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The original list that appears on this page was compiled by the voluntary organisation [[Cinema Heritage Group]] best known in Malta for getting the [[Rialto]] in [[Cospicua]] to be protected as a listed building in 2010.
This list was started by the voluntary organisation [[Cinema Heritage Group]] best known in Malta for getting the [[Rialto]] in [[Cospicua]] to be protected as a listed building in 2010.


==Operational Cinemas==
==Operational Cinemas==
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[[Citadel Cinema]] (Victoria, Gozo)
[[Citadel Cinema]] (Victoria, Gozo)


[[Eden Cinemas]] (Paveville)
[[Eden Cinemas]] (Paceville)


[[Embassy Cinemas]] (Valletta)
[[Embassy Cinemas]] (Valletta)
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[[Tal-Lira Cinema]] (Fgura)
[[Tal-Lira Cinema]] (Fgura)


==Historic Cinemas==
==Historic Cinemas==
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Name'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Name'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Street'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Street'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''After Closure'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''21st Century'''
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|[[Birkirkara]]||[[Metropole]]||Bishop Labini Street||E. Calleja & Sons Electrical Warehouse
|-
|Birkirkara||[[Prince]]||Valley Road||
|-
|Birkirkara||[[Ritz]]||John Borg Street||
|-
|Birkirkara||[[Roxy]]||Fleur de Lys Road||unused
|-
|[[Birżebbuġa]]||[[Lido]]||St John Street||Gymnasium
|-
|[[Buġibba]]||[[Bbc/Empire]]||||
|-
|[[Cospicua]]||[[Rialto]]||Pilgrimage Street||unused
|-
|Cospicua||[[Rio]]||||
|-
|Cospicua||[[Windsor]]||||
|-
|-
| [[Birkirkara]]||[[Metropole]]||Bishop Labini Street||E. Calleja & Sons Electrical Warehouse
|[[Floriana]]||[[ABC]]||St Anne Street||Clothing Stores
|-
|-
| Birkirkara||[[Princes]]||Valley Road||
|Floriana||[[Britannia Circus (British Forces)]]||Great Siege Road||MCP Car Park
|-
|-
| Birkirkara||[[Ritz]]||John Borg Street||
|Floriana||[[Catholic Institute]]||St Publius Street||Theatre
|-
|-
| Birkirkara||[[Roxy]]||Fleur de Lys Road||
|Floriana||[[Comet]]||St Anne Street||(later, name changed to ABC)
|-
|-
| [[Birżebbuġa]]||[[Lido]]||St John Street||Gymnasium
|Floriana||[[Crystal Palace]]||Conservatory Street||garage
|-
|-
| [[Buġibba]]||[[Bbc/Empire]]||||
|[[il-Gżira]]||[[Drive In - Mercury]]||Bouverie Street/Fleet Street||abandoned
|-
|-
| [[Cospicua]]||[[Rialto]]||Pilgrimage Street||
|il-Gżira||[[Kine Cameo]]||Marina Street||HSBC Bank
|-
|-
| [[Floriana]]||[[ABC]]||St Anne Street||Clothing Stores
|il-Gżira||[[Lazareth (British Forces)]]||Manoel Island||restored
|-
|-
| [[Floriana]]||[[Comet]]|| ||
|il-Gżira||[[NAAFI (British Forces)]]||Manoel Island||restored
|-
|-
| [[Gżira]]||[[Drive In - Mercury]]|| ||
|il-Gżira||[[Orpheum]]||Stuart Street/Carlo Manchè Street||Bingo Hall
|-
|-
| [[Gżira]]||[[Kine Cameo]]|| ||
|il-Gżira||[[Rio]]||Msida Road/St George's Street||Car showroom
|-
|-
| [[Gżira]]||[[Orpheum]]||Stuart Street||
|[[Ħamrun]]||[[Radio City Opera House]]||St Joseph High Road|| Labour Party Headquarters
|-
|-
| [[Ħamrun]]||[[Radio City Opera House]]||St Joseph High Road|| Labour Party HQ
|Ħamrun||[[Hollywood]]||St Joseph High Road||Daniel’s Shopping Complex
|-
|-
| Ħamrun||[[Hollywood]]||St Joseph High Road||Daniel’s Shopping Complex
|Ħamrun ||[[Odeon]]||Our Lady of Sorrows Street||
|-
|-
| Ħamrun ||[[Odeon]]||Our Lady of Sorrows Street||
|Ħamrun ||[[Rex]]||Fra Diego Street||
|-
|-
| Ħamrun ||[[Rex]]||Fra Diego Street||
|Ħamrun ||[[San Remo]]|| ||
|-
|-
| Ħamrun ||[[San Remo]]|| ||
|Ħamrun ||[[Trianon]]|| ||
