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Gem Picture House / Cinema, Middlesbrough (North Ormsby)
Cinema Address:
High Street, North Ormsby
Period of Thompson Ownership:
1925-1960
How Acquired by Thompson:
Bought
Fate of the Cinema:
Closed 1959. Final film was Titanic film "A Night to Remember".
Location Accuracy: General
Information below is taken from The Kinematograph Yearbooks. The Page reference is from the following year’s edition, when information appeared. Additional information is in italics
| Year | Ownership | Population | Seating Capacity | Other cinemas in town | Manager | Shows per day | Changes Weekly | Prices | Variety/ Screen | Sound System | Other cinemas with sound | Kinematograph Year Book reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 131103 | 10 | H W Brunton | Continuous from 6pm. Mat Sat | 2 | 3d - 11d | 381 | ||||
| 1926 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 131103 | 10 | Continuous from 6pm. Mat Sat | 2 | 3d - 11d | ||||||
| 1927 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 131103 | 10 | R C Jeffcock | Continuous | 2 | 3d - 11d | 440 | ||||
| 1928 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 131103 | 10 | Continuous | 2 | 3d - 11d | 453 | |||||
| 1929 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 131103 | 470 | |||||||||
| 1930 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 131103 | 433 | |||||||||
| 1931 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 447 | |||||||||
| 1932 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 477 | |||||||||
| 1933 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 506 | |||||||||
| 1934 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 4d - 1s | 526 | ||||||||
| 1935 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 12 | Continuous | 4d - 1s | WE | 542 | ||||
| 1936 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 13 | Continuous | 4d - 1s | WE | 593 | ||||
| 1937 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 12 | Continuous | 4d - 1s | WE | 616 | ||||
| 1938 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 13 | Continuous | 4d - 1s | WE | 601 | ||||
| 1939 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 11 | Continuous | 4d - 1s | WE | 537 | ||||
| 1940 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 11 | Continuous | 4d - 1s | WE | 358 | ||||
| 1941 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 11 | Continuous | 4d - 1s | WE | 503 | ||||
| 1942 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 10 | Continuous | 4d - 1s | WE | 480 | ||||
| 1943 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 12 | Continuous | 6d - 1s 6d | WE | 486 | ||||
| 1944 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 358 | 10 | Continuous | 10d -1s9d | WE | 340 | ||||
| 1945 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 340 | 11 | Continuous | 10d -1s9d | WE | 491 | ||||
| 1946 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 340 | 12 | Continuous | 10d -1s9d | WE | 327-328 | ||||
| 1947 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 138489 | 340 | 11 | Continuous | 10d -1s9d | WE | 341 | ||||
| 1948 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 138489 | 340 | 14 | Continuous | 10d -1s9d | WE | 354-355 | ||||
| 1949 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd. | 144200 | 340 | 13 | Continuous | 10d -1s9d | WE | 359 | ||||
| 1950 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 144200 | 340 | 14 | Continuous | 10d-1s10d | WE | 349 | ||||
| 1951 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 144200 | 340 | 13 | Continuous | WE | 331 | |||||
| 1952 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 144200 | 340 | 13 | Continuous | WE | 330 | |||||
| 1953 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 144200 | 340 | 13 | Continuous | WE | 327 | |||||
| 1954 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 144200 | 340 | 14 | Continuous | WE | 310 | |||||
| 1955 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 144200 | 340 | 14 | Continuous | WE | 303 | |||||
| 1956 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 147272 | 340 | 12 | Continuous | CinemaScope | WE | 303 | ||||
| 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 1958-59 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 147272 | 340 | 11 | Continuous | CinemaScope | WE | 303 | ||||
| 1960 | The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd | 147272 | 340 | 10 | Continuous | CinemaScope | WE | 321 | ||||
| 1961 | closed |