Lima cinemas of yesteryear 1
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9 old-fashioned cinemas of our Lima YOU TUBE
1. Introduction
Nostalgia seems to have, in principle and in a very basic way, two parts. These can be understood by resorting to the root of the word nostalgia. Nostalgia "comes from the Greek" musts "and" algia ". The first word means return. This is one of the central actions of nostalgia, that of returning, returning with the imagination, the memory and the mind until that moment, action, time or person that caused joy or vital and valuable moments, can be given again with the limitations that the memory of the past gives. Its second root, the Greek term “algia”, indicates the second central action of nostalgia. This indicates pain or suffering. And this is, for many, the second central action of nostalgia, which results from suffering from something from the past that we no longer have. However, not everyone experiences it as simple pain, but rather it seems to be a kind of romantic and poetic rejoicing for that lost past that has been imprinted in our mind, and that we bring it to the surface of thought.
this remembrance had to be aligned with and respect the inexorable designs of time, because many of 'my cinemas' disappeared, unable to continue offering their audience that formidable experience of entertainment with action, music and color, to the works of the writers of their weather. Nor do I want to show, except in some cases, the photography of some of my cinemas, turned into another commercial or social issue that hurt "their presence." Because for me the presence they wore when they received me, even if they were 'the cinemas in my neighborhood, were full of fantasy, especially the night shows, full of colored lights, with their ticket offices, with people who had bought their tickets, with their chocolate in hand. Because at the end of that it is, because it is the message of the author of the book and the screenwriter, with the appropriate adaptations, that they told us the stories in a different dimension. When you went in to see a ‘movie’, you left out your experiences, and you opened the door for a few hours to the characters of the film who would be in charge of getting you into their lives and affairs. In that state of affairs, little by little you were getting more and more into their stories. It did not matter, if they were sad stories, or happy, violent, full of love or fantasy; The issue that mattered in that time you spent in the cinema was that you had chosen to participate in all the details of the lives of these characters Little by little, while you get to know them, you identify with them, and you also get to exercise a criticism of values. The bottom line is that cinemas have always offered us remarkable moments of happiness, excitement and joy.
the people of Lima went to the cinemas to watch movies, but also to socialize, to share a common space in search of measured courtship or caresses of all kinds and intensity; the intermissions in the hall or the moments before and after a function were conducive to social exchange; for its part, the darkness of the room was a scene open to kisses and caresses, a space partly complicit and guilty; Known these dynamics among the public, there were some rooms and times that were especially conducive to flirting, while others had a more formal or demure character. We are talking about times gone by that will never return. Contemporary cinema is very different, so I prefer not to comment. Another outstanding aspect was that the great exhibition cinemas of the time had auditoriums with comfortable seats, upholstered with quality, which harmonized with the floor rugs, which due to their thickness and quality helped the auditorium to maintain adequate silence, when the public went in or out. There were always the escape routes with a dim light, which cut through the darkness of the theater. Likewise, most of them had cafeteria services with clean toilets. Of course, the neighborhood cinemas did not have the facilities of the premiere theaters and these cinemas varied with respect to providing amenities to the viewer, from wooden benches for the stalls and comfortable wooden chairs on the mezzanine of the remembered Alianza cinema in the district of Lince (Lobaton), even others to neighborhood cinemas with good facilities to see excellent movies at a lower price.
. Neighborhood cinemas always had their place, as we will see later, because in a few weeks when films were shown in theaters, they arrived at your neighborhood cinema at a lower price. close to your house.
2. Digital cinema replaces celluloid
.In the early history of film, Hannibal Goodwin invented the roll of celluloid in America, which is becoming a remarkable instrument of the past. Not only large movie theaters and neighborhood ones, but also small ones, that is, art cinemas and cinematheques have to get used to new technologies and with them, to the digitization of film. When the curtain opens, the lights go out, and the projector comes on, ”says Oliver Hauschke. “That is the everyday sound that accompanies us. When you work here for a while, your ear gets used to identifying sounds when something goes wrong with the projector. If the sound of the tape is heard different - and that is learned over time - it is known that something is wrong ", explains the cinema operator. This brings to mind the characters who on their motorcycles were in charge of taking the film tapes from one cinema to another and it was known as the exchange. The exchange had to be fast, otherwise if it took time to deliver it, the projection was suspended, the lights in the auditorium were turned on, and a mess would break out over the public's protest. In this sense, the delivery men flew on their motorcycles so they had everything controlled according to the duration of each roll of the film; however, certain delays were not lacking from time to time. This factor of an old projection technique and the advancement of television were the cause or the obstacle to the fall of audiences to cinemas, mainly those with capacity for thousands of spectators.