|-
|-
| Ħamrun ||[[Trianon]]|| ||
|[[il-Kalkara]]||[[Gem]]||Marina Road||
|-
|-
| [[Luqa]]||[[Empress]]||St George's Street||residential
|[[Ħal Luqa]]||[[Astra (British Forces)]]||Luqa Barracks||part of A.F.M. Headquarters
|-
|-
| Luqa||[[Metro]]||Dun Pawl Street||Bank of Valletta
|Ħal Luqa||[[Empress]]||St George's Street||residential
|-
|-
| [[Marsa]]||[[Jhansi Hall]]||||
|Ħal Luqa||[[Metro]]||Dun Pawl Street||Bank of Valletta
|-
|-
| [[Marsascala]]||[[Sun City Palais]]||||
|[[il-Marsa]]||[[Jhansi Hall]]||Balbi Street||Festa decorations store
|-
|-
| [[Mġarr]]||[[Pilot]]||||
|[[Marsascala]]||[[Sun City Palais]]||Tal-Gardiel Street||unused
|-
|-
| [[Msida]]||[[Lyric]]||Antonio Bosio Street||
|[[L-Imġarr]]||[[Pilot]]||Main Street||residential
|-
|-
| [[Mosta]]||[[Palladium]]|| ||
|[[L-Imsida]]||[[Lyric]]||Antonio Bosio Street||Warehouse
|-
|-
| [[Paceville]]||[[Imax]]|| ||
|[[Mosta]]||[[Palladium]]||Constitution Street||HSBC Bank
|-
|-
| [[Paola]]||[[Empire]]||Paola Square||Main Street Shopping Complex
|[[Paceville]]||[[Imax]]||St Augustine Street||part of Eden Cinemas
|-
|-
| Paola||[[Palace]]||Tarxien Road||Tombola Hall
|[[Paola]]||[[Empire]]||Antoine de Paule Square||Main Street Shopping Complex
|-
|-
| Paola||[[Real]]|| ||
|Paola||[[Palace]]||Tarxien Road||Tombola Hall
|-
|-
| Paola||[[Tivoli]]||Sacred Heart Street||Flats
|Paola||[[Real]]|| ||
|-
|-
| Paola||[[Tropps]]||||
|Paola||[[Tivoli]]||Sacred Heart Street||Flats
|-
|-
| Paola||[[Viceroy]]||Zabbar Road||Gallarija Shopping Complex/Tal-Lira
|Paola||[[Tropps]]||Antoine de Paule Square||Youth Centre
|-
|-
| [[Pembroke]]||[[Australia Hall]]|| ||
|Paola||[[Viceroy]]||Zabbar Road||Gallarija Shopping Complex/Tal-Lira
|-
|-
| [[Qormi]]||[[Amazon]]|| ||
|[[Pembroke]]||[[Australia Hall (British Forces)]]||Anzac Street||unused
|-
|-
| [[Qormi]]||[[Warner]]|| ||
|[[Qormi]]||[[Amazon]]||New Street||Hall for Hiring
|-
|-
| [[Rabat]]||[[Adelphi]]|| ||
|[[Qormi]]||[[Warner]]||St Bartholomew Street||Estate Agent
|-
|-
| [[Rabat]]||[[Astoria]]|| ||
|[[Rabat]]||[[Adelphi]]||Republic Street||Restaurant
|-
|-
| [[Senglea]]||[[Stoll]]||Victory Street||
|[[Rabat]]||[[Astoria]]||St Joseph Street||
|-
|-
| [[Sliema]]||[[Alhambra]]||The Strand||Zara Department Stores
|[[Senglea]]||[[Stoll]]||Victory Street||residential
|-
|-
| Sliema||[[Carlton]]||The Strand||Marks and Spencer Store
|[[Sliema]]||[[Alhambra]]||The Strand||Zara Department Stores
|-
|-
| Sliema||[[Duke of Edinburgh]]||St Anne's Square||name changed to Majestic
|Sliema||[[Axisa]]||The Strand|| (later, name changed to Alhambra)
|-
|-
| Sliema||[[Gaiety]]|| ||
|Sliema||[[Carlton]]||The Strand||Marks and Spencer Store
|-
|-
| Sliema||[[Harding's Cinematograph]]||St Anne’s Square||
|Sliema||[[Duke of Edinburgh]]||The Strand||
|-
|-
| Sliema||[[Majestic]]||St Anne’s Square||part of Plaza Shopping Complex
|Sliema||[[Gaiety]]||Gaiety Lane/High Street||Tagliaferro Business Centre
|-
|-
| Sliema||[[Plaza]]||Bisazza Street||Plaza Shopping Complex
|Sliema||[[Grande Cinematografo Melita]]||Għar id-Dud||
|-
|-
| [[St Paul’s Bay]]||[[Alleluia Hall]]||||
|Sliema||[[Harding's Cinematograph]]||St Anne’s Square|| (later, name changed to Majestic)
|-
|-
| [[St Paul’s Bay]]||[[Mikado]]||||
|Sliema||[[Majestic]]||St Anne’s Square||part of Plaza Shopping Complex
|-
|-
| [[Valletta]]||[[Alhambra Cinematograph]]||Republic Street||Law Courts
|Sliema||[[Plaza]]||Bisazza Street||Plaza Shopping Complex
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Ambassador]]||St Lucia Street||part of Embassy Shopping Complex
|Sliema||[[Prince of Wales]]||The Strand||Square Deal
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Capitol]]||St John Street||
|Sliema||[[Salesian Oratory]]||Karm Galea Street||Theatre
