CINEMA SOUVENIRS
DATABASE
THE DATABASE IS AN ONGOING PROJECT
AND WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY AS
NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE
TRANSVAAL
TOWN/CITY CINEMA SEATING CAP.
JOHANNESBURG
CENTRAL COLOSSEUM 2279
CENTRAL EMPIRE 1562
CENTRAL HIS MAJESTY'S 1250
CENTRAL 20th CENTURY 2048
CENTRAL METRO 2570
CENTRAL PLAZA 1986
CENTRAL SAVOY 629
CENTRAL MONTE CARLO 661
CENTRAL CAPRI 600
CENTRAL CINERAMA 993
CENTRAL STER CITY 1000 886
CENTRAL STER CITY 700 659
CENTRAL STER CITY 300 255
CENTRAL GOOD HOPE 394
CENTRAL HARLEM 500
CENTRAL RIO 604
CENTRAL RIVOLI 404
CENTRAL STARLITE 651
ALEXANDRA KINGS 636
BURGHERSDORP MAJESTIC 586
FORDSBURG AVALON 614
FORDSBURG BROADWAY 411
FORDSBURG LYRIC 680
FORDSBURG MAJESTIC 700
FORDSBURG PLANET 682
HILLBROW CURZON 800
HILLBROW FINE ARTS 760
HILLBROW CLARENDON 841
HILLBROW INTERNATIONAL 545
HILLBROW HIGHPOINT 722
BRAAMFONTEIN PIGALLE 604
BRAAMFONTEIN GAIETY
BRAAMFONTEIN ALBERT
DOORNFONTEIN APOLLO 604
DOORNFONTEIN ALHAMBRA
KENSINGTON GEM 699
KENSINGTON REGENT 722
KENSINGTON FAIRWAY 646
KLIPTOWN GRAND 486
KLIPTOWN SANS SOUCI 600
MEADOWLANDS LILY 650
NEWCLARE LOTUS 510
NEWCLARE RENO 520
NEWLANDS NATIONAL 500
ORANGE GROVE VICTORY 507
ORANGE GROVE ASTRA 630
ORANGE GROVE ROYAL 904
ORANGE GROVE ROYAL CINERAMA 732
TROYEVILLE REGAL 709
TURFFONTEIN ASCOT 674
TURFFONTEIN PALACE 635
ROSETTENVILLE ADELPHI 697
ROSETTENVILLE GRAND 994
ROSEBANK ODEON 706
ROSEBANK PARYSIA 682
ROSEBANK CONSTANTIA 664
DELAREY CILNETTE 540
MELVILLE SCALA 448
GREENSIDE REX 482
GREENSIDE GREENWAY 492
PARKVIEW LAKE 671
MALVERN METROPOLIS 513
MALVERN KINEMA
MALVERN MALVERN 567
REGENTS PARK PARK 399
NEWLANDS NATIONAL 500
VREDEDORP PALACE
VREDEDORP STAR 450
VREDEDORP TAJ 424
YEOVILLE PICCADILLY 858
MAYFAIR RITZ 397
MAYFAIR MAYFAIR 670
MAYFAIR WEST ROXY 892
RANDBURG
CENTRAL GALA 600
PRETORIA
CENTRAL CAPITOL 2242
CENTRAL PLAZA 1409
CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE 566
CENTRAL 20th CENTURY 1211
CENTRAL ARISTON 675
CENTRAL CINERAMA 838
CENTRAL TRANSVALIA 518
CENTRAL EMPIRE 600
CENTRAL ORIENT 500
CENTRAL ROYAL 600
HATFIELD MONTE CARLO 651
SUNNYSIDE PIGALLE 630
CAPITOL PARK ASTRA 500
CAPITOL PARK ORION 650
EASTLYNN IMPALA 240
GEZINA BIO 500
HERCULES REGENT 468
MAMELODI THEBO 600
PRETORIA NORTH LIBRA 460
VILLIERIA SKYLINE 500
VOORTREKKERHOOGTE GARRISON 1200
SPRINGS
CENTRAL PALLADIUM 1196
CENTRAL PLAZA 1027
CENTRAL CENTURY 964
CENTRAL KWA THEMA 1020
GERMISTON
CENTRAL 20th CENTURY 1489
CENTRAL APOLLO 901
CENTRAL RIALTO 1174
CENTRAL ROXY 1000
CENTRAL ROYAL
