The Ace Theatre c. 1948. City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278, File 89 The Ace Theatre opened in April 1913 as the New Onoka
Category: toronto’s old theatres
The Royal Theatre c. 1950, photo from The City of Toronto Archives The Royal Theatre in downtown Toronto was located at 1481-1483 Dundas Street
The Esquire Theatre at 2290 Bloor Street West, c. 1937. City of Toronto Archives, SC 488-1149 The Esquire Theatre was a small neighbourhood theatre
The Island Theatre at Centre Island, Toronto Islands, Photo by John Milne, from the City of Toronto Archives Even in the 1790s, the islands in
The Lansdowne Theatre, c. 1955 The Lansdowne Theatre was a neighbourhood movie house located at 683 Lansdowne Avenue, on the east side of
A marathon run on Bloor Street on April 14, 1936. Photo, Globe and Mail, G&M 29609 The above photo is the one I was able
Toronto’s Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen
Book published in 2014 about Toronto’s old movie theatres. The book explores 50 of Toronto’s old theatres and contains over 80 archival photographs of the
The Blue Bell Theatre, May 1946, City of Toronto Archives The original plans for the Blue Bell Theatre were submitted to the city by
The above photo is the only picture of the La Salle Theatre that I was able to locate in the archives. It was fortunate that
The Adelphi (Cum Bac) Theatre in 1936. City of Toronto Archives, 1105-N-105 I was unable to discover the year that the Adelphi Theatre opened, but