Southend Timeline
Bringing Your Memories Back to Life
Acknowledgement to the book 'The Dream Palaces of Southend' by Roy Dilley
Opening Show | Picture Palace | Closing Show | Building |
| 1898 | Critereon Palace of Varieties, Marine Parade | ? | Long Gone |
| 1904 | Luna Bioscope, Kursaal Cinema | 20 Jul 1940 Bachelor Mother | Still standing |
| 7 Jan 1907 | King's Hall, Westcliff | 20 Jan 1940 The Gang's All Here | Long Gone |
| 1908 | Princes/Avenue/Lyric - Tyler's Ave | 1929 | Became a car park to a pub |
| 1909 | Grove Picture Palace, Pier Hill | 1920 | Long Gone |
| 1909 | Pier Pavilion/Children's Cinema | Jul 1976 | Demolished |
| Oct 1909 | Theatre De Luxe, Victoria Circus | 7 Aug 1923 | Demolished |
| 8 Nov 1909 | Hippodrome/Gaumont Theatre | 12 Oct 1956 A Hill in Korea & Raising a Riot | Demolished |
3 Dec 1910 The Heads of the World | Empire Palace Theatre, Leigh Broadway | 9 Dec 1937 Dodsworth & Things are Looking Up | Demolished |
| 1911 | Strand/Essoldo, Warrior Sq | 14 May 1960 Doctor at Large & Man of the Moment | Demolished |
| Jul 1911 | Garon's Imperial Bioscope/Cinema, High Street | 4 May 1963 Atlantis, The Lost Continent & It Started in Naples | Demolished, replaced by shops |
| May 1911 | Gem Electric, Victoria Circus | 1922 | Demolished |
| 12 Oct 1912 | Palace Theatre, London Road | Still Open | Still used for film shows |
| 1912 | Henry's Hall, Leigh | 1915 | Derelict |
1912 | Mascot Cinema, London Road, Westcliff | 27 Oct 1964 Ursus and the Land of Fire | Destroyed by Fire |
10 May 1913 | Palace Cinema, Shoebury | 5 Mar 1955 She's Back on Broadway & Kid Nightingale | Still Standing |
Apr 1914 | Coliseum, Elm Road, Leigh | 22 May 1965 Send Me No Flowers | Bingo Conversion |
Dec 1919 | Star Cinema, West Street | 1932 | Demolished |
31 May 1920 Flame of Life & A Little Child Shall Lead Them | Rivoli, Alexandra Street | 4 Nov 1961 | Still Standing |
Regal/Arcadia/Ambassador | 23 Oct 1954 | Demolished | |
6th Mar 1929 | The Plaza, Southchurch | 21st Nov 1959 Mighty Joe Young & Where Danger Lies | Still Standing |
25th Oct 1929 | Corona, Leigh Road, Leigh | 4 Apr 1959 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and The Great American Pastime | Converted into a snooker hall |
14th Feb 1935 Nell Gwyn & What Happened Then | The Ritz, Pier Hill | Mar 1972 True Grit & El Dorado | Became a bingo hall then demolished |
15th Jul 1935 Brewsters Millions & False Witness | Astoria/Odeon, High St |
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1st Mar 1938 | Talza Hall/New Vic | 26 Sep 1959 The Strange Desire of Monsieur Bard & The Aristocrats | Demolished |
10th Apr 1939 Kentucky & My Bill | Metropole, Westcliff |
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7th Jun 1962 Escape From Zahrain | ABC - Alexandra Street |
| Still Standing |
1964 | Cliffs Pavilion |
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1998 | Odeon, Victoria Plaza |
| Town's Main Cinema |
2009 | Film festival Various Locations |