The Midtown Theatre c. 1940, photo City of Toronto archives, Series 1278, File 103 When I was a teenager in the 1950s, for two
Category: Old Toronto movie theatres
Toronto’s Music Hall (Allen’s Danforth)—Part 11
Allen’s Danforth Theatre, now the Music Hall in 2014. When I was a teenager, I lived in the west end of the city
` Photo from City of Toronto Archives. When Shea’s Hippodrome opened in Toronto on April 27, 1914, it was the largest vaudeville theatre in
The Doric theatre, January 18, 1941, photo from the Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail Collection, 71416 The Doric theatre at 1094 Bloor Street West was
The Royce Theatre c. 1920, gazing west along Dupont Street. A gasoline pump is on the sidewalk to the west of the theatre. A
Toronto’s old Capitol Theatre
The Capitol in 1933, City of Toronto Archives, Series 1231, It. 485 (1) The Capitol Theatre opened in 1918. Located at 2492 Yonge Street,
The Circle Theatre c. 1945. Photo from Toronto Archives, Series 881, File 374 The Circle Theatre at 2567 Yonge Street opened its doors in 1933,
Toronto’s old movie theatre—the Mt. Pleasant (Hudson)
The Mount Pleasant Theatre is one of Toronto’s oldest surviving movie theatres. When it opened in 1926, it was named the Hudson. At the
The above photo of the Bedford Theatre (City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278, File 23, SC 612), was taken in 1926, likely the year it
Photo from City of Toronto Archives, c. 1933. The Pickford Theatre at 382 Queen Street West was located on the northwest corner of Queen