This listing includes not only cinemas as such but all other places of any significance where films were shown regularly or occasionally in Brighton and Hove, Southwick and Shoreham. Venues are listed alphabetically; the main profile pages—marked with a bullet • below—generally use the names by which they were best known during the longer part of their existence, with cross-references from alternative names.
On these pages ticket prices are shown periodically but do not reflect every change. They are given in old money: 2½d = 1p, 1s = 5p. For comparison, the average price for all UK cinema tickets in 1939 was 10d (4.2p), in 1950 it was 1s 9½d (7.5p), by 1960 it had risen to 2s 6½ (12.7p), in 1970 it leapt to 6s 1½d (30.6p) and in 1980 it stood at £1.42.
ABC Cinema 75 East Street, Brighton | 1963-1986, 1997-2000
see Savoy Cinema-Theatre
ABC Cinema Portland Road, Hove | 1965-1974
see Granada
• Academy Theatre 59 West Street, Brighton | 1911-1973
Ace Cinema 107-108 Lewes Road, Brighton | 1965-1971
see Gaiety Cinema
• Aquarium Kinema Madeira Drive, Brighton | 1896-1939
• Arcadia Cinema 16 Lewes Road, Brighton | 1910-1940, 1944-1957
• Astoria 15 Gloucester Place, Brighton | 1933-1977
Bijou Electric Empire 64 North Street, Brighton | 1911-1913
see Prince's Cinema
• Bijou Electric Empire High Street, Shoreham | 1911-1922 [-1931]
Bijou Select Palace 64 North Street, Brighton | 1913-1915
see Prince's Cinema
Brighton Film Theatre 64 North Street, Brighton | 1969-1978
see Prince's Cinema
Cannon Cinema 75 East Street, Brighton | 1986-1995
see Savoy Cinema-Theatre
• Cinema-de-Luxe 150 North Street, Brighton | 1910-1942
• Cinematheque 9-12 Middle Street, Brighton | 1996-2005
Cinescene 64 North Street, Brighton | 1979-1983
see Prince's Cinema
• Cineworld Cinemas Brighton Marina | [1991-] 2005-date
Classic Cinema Lewes Road, Brighton | 1979-1980
see Gaiety Cinema
Classic Cinema 130 Western Road, Brighton | 1975-1979
see Curzon
Coliseum 78 West Street, Brighton | 1912-1917
see Grand Picture Palace
Coliseum 342 Brighton Road, Shoreham | 1920-1941
• Continentale Cinema Sudeley Place, Kemp Town, Brighton [1920-} 1951-1986
• Coronation Cinema 104 North Road, Brighton | 1911-1928 [-1939-
Cosy Nook 1 East Street, Brighton | 1945-1946
see Kings Minicine News Cinema
• Court Cinema 16-17 New Road, Brighton | 1909-1940 [1947-1952, 1955-1957]
Court Kinema 7 Church Street, Shoreham | 1924-1926
see Star Electric Picture Palace
• Curzon Cinema 130 Western Road, Brighton | [1909-] 1936-1975 [-1979]
Devonshire Cinema Eastern Road, Brighton | 1920-1922
see Royal Tierney's Picture Theatre
Dolphin Theatre 16-17 New Road, Brighton | 1947-1952
see Court Cinema
• The Dome Church Street, Brighton | occasional use
• Duke of York's Cinema Preston Circus, Brighton | 1910-date
Duke of York's Cinema High Street, Shoreham | 1922-1931
see Bijou Electric Empire
• Duke's at Komedia 44-47 Gardner Street | 2012-date
Electric Bioscope 130 Western Road, Brighton | 1909-1910
See Curzon
• Electric Empire Picture Palace 76-77 George Street, Hove | 1911-1934
• Embassy 1 Western Road, Hove | [c1912-] 1948-1981
• Empire Picture Theatre Haddington Street, Hove | 1910-1930 [-1933]
• Essoldo Cinema 134 North Street, Brighton | [1940-] 1950-1964
• Gaiety Cinema 107-108 Lewes Road, Brighton | 1937-1965 [-1980]
• Gem Electric Cinema 36a London Road, Brighton | 1910-1914
Gem Cinema 132 King's Road, Brighton | 1954-1955
see Victoria Hall
Granada Portland Road, Hove | 1933-1965 [-1974
Grand Cinema (46) North Road | 1931-1940
Grand Cinema-de-Luxe 85 King's Road, Brighton \ 1912
see Palladium Cinema
Grand Picture Palace 78 West Street, Brighton | c1905-c1912 [-1917
• Hippodrome Middle Street, Brighton | 1902-1929
Hove Cinematograph Theatre 1 Western Road, Hove
see Embassy
• Hove Town Hall Church Road, Hove | 1896-1910 or later
