CINESCOPE BARSS MOVIE
There are two ‘Castles’ set either side of the cinema screen and a blanket of stars painted on the ceiling, really giving the impression of watching a movie al fresco. The atmospheric style looked to bring the outdoors indoors, with the interior of such buildings painted and staged to look like elegant Mediterranean courtyards, and the Campbeltown Picture House is a prime example of this. It is this style that viewers will see today, lovingly and painstaking restored once again at its centenary in 2013. Astonishingly the cinema was then restored by Gardner himself 20 years later, between 19, when he added in the popular atmospheric style of the time. The cinema originally opened on 26th May 1913 and is now over 100 years old! Gardner designed the original cinema in the Glasgow School Art Nouveau Style. V Gardner and he originally invested in 20 shares of his own when he designed the cinema, clearly having confidence in its success. Sadly, one of those cinemas has been lost to posterity, but the Campbeltown Picture House remains open to this day! The architect of the cinema was called A. Glasgow was then called ‘Cinema City’ and in its heyday it had a staggering 130 separate cinemas in operation!Ĭampbeltown was a tiny town in comparison, with a population of only 6,500 and yet by 1939 it boasted 2 cinemas of its own! This was a relatively huge number for the time. Plans for the Campbeltown Picture house began in 1912 when 41 locals came together as shareholders to open a cinema that was to rival those in Glasgow in terms of quality and modernity.
The Picture House in Campbeltown is the oldest running cinema in Scotland still showing films AND the oldest cinema in Scotland to retain its original name. On reclaimed land on the shore of Campbeltown Loch, on the aptly named ‘Shore Street’ in the wee Scottish town of Campbelltown on the West Coast of Scotland, you will find the most ridiculously well-kept secret in the West Coast! What you will find on this unassuming and beautiful loch-front street is the oldest running cinema in all of Scotland! It is officially called The Campbeltown Picture House, but it is affectionately known as the ‘Wee Picture House’ for its diminutive size, seating only 265 people.
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