Sunday, November 18, 2012

former Apollo Theatre, Macau

former Apollo Theatre, Macau

This is the former Apollo Theatre in Macau, near Senado Square. It dates from 1935, the first film shown was The Merry Widow on 2nd Feb 1935 and, by design, it had shops and apartments at the front and an auditorium on the ground floor at the rear. The Apollo name can still be seen on the corner of the building near the Esprit ad.

former Apollo Theatre, Macau
former Apollo Theatre, Macau

Reference:
Teatro Apollo, cinematrasures.org

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4 comments:

  1. HarikliaNovember 19, 2012 at 10:21 PM

    Beautiful. Love that green colour.

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  2. HelsNovember 24, 2012 at 4:57 PM

    What an attractive building! But there is nothing about this building that screams "theatre", at least from what we can see. So when they built shops and flats into the front of the building, right from the beginning in 1935, was it meant to disguise the main purpose of the building. Perhaps the tenants didn't want theatre customers mooching around, before and after the programme.

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    1. David ThompsonNovember 24, 2012 at 7:47 PM

      Good questions Helen. I'm not sure what the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne looked like before it was remodelled in the 60s or 70s but it doesn't look like a theatre either.

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