The old Savoy cinema was class

jungleman · 19-03-2015 10:38pm #1

Felt compelled to share these pictures, they are of the Savoy cinema on O' Connell St before they decided to make the cinema decidedly more bland. Has anyone here ever been to the Savoy when it was like this?

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Chucken · 19-03-2015 10:41pm

What O' Connell street would that be?

19-03-2015 10:44pm

Chucken wrote: »

What O' Connell street would that be?

The one with the Savoy cinema on it.

Witcher · 19-03-2015 10:45pm

Chucken wrote: »

What O' Connell street would that be?

The one that's in town.

OU812 · 19-03-2015 10:45pm

I remember the Foyer like the first image from back in the 70s/80s.

If you consider the seating capacity was larger than the Grand Canal (with a smaller screen width than their stage), there's no way it would be sustainable, they had to break it up. Considering I've been in there (not recently) within a week of a movie opening & in screen one & it's less than a third full, I think we're lucky they've not broken it up further.

Eutow · 19-03-2015 10:46pm

Chucken wrote: »

What O' Connell street would that be?

Does the other O'Connell Street have a cinema called The Savoy on it?

19-03-2015 10:48pm

Chucken wrote: »

What O' Connell street would that be?

The one with a capital 'S'

Sheep Lover · 19-03-2015 10:48pm

Eutow wrote: »

Does the other O'Connell Street have a cinema called The Savoy on it?

There's multiple other O'Connell Streets?

Super-Rush · 19-03-2015 10:49pm

jungleman wrote: »

Felt compelled to share these pictures, they are of the Savoy cinema on O' Connell St before they decided to make the cinema decidedly more bland. Has anyone here ever been to the Savoy when it was like this?

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Were you ever in the old Coliseum cinema in Carlow?

Duff · 19-03-2015 10:50pm

Paul O'Connell?

The_Valeyard · 19-03-2015 10:51pm

Great pics OP. Cheers for sharing.

Chucken · 19-03-2015 10:54pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

Were you ever in the old Coliseum cinema in Carlow?

Any pics?

jungleman · 19-03-2015 10:54pm

This is the old Metropole building, also O' Connell Street. Ya know, the one with the old Metropole on it.....

This was taken in 1923. It was knocked and replaced with that crappy Penneys. It's amazing the difference O' Connell St has been through. In it's hey-day it was opulent and had a bit of class about it. Now it's the go-to place for heroin.

Super-Rush · 19-03-2015 10:56pm

Chucken wrote: »

Any pics?

Old coliseum

jungleman · 19-03-2015 10:56pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

Were you ever in the old Coliseum cinema in Carlow?

No, never was. Had a quick google of it there, it looks like it had a bit of charm!

circadian · 19-03-2015 10:57pm

Sheep Lover wrote: »

There's multiple other O'Connell Streets?

It works like parallel dimensions with your fuel being booze.

There are many, many iterations of O'Connell Street.

Lapin · 19-03-2015 10:57pm

But The Savoy was on Eglinton Street.

Filmer Paradise · 19-03-2015 10:57pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

Were you ever in the old Coliseum cinema in Carlow?

Or The Ritz in Carlow?:pac::pac:

se conman · 19-03-2015 10:59pm

I've been in the basement and up through all of the Savoy as far as the roof. The back of house stairwells and staff changing rooms still give an old world feel to the place.

Super-Rush · 19-03-2015 11:00pm

Here's a picture of Tullow Street in Carlow from last Saturday.

Chucken · 19-03-2015 11:02pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

Here's a picture of Tullow Street in Carlow from last Saturday.

:pac::pac::pac:

Filmer Paradise · 19-03-2015 11:03pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

Here's a picture of Tullow Street in Carlow from last Saturday.

Back to the Future. I saw that in the Col when it came out!

Lapin · 19-03-2015 11:07pm

The Theatre a Royal, Dublin c1910-30

Once one of the grandest theatres in Europe.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/social/M_TheatreRoyal_HawkinsSt_eas1700.html

Demolished for this piece of 'progress'.

http://archiseek.com/wp-content/gallery/ireland-buildings-dublin-south-t/screen_lge.jpg

jungleman · 19-03-2015 11:10pm

Lapin wrote: »

The Theatre a Royal, Dublin c1910-30

Once one of the grandest theatres in Europe.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/social/M_TheatreRoyal_HawkinsSt_eas1700.html

Demolished for this piece of 'progress'.

http://archiseek.com/wp-content/gallery/ireland-buildings-dublin-south-t/screen_lge.jpg

Wow. It's hard to believe that it's the same spot. The lack of city planning and political corruption down through the years has a lot to answer for.

Filmer Paradise · 19-03-2015 11:10pm

Lapin wrote: »

The Theatre a Royal, Dublin c1910-30

Once one of the grandest theatres in Europe.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/social/M_TheatreRoyal_HawkinsSt_eas1700.html

Demolished for this piece of 'progress'.

http://archiseek.com/wp-content/gallery/ireland-buildings-dublin-south-t/screen_lge.jpg

What-were-they-thinking??

Eutow · 19-03-2015 11:13pm

Lapin wrote: »

The Theatre a Royal, Dublin c1910-30

Once one of the grandest theatres in Europe.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/social/M_TheatreRoyal_HawkinsSt_eas1700.html

Demolished for this piece of 'progress'.

http://archiseek.com/wp-content/gallery/ireland-buildings-dublin-south-t/screen_lge.jpg

There was a lot of needless destruction of old buildings which could easily have been repaired and maintained, but were instead bulldozed to be replaced by ugly buildings. Those links above just prove it.

buried · 19-03-2015 11:14pm

My old home town cinema was built in that kind of style. I always remember seeing Tim Burton's 'Batman' in there and thinking the interior looked exactly like something out of the film itself. It closed in the late 90's then some celtic tiger wankbag property developer was allowed to gut the entire place and turn it into some generic, franchised, shiny outlet $hopping $hithole which is now boarded up.

NachoBusiness · 19-03-2015 11:14pm

I was all ready to open this thread and be confronted with pics of the Savoy cinema way back in 1991 or something. That's usually how these threads go, but no, proper classic pics.

Was in the Savoy last week, thought I was hallucinating when half way up the stairs I seen a door leading to a screen where there has always been a wall. Couldn't be I though as surely that's the Gresham in there, but nope a new screen in surely was, Screen 7. Must be fecking tiny.

Love the Savoy. Seen Superman in there when I was 5. Class thread, OP, cheers for posting.

Rhyme · 19-03-2015 11:15pm

Lapin wrote: »

The Theatre a Royal, Dublin c1910-30

Once one of the grandest theatres in Europe.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/social/M_TheatreRoyal_HawkinsSt_eas1700.html

Demolished for this piece of 'progress'.

http://archiseek.com/wp-content/gallery/ireland-buildings-dublin-south-t/screen_lge.jpg

As far as I know the 'Regal Room's site became The Screen cinema. The Theatre Royal became something even worse than The Screen; Hawkin's House

nokia69 · 19-03-2015 11:15pm

still the best cinema in Dublin IMO

I always try to see the blockbusters on screen 1

Dyr · 19-03-2015 11:20pm

Lapin wrote: »

The Theatre a Royal, Dublin c1910-30

Once one of the grandest theatres in Europe.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/social/M_TheatreRoyal_HawkinsSt_eas1700.html

Demolished for this piece of 'progress'.

http://archiseek.com/wp-content/gallery/ireland-buildings-dublin-south-t/screen_lge.jpg

It would be nice if we could shoot architects and city planners

The old Savoy cinema was class

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