The original cinema was opened by Maurice Elliman, a Jew who escaped the pogroms in Eastern Europe. The first building was designed by Frederick Hayes, MRIAI, and built by George Squire & Co. It was enlarged and rebuilt in 1920.[1]
The exterior was remodelled in Art deco style in 1934.[2]
The cinema had a 16-foot by 23-foot screen. It had a capacity of 1,395 seats.
The cinema closed in 1975, and it was planned to use the building as an Irish language theatre for Gael Linn, but this fell through. It became a snooker hall in 1979. The upper room of the building was used for the rehearsal room scenes in the 1991 film The Commitments. The building is now a hotel (Hotel De Luxe) and a night-club.
theatre, luxe, film, theatre, camden, street, dublin, ireland, from, 1912, 1975, address85, camden, streetdublinirelandtypecinemacapacity1, 395screens1current, usehotel, night, clubconstructionopened1912, 1912, closed1975, 1975, rebuilt1920architectfrederick, . The Theatre De Luxe was a film theatre on Camden Street in Dublin Ireland from 1912 to 1975 Theatre De LuxeAddress85 86 Camden StreetDublinIrelandTypeCinemaCapacity1 395Screens1Current useHotel and night ClubConstructionOpened1912 1912 Closed1975 1975 Rebuilt1920ArchitectFrederick HayesHistory EditThe original cinema was opened by Maurice Elliman a Jew who escaped the pogroms in Eastern Europe The first building was designed by Frederick Hayes MRIAI and built by George Squire amp Co It was enlarged and rebuilt in 1920 1 The exterior was remodelled in Art deco style in 1934 2 The cinema had a 16 foot by 23 foot screen It had a capacity of 1 395 seats The cinema closed in 1975 and it was planned to use the building as an Irish language theatre for Gael Linn but this fell through It became a snooker hall in 1979 The upper room of the building was used for the rehearsal room scenes in the 1991 film The Commitments The building is now a hotel Hotel De Luxe and a night club References Edit Irish Times 4 September 1920 Ni Chonghaile Mairead 2001 Camden amp Wexford St A study of the past A vision for the future Dublin Dublin Civic Trust pp 25 26 External links EditArchiseek Architecture site This article about a theatre building in the Republic of Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Theatre De Luxe amp oldid 1082208144, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
