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Selected Movie Theatres
in China, 1900s-1920s
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Theatre
|
Seats
|
Year built
|
Ownership, films shown, notes
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| Beijing/Beiping |
|
|
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| Grand Shadowplay (Daguanlou) |
400 |
- |
1906 renovated for movies |
| Pavilion (Ping'an) |
- |
1907 |
foreign-owned, foreign films |
| Zhenguang |
800 |
1921 |
Luo Mingyou, foreign films |
| Shanghai |
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|
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| Carlton (Kaerdeng) |
850 |
1923 |
British-owned |
| Carter (Kate) |
1,000 |
- |
Ramos (Spanish) |
| Embassy (Xialingpeike) |
800 |
1914 |
Ramos (Spanish), 1934 closed |
| Empire (Engpaiya) |
800 |
1921 |
Ramos (Spanish) |
| Great World (Da shijie) |
9,000 |
- |
inside an amusement park |
| Hongkew (Hongkou) |
250 |
1908 |
Ramos (Spanish) |
| Isis (Shanghai) |
1,000 |
- |
- |
| Little World (Xiao shijie) |
1,500 |
- |
inside an amusement park |
| Majestic Lawn (Dahua huayuan) |
1,000 |
- |
- |
| Odeon (Aodi'an) |
1,400 |
- |
- |
| Palace (Zhongyang) |
1,100 |
- |
first-run domestic films |
| Pantheon (Baixing) |
900 |
late 1920s |
1932 closed |
| Peking (Beijing) |
1,100 |
- |
- |
| Venus (Jinxing) |
900 |
- |
- |
| Victoria (Weiduoliya) |
750 |
1910 |
Ramos (Spanish), 1926 renamed 'New Palace' (Xinzhongyang) |
Sources:
S. Cheng et al. 1927; J. Zhang and Cheng 1995.
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