PRIMROSE PLAZA 704
TRANSVAAAL TOWNS
ALBERTON GALAXY 425
ALBERTON LIBERTAS 600
BARBERTON SAVOY 440
BELFAST CORONET 186
BENONI REX 870
BENONI SAVOY 1066
BENONI LIDO 682
BENONI LIBERTY 570
BENONI STAR 404
BETHAL SAVOY 404
BLOEMHOF PALACE 350
BOKSBURG STELLA 723
BOKSBURG EMPIRE 386
BOKSBURG PALACE
BRAKPAN ASTOR 881
BRAKPAN GRAND 826
BRONKHORSTSPRUIT REMSKOEN 350
CHRISTIANA RETHA 350
DELAREYVILLE VASCO 500
DUIWELSKLOOF LETABA 270
FLORIDA ROYAL 492
KRUGERSDORP PLAZA 842
KRUGERSDORP VAUDETTE 860
RANDFONTEIN PLAZA 755
RANDFONTEIN PALOMA 500
ROODEPOORT SAVOY 752
ROODEPOORT CENTURY 546
ERMELO ARGUS 500
EVATON ROYAL 400
CARLETONVILLE CARLTON 645
KEMPTON PARK GALAXY 541
GROBLERSDAL ORION 243
HEIDELBERG UNION 467
KLERKSDORP LEBA 1060
KLERKSDORP METRO
KLERKSDORP GEM 475
LICHTENBURG BIJOU 482
LOUIS TRICHARDT LOUIS 350
LOUIS TRICHARDT EVEREST 300
LYDENBURG ASTORIA 416
MIDDELBURG ASTRA 480
MIDDELBURG MASCOT 288
NELSPRUIT PLAZA 700
NIGEL GRAND 682
NIGEL RIO 250
NYLSTROOM IMPALA 591
ORKNEY ELBA 479
PIET RETIEF PLAZA 320
PIETERSBURG ASTRA 766
PIETERSBURG EMPIRE 590
POTCHEFSTROOM GARRISON 450
POTCHEFSTROOM GRAND 1068
POTCHEFSTROOM 20th CENTURY 954
POTCHEFSTROOM KOHINOOR 500
POTGIETERSRUST PLAZA 420
RANDFONTEIN SAVOY
RUSTENBURG RUSTRA 648
RUSTENBURG CASBAH 320
SABIE ASCOT 250
SCHWEIZER RENEKE EMPIRE 300
STANDERTON GEM 500
TZANEEN GERBER'S 350
VANDERBIJLPARK 20th CENTURY 775
VEREENIGING METRO 736
VEREENIGING ODEON 884
VEREENIGING SHARPE 650
VOLKSRUST PLAZA 420
WARMBATHS NATIONAL 503
WARMBATHS BRISTOL 200
WITBANK ARRAS 405
WITBANK CARLTON
WOLMARANSSTAD GAIETY 320
ZEERUST RICO 450
CAPE PROVINCE
CAPE TOWN
CENTRAL ALHAMBRA 1931
CENTRAL COLOSSEUM 1450
CENTRAL VAN RIEBEECK 1508
CENTRAL METRO 1736
CENTRAL MONTE CARLO 601
CENTRAL ALABAMA 484
CENTRAL AVALON 866
CENTRAL BRITISH 350
CENTRAL NATIONAL 656
CENTRAL STAR 1595
ATHLONE ATHLONE 533
ATHLONE EMPIRE 920
ATHLONE KISMET 1339
ATHLONE REGENT 650
BELVILLE PREMIER 475
BELVILLE LYRIC 600
BROOKLYN ORANJE 935
CAMPS BAY ALVIN 498
CLAREMONT SCALA 900
DIEP RIVER CARLTON 932
ELSIES RIVER ARCADIA 454
ELSIES RIVER ASTRA 500
ELSIES RIVER ORIENT 400
GOODWOOD LIBERTY 500
GRASSY PARK EL DORADO 650
KENSINGTON RIO 837
LANDSDOWNE BROADWAY 600
LANDSDOWNE KRITZ 400
KALK BAY OLYMPIA 450
MAITLAND GRAND 854
MUIZENBERG EMPIRE 1202
PAROW LANTERN 1300
PINELANDS PINEWOOD 808
RETREAT PRINCESS 1250
ROSEBANK CINERAMA 782
ROSEBANK SAVOY 907
SALT RIVER HIS MAJESTY'S 400
SALT RIVER BIJOU 1068
SALT RIVER PALACE 1141
SEA POINT ADELPHI 1076
SEA POINT ODEON 936
SIMONSTOWN CRITERION 390
SOUTHFIELD PALLADIUM 310
