Theatre De Luxe

The Theatre De Luxe was a film theatre on Camden Street in Dublin, Ireland from 1912 to 1975.

Theatre De Luxe
Address85-86 Camden Street
Dublin
Ireland
TypeCinema
Capacity1,395
Screens1
Current useHotel and night Club
Construction
Opened1912 (1912)
Closed1975 (1975)
Rebuilt1920
ArchitectFrederick Hayes

History

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.

References
  1. Irish Times, 4 September 1920
  2. Ni Chonghaile, Mairéad (2001). Camden & Wexford St - A study of the past, A vision for the future. Dublin: Dublin Civic Trust. pp. 25–26.


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