Theatres,which had 551 seats

Apollon

Opened and closed about 1969Two addresses: 1215 DanforthAvenue and 2901 Dundas Street West.The Apollon was owned by IrineDotkikas and had 700 seats

Arcade

Opened 1961 closed 1962 East side ofYonge south of Richmond

Arcadian

10 Queen St. EastOpened 1935 and closed about 1950The Arcadian was owned by S.Hamer, which had 370 seats.

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Aster

Ossington and DundasOpened in 1928 and renamed Pix1942-1961 It was listed under theIndependent Theatre column

Astor

aka: Victoria 18, Embassy 35, Astor 49, New Yorker 62,Festival 78, Showcase 86, New Yorker 93, Panasonic 2005651 Yonge St

renamed from Embassy Nov 10 1949and by 1962 renamed New Yorker,See Victoria for more info Thanks to G.Mallion for info for this theatre.

Athenion

1035 Gerrard EOpened about 1964 and closed about1970 The Athenion was owned by F.Filippeans and G. Drosos and had 507seats.

Avalon

2921 DanforthOpened 1937 and closed 1955 TheAvalon was owned by J. and IrvingStern, which had 403 seats

Avenue

331 Eglinton W.Opened 1938 and closed 1955 TheAvenue was owned by FamousPlayers which, had 680 seats

Avon

1092 Queen Street WestOpened 1949 and closed 1955 TheAvon was owned by Elmas Theatres,which had 325 seats

Backstage 2

Bloor and Balmuto Opened 1971Closed December 2001 20th Centurytheatre until 1980 and then FamousPlayers own the Backstage, Thistheatre is built in the backstage of theUptown.

Seating:Cinema 1 151 seatsCinema 2 126 seatsTotal 277 seats

Baronet

aka: King George, Alhambra568 Bloor and Bathurst SubwayOpened 1969 and closed 1972 FamousPlayers owned the Baronet, whichshowed porno movies and had 745seats

Bay

Aka: Colonial43 Queen west at BayOpened about 1949 and closed June16, 1965. The Bay was owned by BayTheatres (Jack Hunter), which had 477seats.