Scottish Cinemas and Theatres
Caley Cinema
21-31 Lothian Road
 Stonework detail - 'Caley' |
 Fire exit & stonework detail |
 Entrance & stained glass detail |
| Opened in January 1923
in a partial conversion of older building, with 900
seats. The original architect were Richardson & Mackay (of Dick,
Peddie & Mackay). It was later enlarged in 1928 for talkies to seat
1800 - the stained glass and mansard roof was added at this time by
James McKissack, and the auditorium realigned to run parallel to the street. Closed to films in 1984, and was used as a nightclub. Building was B-listed in 1974; it is currently empty after the nightclub closed.
[1929 Archive images courtesy of the Scottish Screen Archive at the National Library of Scotland]
[1983 Archive images courtesy of the Scottish Screen Archive at the National Library of Scotland]
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