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Several years later, in 1909, the first movie theater was opened in the same city by the Pathé Frères. These events helped cultivate a film-viewing culture into the country. [ 15 ] The first Lumiere operator who went to Lebanon was Alexandre Promio.
An unfinished movie theater from the 1960s, called The Egg in Beirut, Lebanon Following the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) , cinema infrastructure and many of the film reels were destroyed. The Egyptian filmmakers went back to Egypt since it was more politically stable especially following the end of the film ideology set by the public film sector. [ 9 ]
- Cinema Montreal. Cinema Montreal opened back in 1978 with a screening of the movie “la Azaa’ Lil Sayiddat”, directed by Hani Barakat. The theater closed its doors in April of 2009 with a musical performance by a Lebanese Kurdish NGO.
- The Grand Theater (Al Teatro Al Kabeer) Image via blogbaladi.com. The Grand Theater was built in the 1920s on Jacques Tabet’sproperty at the end of Al Maarad avenue in between the Landmark development and the Azarieh building.
- The Dome. The Beirut Dome also known as “The Egg” is an-oval shaped concrete structure designed by Philippe Karamback in 1965. The Beirut City Center was a complex within the dome surrounded by towers, and at the time the largest shopping mall in the Middle East.
- Cinema Strand. Hamra street had more than 14 theaters in the 1960s, and Strand Cinema was one of them, Located in Hamra’s main street, (currently Sam’s restaurant), Cinema Strand was the first in the Arab world to screen Omar El Sharif’s movie titled “Doctor Zhivago”.
May 7, 2019 · Empire Intl. was launched 100 years ago when a young pharmacist named Georges Haddad began projecting silent shorts in Beirut cafes, and in 1919 opened the city’s first movie theater, which he ...
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Feb 15, 2023 · The Colonial Theater was built in 1923 at the northwest corner of 9 th and Cumberland streets. A century later, its elegance has not been equaled locally. It was Lebanon’s finest and most elaborately furnished theater, and included the first commercial air conditioning system in the city. The Colonial Theater thrived when live theater shows ...
According to Georges Sadoul’s reference book, “The History of Cinema”, the number of cinemas rose from 80 back in 1950 to 118 in 1960. The Lebanese Statistics Group (Statistics Central Directorate) give more accurate and detailed figures which show that by the end of 1961 Lebanon had 168 movie theatres seating 83,000 people and by the end ...
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Feb 13, 2023 · The cinema opened its doors in the 1950s. Initially, it screened mainstream films and blockbusters but later found its niche in martial arts and Bollywood genres. During the war, revenues were not high enough to cover the running cost of the space, so they started screening R-rated movies. The venue continued running until 2015.
