This picture of the old Shea’s Hippodrome Theatre was taken in 1956 with a Kodak Pony 35 mm camera from the rear widow of a 1949 torpedo-back Pontiac. The film on the marquee is the 1954 movie “Country Girl, starring Grace Kelly. On the south wall of the theatre, the Elvis Presley film “Love Me Tender” is being advertised as a coming attraction. Nathan Phillip’s Square occupies the site of the Shea’s Theatre today.
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Attending the movies during Toronto’s golden age of cinema
The Odeon Carlton theatre on Carlton St., east of Yonge St.
The Victory burlesque and movie theatre on Spadina at Dundas:
The Shea’s Hippodrome Theatre on Bay St. near Queen
Attending a matinee in the old movie houses of Toronto during the “golden age of cinema”
The University Theatre on Bloor St., west of Bay Street.
Archival photos of the Imperial and Downtown Theatres on Yonge Street
The Elgin/Winter/Garden Theatres on Yonge Street
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