• Imperial Hotel 43 Queen's Road, Brighton | 1896
• Imperial Picture Palace 5 St James Street, Brighton | 1912-1916
Imperial Theatre/Cinema 134 North Street, Brighton | 1943-1950
see Essoldo
• Itinerama Hove Lawns | 1965
Jacey Cinema 64 North Street, Brighton | 1967-1969
see Prince's Cinema, Brighton
King's Cliff Cinema Sudeley Place, Kemp Town, Brighton
see Continentale Cinema
• Kings Minicine News Cinema 1 East Street, Brighton | {1945-} 1945-1950
• Lido Cinema Denmark Villas, Hove | 1932-1944 [-1961]
Majestic Cinema Eastern Road, Brighton | 1919-1920
see Royal Tierney's Picture Theatre
MGM Cinemas Brighton Marina | 1991-1995
see Cineworld
New Coronation 104 North Road, Brighton | 1928-1934
see Coronation Cinema
New Empire Haddington Street, Hove | 1930-1932
see Empire Picture Theatre
• New Kinema Albion Street, Southwick | [c1915-] 1931-1948
• Norfolk Cinema High Street, Shoreham | 1933-1947 [-1964]
• Novelty Electric Theatre 27 West Street, Brighton | 1911-1912 [-1913]
Odeon Denmark Villas, Hove | 1944-1961
see Lido Cinema
Odeon 85 King's Road, Brighton | 1936-1937
see Palladium Cinema
• Odeon Kemp Town 40 St George's Road, Kemp Town, Brighton |1934-1960
• Odeon Kingswest King's Road/West Street, Brighton | 1973-date
• Odeon West Street West Street/Little Russell Street, Brighton | 1937-1973
• Palace Pier Pavilion Madeira Drive, Brighton | various dates
• Palladium Cinema 85 King's Road, Brighton | [1897-] 1912-1956
Paris Continental Cinema 16-17 New Road, Brighton | 1955-1963
see Court Cinema
• Pavilion Cinema South Coast Road, Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven | 1923-1940
• Pavilion Cinema North Street, Portslade | [1911-] 1932-1958
People's Picture Palace Park Crescent Place/16 Lewes Road, Brighton | 1910
see Arcadia Cinema
Picturedrome Eastern Road, Brighton | 1916-1919
see Royal Tierney's Picture Theatre
Picturedrome 130 Western Road, Brighton | 1919-1921
see Curzon
Picturedrome North Street, Portslade | 1918-1932
see Pavilion Cinema, Portslade
Playhouse Cinema Sudeley Place, Kemp Town, Brighton
see Continentale
Plaza Cinema Albion Street, Southwick | 1928-1930
see New Kinema
• Prince's Cinema 64 North Street, Brighton | [1911-] 1919-1947 [-1983]
Prince's Electric Theatre 64 North Street, Brighton | 1915-1919
see Prince's Cinemae, Brighton
Prince's Imperial Picture Palace and Theatre North Street, Portslade | 1911-1932
see Pavilion Cinema, Portslade
Princes News Theatre 64 North Street, Brighton | 1947-1967
see Bijou Electric Empire, Brighton
Queen's Electric Theatre 130 Western Road, Brighton | 1910-1915
see Curzon
Queen's Picture Theatre 130 Western Road, Brighton | 1915-1919
see Curzon
Regal Cinema 130 Western Road, Brighton 1932-1936
see Curzon
• Regent Cinema 133 Queen's Road/133 North Street, Brighton | 1921-1973
Rex News Theatre 104 North Road, Brighton | 1938-1939
see Coronation Cinema
Ritz Cinema High Street, Shoreham | 1947-1964
see Norfolk Cinema
• Rothbury Cinema Franklin Road, Portslade | 1934-1964
• Royal Tierney Picture Theatre 64 Edward Street, Brighton | 1911-1916 [-1922
• Savoy Cinema-Theatre East Street, Brighton | 1930-1963 [-1999]
Scala Cinema 130 Western Road, Brighton | 1922-1932
see Curzon
• >Star Cinema 7 Church Street, Shoreham | [1910-] 1914-1924 [-1926]
Tatler 59 West Street, Brighton | 1931-1932
see Academy Theatre
Tivoli Cinema 1 Western Road, Hove | 1922-1948
see Embassy
Troxy Cinema 104 North Road, Brighton | 1934-1938
see Coronation Cinema
UGC Cinemas Brighton Marina | |} 1999-2005
see Cineworld
• Victoria Hall 132 King's Road, Brighton | 1896 [1954-1955]
Virgin Cinemas Brighton Marina | 1995-1999
see Cineworld
Vogue Cinema Lewes Road, Brighton | 1971-1979
see Gaiety Cinema
West Pier Pavilion King's Road, Brighton | 1895-c1914
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