110 years ago – on December 27, 1909 – the “Electric Cinema” was born in Birmingham, England. 38 years later. it was enlarged with an uptairs gallery to 399-seats and renamed the Tatler News Theater, featuring Errol Flynn in Charge of the Light Brigade. It is the oldest working cinema in the UK.
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(Please pay no attention to the oddball in uniform at the very end of this video. He apparently was not permitted to attend the premier.)
— Tim
Gentleman Tim
January 3, 2020 at 5:43 am
For fans of Birmingham especially, I very highly recommend seeing Ford vs. Ferrari featuring Cristian Bale as Ken Wiles, the legendaty race car driver and designer from a suberb of Birmingham. The movie is sensational, woth an Oscar worthy performance by Christian Bale.
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