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Cinema del Commercio]]||Republic Street||Caffè Cordina
|Sliema||[[Victoria]]||||
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Cinema Salinos]]||Republic Street||part of Casino Maltese
|[[St Paul’s Bay]]||[[Alleluia Hall]]||Tower Street||Parish Hall
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[City Lights]]||St John Street||
|[[St Paul’s Bay]]||[[Mikado]]||St Paul's Street||Garage
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Coliseum]]||Republic/Zachary Streets||Ranieri Cafè/Shopping Arcade
|[[Valletta]]||[[Alhambra Cinematograph]]||Republic Street||Law Courts
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Ġawhra]]|| St Lucia Street||Embassy Shopping Complex
|Valletta||[[Ambassador]]||St Lucia Street||part of Embassy Shopping Complex
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Ġojjell]]|| St Lucia Street||Embassy Shopping Complex
|Valletta||[[Capitol]]||St John Street|| (later, name changed to City Lights)
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Harding's Cinematograph]]||St George's Square||Marks and Spencer
|Valletta||[[Cinema del Commercio]]||Republic Street||Caffè Cordina
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Internazionale]]||Republic Street||Law Courts
|Valletta||[[Cinema Salinos]]||Republic Street||part of Casino Maltese
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Lower Savoy]]||Republic Street||Savoy Shopping Arcade
|Valletta||[[City Lights]]||St John Street||ordered shut down
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Manoel Theatre]]||Old Theatre Street||Theatre
|Valletta||[[Coliseum]]||Republic Street (exit in Zachary Street)||Ranieri Cafè/Shopping Arcade
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Regent]]||Republic Street||Regency House Shopping Arcade
|Valletta||[[Ġawhra]]|| St Lucia Street||part of Embassy Shopping Complex
|-
|-
| Valletta||[[Upper Savoy]]||Republic Street||Savoy Shopping Arcade
|Valletta||[[Ġojjell]]|| St Lucia Street||part of Embassy Shopping Complex
|-
|-
| [[Victoria]]||[[Royal]]||Archpriest Cassar Street||Parish Hall
|Valletta||[[Harding's Cinematograph]]||St George's Square||Marks and Spencer
|-
|-
| [[Żabbar]]||[[Buckingham]]||Main Street||
|Valletta||[[Internazionale]]||Republic Street||Law Courts
|-
|-
| Żabbar||[[Hompesch]]||Hompesch Street|
|Valletta||[[Manoel Theatre]]||Old Theatre Street||Theatre
|-
|-
| Żabbar||[[Royal]]||Sanctuary Street||
|Valletta||[[Regent]]||Republic Street||Regency House Shopping Arcade
|-
|-
| [[Żebbuġ]]||[[Mayfair]]|| ||
|Valletta||[[Savoy - Lower]]||Republic Street||Savoy Shopping Arcade
|-
|-
| [[Żejtun]]||[[Pandora]]||Ħerba Street|| Żejtun Band Club Hall
|Valletta||[[Savoy - Upper]]||Republic Street||Savoy Shopping Arcade
|-
|-
| [[Żurrieq]]||[[Melody]]||St Catherine Street||Zurrieq Wolves Sports Club
|[[Victoria]]||[[Royal]]||Archpriest Cassar Street||Parish Hall
|-
|-
| [[Żurrieq]]||[[Plaza]]||St Bartholomew Street||Studio
|[[Il-Birgu]]||[[Naval (British Forces)]]||Fort St Angelo||
|-
|Il-Birgu||[[Diana]]||||
|-
|[[Ħaż-Żabbar]]||[[Buckingham]]||Main Street||
|-
|Ħaż-Żabbar||[[Hompesch]]||Convent Street||abandoned
|-
|Ħaż-Żabbar||[[Royal]]||Sanctuary Street||Clothing Store
|-
|[[Żebbuġ]]||[[Mayfair]]||Main Street||Band Club
|-
|[[Żejtun]]||[[Carabott]]||Constitution Street||Male MUSEUM Centre
|-
|Żejtun||[[Pandora]]||Ħerba Street||Żejtun Band Club Hall
|-
|Żejtun||[[Triumph]]||Gregorio Bonnici Square||St Catherine Musical Society Club
|-
|[[iż-Żurrieq]]||[[Melody]]||St Catherine Street||Zurrieq Wolves Sports Club
|-
|iż-Żurrieq||[[Plaza]]||St Bartholomew Street||Studio
|-
|-
|}
|}
==See also==
[[:Category:Cinemas in Malta Photos]]


