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Winner Theatre / 永華戲院 [1963-1977]

Submitted by OldTimer on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 22:46

Seating capacity: 1,134

Address: 17 Nam On Street, Sai Ki Wan, Hong Kong.  Winner Mansion is the current occupant at the site.

Winner Theatre operated during the period January 20, 1963 - February 2, 1977.

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Wing Lok Theatre / 永樂戲院 [1953-1970]

Submitted by OldTimer on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 06:04

Seating capacity: 1,261

​Address:  Bulkeley Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  Hing Bank Building is the current occupant at the site.  The theatre was located either at the northeast corner of the Gilles Avenue South - Bulkeley Street intersection, or, more likely, the northwest corner of the Bulkeley - Kun Yam intersection.  (Edit: August 3, 2021 - Location marker corrected as per informarion provided by reader below.) 

Warwick Theatre / 華威戲院 [1987-1996]

Submitted by OldTimer on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 05:10

Seating capacity: 488

Address: 18-22 Texaco Road, Tseun Wan, Hong Kong.  Wealthy Shopping Arcade is the current occupant at the site.

Another theatre located next to this theatre was the Waldorf Theatre [1987-1996]: https://gwulo.com/node/36723

Warwick Theatre operated during the period February 2, 1987 - some time in 1996.  For the purpose of this page, the closing date is estimated to be July 1996.

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Washington~GH Washington Theatre / 華盛頓戲院 [1971-1993]

Submitted by OldTimer on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 04:35

Seating capacity: 1,223

Address: 96 Parkes Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowoon, Hong Kong.  Kensington Plaza is the current occupant at the site.

Washinton Theatre operated during the period May 21, 1971 - July 1993.  In 1990, the theatre was renamed (slightly) GH Washington Theatre / 嘉禾華盛頓.

A few readers impressions and memories of the theatre can be found in the Talk Cinema source listed below.

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Waldorf Theatre (Texaco Road) / 華都戲院 [1987-1996]

Submitted by OldTimer on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 22:39

Seating capacity:  Two different numbers are found in the sources: 550 and 500.

Address: Texaco Road, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, at the northeast corner of Tsuen Fu - Texaco intersection.  Wealthy Shopping Arcade is the current occupant at the site.  Google's 2011 street view shows apparently the theatre building being renovated for perhaps residential use. 

Waldorf Theatre (Castle Peak Road) / 華都戲院 [1963-1986]

Submitted by OldTimer on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 22:34

Seating capacity: Two different figures are given in the sources: 1,426 and 1,700.  The renovation in 1972 following a fire might have either reduced or increased its capacity but this cannot be verified.

Address:  130-142 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.  Waldorf Centre is the current occupant at the site.

Another theatre with the same name Waldorf Theatre [1987-1996] can be found at this site: https://gwulo.com/node/36723#15/22.3657/114.1201/Map_by_ESRI-Markers/100

Wah Lok Theatre / 華樂戲院 [1960-1972]

Submitted by OldTimer on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 09:15

Seating capacity: 1,261

Address: 17 Kai Ming Street, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  Wong Tek Buiding is the current occupant at the site.

Wah Lok Theatre operated during the period January 23, 1960 - January 3, 1972.

One reader shares his/her impression of the theatre and the To Kwa Wan neighbourhood (see second list below).

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Victoria Theatre (Tuen Mun) / 域多利戲院 (屯門) [1978-1992]

Submitted by OldTimer on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 06:18

Seating capacity: 1,193

Address: 2 Kai Man Path, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong.  The theatre has been converted for residential use and is part of the current Tuen Mun Centre.

Victoria Theatre (Tuen Mun) operated during the period July 16, 1978 - May 1992.

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Victoria Theatre (Mong Kok) / 域多利戲院 (旺角) [1950-1976]

Submitted by OldTimer on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 05:37

Seating capacity: 1,068

Address: 8-8A Nelson Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, southwest corner of Fa Yuen - Nelson intersection.  Mongkok Computer Centre is the current occupant at the site.

Victoria Theatre (Mong Kok) operated during the period December 9, 1950 - November 1, 1976.

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