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Palace Picture House (oblique view) 1955
Harper, John Campbell, 1955, Photograph
Palace Picture House (oblique view) 1955
Palace Picture House (oblique view) 1955
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21055
Title
Palace Picture House (oblique view) 1955
Description
The Palace Picture House building on Princes Street has ornamental stonework around the windows. It stands between Elliot's Bookshop and F. W. Woolworth and Co. Ltd. There are people standing at the tram stop in front of the cinema.
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Harper, John Campbell
Date
1955
Size
15.7 x 21.0 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
In the fifties, cinema faced competition from the small screen in the home: television. In 1955, cinema admissions in the UK were 1,182 million compared to 1,635 million in 1946. Cinema makers introduced new technologies and novelty factors to attract audiences back to the big screen. Wide-screen and enhanced colour were developed and 3-D cinema was a short-lived phenomenon where audience members had to wear special glasses. Even Smell-o-vision, where scents were pumped into the auditorium, was trialled.
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