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.cinemaheritagegroup.org Cinema Heritage Group]
* [http://www.cinemaheritagegroup.org Cinema Heritage Group]
* [http://www.krsmalta.com KRS Film Distributors] - serving as Malta's main film distributors since 1946 (under its former name of Malta United Film Corporation)
* [http://www.krsmalta.com KRS Film Distributors] - serving as Malta's main film distributors since 1946 (under its former name of Malta United Film Corporation)
==Bibliography==
* [https://vassallohistory.wordpress| Vassallo History website]
* [http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-01-28/newspaper-lifestyleculture/Marie-Benoit's-Diary-3807870980| 2014-01-28, Malta Independent - Marie Benoit's Diary]
* [https://iluvmalta.blogspot.com.mt/2013/08/malta-radio-city-opera-house.html| 2013-08 iluvmalta blogspot]
* [http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20061018/letters/cinema-at-the-manoel.38136| 2006-10-18, The Times - Cinema at the Manoel]
* [http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090725/local/valletta-cinema-operator-accused-of-screening-pornographic-films.266640| 2009-07-25 - Cinema Operator Accused of Screening Pornographic Films]


[[Category:Working Lists]]
[[Category:Working Lists]]
[[Category:Music venues in Malta]]
[[Category:Cinemas]]

Revision as of 04:37, 11 August 2017

This list was started by the voluntary organisation Cinema Heritage Group best known in Malta for getting the Rialto in Cospicua to be protected as a listed building in 2010.

Operational Cinemas

Astra Theatre (Victoria, Gozo)

Aurora Theatre (Victoria, Gozo)

Citadel Cinema (Victoria, Gozo)

Eden Cinemas (Paceville)

Embassy Cinemas (Valletta)

Empire Cinema (Bugibba)

St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity Cinema (Valletta)

Tal-Lira Cinema (Fgura)

