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Original Text (Annotation: EAW001239 / 1368667)

' THE 'WEST END CINEMA'....OPENED AS 'CURZON HALL' IN 1864, FOR EXHIBITIONS. BY 1899 IT WAS SCREENING 'LIVING PICTURES'. CLOSED DURING WWI AND REOPENED AS 'THE WEST END CINEMA AND DANCE HALL' AFTER REFURBISHMENT IN 1925. A WURLITZER ORGAN FITTED IN 1926 BY THE NEW OWNERS 'PROVINCIAL CINEMATIC THEATRES'(PCT) WHO THEMSELVES WERE TAKEN OVER BY 'GAUMONT BRITISH THEATRE CORP.'IN 1929. GAUMONT BECAME PART OF THE 'RANK ORGANISATION' WHO RAN IT UNTIL CLOSURE. THE ORGAN WAS REMOVED IN 1965, RANK CLOSED IT AND THEN REPRIEVED IT, SOLD FOR REDEVELOPMENT IT FINALLY CLOSED IN 1967. 'ALPHA TELEVISION' (ATV CENTRE) WAS BUILT ON THE SITE IN 1969. '