WOODSTOCK GEM 864
WOODSTOCK NEW GLOBE 487
WYNBERG CAPITOL 903
WYNBERG REGAL 768
WYNBERG LUXURAMA 1300
PORT ELIZABETH
CENTRAL GRAND 1089
CENTRAL ASTRA 975
CENTRAL METRO 700
CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE 859
CENTRAL 20th CENTURY 1514
SYDENHAM EMBASSY 915
NEWTON PARK SAVOY 784
KORSTEN ALPHA 385
KORSTEN STAR 420
SOUTH END PALACE 660
NEW BRIGHTON RIO 810
FAIRVIEW ROYAL 500
EAST LONDON
CENTRAL COLOSSEUM 1734
CENTRAL 20th CENTURY 891
CENTRAL SAVOY
CENTRAL ASTORIA 704
CENTRAL CURZON 704
CENTRAL VICTORY 327
KIMBERLEY
CENTRAL PLAZA 814
CENTRAL ASTRA 503
CENTRAL VAUDETTE 562
CENTRAL AVALON 263
CAPE PROVINCE TOWNS
ABERDEEN METRO 200
ADELAIDE METRO 230
ALICE BEACON 250
ALIWAL NORTH BIJOU 487
BARKLY EAST ELECTRIC 360
BEAUFORT WEST NATIONAL 562
BONNIEVALE SCALA 400
BREDASDORP REGAL 558
BURGERSDORP BURGERSDORP THEATRE 455
CALEDON GOOD HOPE 550
CALVINIA PALLADIUM 350
CARNARVON ADELPHI 280
CATHCART PLAZA 240
CERES UNION 292
CITRUSDAL VISTARENTA 499
COLESBERG ASTRA 300
CRADOCK METRO 420
CRADOCK ODEON 456
DE AAR ASTRA 541
DOUGLAS BIO 288
FORT BEAUFORT KIT KAT 376
GENADENDAL VANGUARD 400
GEORGE GRAND 380
GRABOUW METEOR 500
GRAAFF- REINET GEM 320
GRAAFF- REINET PLAZA 480
GRAHAMSTOWN HIS MAJESTY'S 1002
GRAHAMSTOWN ODEON 598
HERMANUS ADELPHI 583
HUMANSDORP ASTRA 500
KINGWILLIAMSTOWN KINGS 586
KNYSNA REGAL 486
KOKSTAD CINEMA 500
KURUMAN GRAND 250
LADISMITH MIDDLETON 300
MAFEKING LYRIC 300
MAITLAND GRAND
MIDDELBURG GRAND 340
MONTAGU ALWYN 554
MOORREESBURG CENTRAL 341
MOSSEL BAY LYRIC 680
OUDTSHOORN GAIETY 997
PAARL PROTEA 920
PAARL EXCELSIOR 350
PAARL PLANET 696
PIKETBERG BIO 400
PNIEL GOOD HOPE 366
PORTERVILLE BIO 363
PORT ALFRED MARINE 218
PRIESKA BIO 250
QUEENSTOWN SAVOY 537
RICHMOND BIOSCOPE 600
RIVERSDALE MEURANT 450
RIVIERSONDEREND ELROSS 340
ROBERTSON PLAZA 515
ROBERTSON MAJESTIC 350
SOMERSET EAST PALLADIUM 251
SOMERSET WEST TRIA 490
STELLENBOSCH PLAZA 850
STELLENBOSCH GAIETY 600
STRAND RIALTO 850
STRAND COSMO 400
STRAND LUXOR 550
STUTTERHEIM PLAZA 250
SWELLENDAM GOOD HOPE 360
SWELLENDAM PROTEA 410
TARKASTAD TARKA 300
UITENHAGE PLAZA 906
UMTATA METRO 716
UPINGTON PLAZA 389
UPINGTON ASTRA 450
UPINGTON 20th CENTURY 900
VICTORIA WEST APOLLO 300
VREDENDAL SUIKERBOSSIE 568
VRYBURG PLAZA 350
WELLINGTON PALAZZO 350
WELLINGTON ASTRA 450
WILLOWMORE OTTONEL 300
WOLSELEY ATELLA 450
WORCESTER SCALA 859
WORCESTER 20th CENTURY 582
PLEASE NOTE: THIS DATABASE REFLECTS FOUR-WALL CINEMAS
EXISTING CIRCA 1960 TO 1969 ( AND PRIOR TO), BUT DOES NOT
INCLUDE SO-CALLED 'TEA ROOM' CINEMAS THAT EXISTED AT
THE TIME.