Historic Cinemas

Locality Name Street 21st Century
Birkirkara Metropole Bishop Labini Street E. Calleja & Sons Electrical Warehouse
Birkirkara Prince Valley Road
Birkirkara Ritz John Borg Street
Birkirkara Roxy Fleur de Lys Road unused
Birżebbuġa Lido St John Street Gymnasium
Buġibba Bbc/Empire
Cospicua Rialto Pilgrimage Street unused
Cospicua Rio
Cospicua Windsor
Floriana ABC St Anne Street Clothing Stores
Floriana Britannia Circus (British Forces) Great Siege Road MCP Car Park
Floriana Catholic Institute St Publius Street Theatre
Floriana Comet St Anne Street (later, name changed to ABC)
Floriana Crystal Palace Conservatory Street garage
il-Gżira Drive In - Mercury Bouverie Street/Fleet Street abandoned
il-Gżira Kine Cameo Marina Street HSBC Bank
il-Gżira Lazareth (British Forces) Manoel Island restored
il-Gżira NAAFI (British Forces) Manoel Island restored
il-Gżira Orpheum Stuart Street/Carlo Manchè Street Bingo Hall
il-Gżira Rio Msida Road/St George's Street Car showroom
Ħamrun Radio City Opera House St Joseph High Road Labour Party Headquarters
Ħamrun Hollywood St Joseph High Road Daniel’s Shopping Complex
Ħamrun Odeon Our Lady of Sorrows Street
Ħamrun Rex Fra Diego Street
Ħamrun San Remo
Ħamrun Trianon
il-Kalkara Gem Marina Road
Ħal Luqa Astra (British Forces) Luqa Barracks part of A.F.M. Headquarters
Ħal Luqa Empress St George's Street residential
Ħal Luqa Metro Dun Pawl Street Bank of Valletta
il-Marsa Jhansi Hall Balbi Street Festa decorations store
Marsascala Sun City Palais Tal-Gardiel Street unused
L-Imġarr Pilot Main Street residential
L-Imsida Lyric Antonio Bosio Street Warehouse
Mosta Palladium Constitution Street HSBC Bank
Paceville Imax St Augustine Street part of Eden Cinemas
Paola Empire Antoine de Paule Square Main Street Shopping Complex
Paola Palace Tarxien Road Tombola Hall
Paola Real
Paola Tivoli Sacred Heart Street Flats
Paola Tropps Antoine de Paule Square Youth Centre
Paola Viceroy Zabbar Road Gallarija Shopping Complex/Tal-Lira
Pembroke Australia Hall (British Forces) Anzac Street unused
Qormi Amazon New Street Hall for Hiring
Qormi Warner St Bartholomew Street Estate Agent
Rabat Adelphi Republic Street Restaurant
Rabat Astoria St Joseph Street
Senglea Stoll Victory Street residential
Sliema Alhambra The Strand Zara Department Stores
Sliema Axisa The Strand (later, name changed to Alhambra)
Sliema Carlton The Strand Marks and Spencer Store
Sliema Duke of Edinburgh The Strand
Sliema Gaiety Gaiety Lane/High Street Tagliaferro Business Centre
Sliema Grande Cinematografo Melita Għar id-Dud
Sliema Harding's Cinematograph St Anne’s Square (later, name changed to Majestic)
Sliema Majestic St Anne’s Square part of Plaza Shopping Complex
Sliema Plaza Bisazza Street Plaza Shopping Complex
Sliema Prince of Wales The Strand Square Deal
Sliema Salesian Oratory Karm Galea Street Theatre
Sliema Victoria
St Paul’s Bay Alleluia Hall Tower Street Parish Hall
St Paul’s Bay Mikado St Paul's Street Garage
Valletta Alhambra Cinematograph Republic Street Law Courts
Valletta Ambassador St Lucia Street part of Embassy Shopping Complex
Valletta Capitol St John Street (later, name changed to City Lights)
Valletta Cinema del Commercio Republic Street Caffè Cordina
Valletta Cinema Salinos Republic Street part of Casino Maltese
Valletta City Lights St John Street ordered shut down
Valletta Coliseum Republic Street (exit in Zachary Street) Ranieri Cafè/Shopping Arcade
Valletta Ġawhra St Lucia Street part of Embassy Shopping Complex
Valletta Ġojjell St Lucia Street part of Embassy Shopping Complex
Valletta Harding's Cinematograph St George's Square Marks and Spencer
Valletta Internazionale Republic Street Law Courts
Valletta Manoel Theatre Old Theatre Street Theatre
Valletta Regent Republic Street Regency House Shopping Arcade
Valletta Savoy - Lower Republic Street Savoy Shopping Arcade
Valletta Savoy - Upper Republic Street Savoy Shopping Arcade
Victoria Royal Archpriest Cassar Street Parish Hall
Il-Birgu Naval (British Forces) Fort St Angelo
Il-Birgu Diana
Ħaż-Żabbar Buckingham Main Street
Ħaż-Żabbar Hompesch Convent Street abandoned
Ħaż-Żabbar Royal Sanctuary Street Clothing Store
Żebbuġ Mayfair Main Street Band Club
Żejtun Carabott Constitution Street Male MUSEUM Centre
Żejtun Pandora Ħerba Street Żejtun Band Club Hall
Żejtun Triumph Gregorio Bonnici Square St Catherine Musical Society Club
iż-Żurrieq Melody St Catherine Street Zurrieq Wolves Sports Club
iż-Żurrieq Plaza St Bartholomew Street Studio

See also

Category:Cinemas in Malta Photos


External links

Bibliography