Old Cinemas and Theaters of Lima
Lima
1. Metro
One of the historic cinemas of Lima, it is housed in a Classical style building dating from around 1921 when the Plaza San Martin was first constructed.
The Cine Metro was a project of Metro Goldwyn Mayer and was opened in May 1936. The main architect of the project was Jose Alvarez Calderon, assisted in the designs by Guillermo Payet and Fernando Schimanetz with an interior in an Art Deco style. There are five alcoves on each side of the proscenium opening which originally cointained concealed lighting. The main side-walls have a ribbed effect on panels divided by flat pillars. Seating was provided for 1,390 with 624 on the orchestra level, 414 in a raised/stepped mezzanine level at the rear and 352 in the overhanging balcony.
The interior was re-furbished in May 1956 and the seating in the raised mezzanine was reduced to 346. The Metro was equipped with air-conditioning at this time. It was home to
The Cine Metro opened on May 2, 1936. Shortly after it opened, the cinema was given a certificate for “outstanding civic enterprise in a ceremony attended by local MGM and Peruvian government officials. Boxoffice (magazine) noted that it was “modern in every respect, the first of its type to be constructed in Peru.
One of Lima's historic cinemas, it is housed in a classic-style building dating from around 1921 when Plaza San Martín was first built. The Cine Metro is a project of the Goldwyn Mayer Metro and was inaugurated in May 1936. The main architect of the project was José Álvarez Calderón, Guillermo Payet and Schimanetz Fernando contributed to the designs, with an Art Deco-style interior. There are five bedrooms on each side of the proscenium opening that originally contained concealed lighting. The side walls have a ribbed effect in panels divided by flat pillars. It has capacity for 1,390 seats. The interior was renovated in May 1956. The Metro cinema was equipped with air conditioning at that time. It was the home of MGM movies for many years and closed in the early 2000s. It is now an evangelical church.
2. COLON
Located on the Plaza San Martin at the corner of Jiron De La Union and Jiron Quilca, the Located on the Plaza San Martin at the corner of Jiron De La Union and Jiron Quilca, the Teatro Colon is one of the oldest theatres in Lima, opening in January 1914. When first opened there was a large cupola over the corner entrance, since removed.
Originally built as a combined live theatre/cinema for the Empresa Theatre & Cinema Company, it had a seating capacity of 940. There were 305 seats in the orchestra level, 217 in the balcony, 400 in the gallery and 18 boxes at balcony level. Designed in a Beaux-Arts style by architect Claude Sahut who studied architecture at the School of Beaux-Arts in Paris. There is a small circular entrance hall which leads into a larger foyer area. The auditorium is long and not too wide. It is decorated with horizontal bands, which are broken by Corinthian pillars, supporting roof trusses that have stencil paterns. There is a deep stage and several dressing rooms.
The Teatro Colon screened the first sound film to be shown in Peru. It was for many years one of the main cinemas in the centre of Lima attracting the upper classes and elite citizens of Lima.
In later years, it became an ‘Adult’ porn cinema, the most famous one in the country. In 2007, restoration work began to convert the theatre into a cultural centre
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Located in Plaza San Martín on the corner of Jirón de La Unión and Jirón Quilca, the Colón Theater is one of the oldest theaters in Lima, the opening was in January 1914. When it first opened there was a large dome over the corner entrance, already removed. Originally built as a live theater, it had a capacity of 940. There were 305 seats on the stalls level, 217 on the balcony, 400 in the gallery and in booths 18 at balcony level. Designed in a Beaux-Arts style by architect Claude Sahut who studied architecture at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. There is a small circular entrance hall that leads to a larger entrance hall. The auditorium is long and not very wide. It is decorated with horizontal stripes, which are divided by Corinthian columns. The Colón Theater exhibited the first sound film to be shown in Peru. It was for many years one of the main cinemas in downtown Lima that attracted the upper classes and the elite citizens of Lima. Located in Plaza San Martín on the corner of Jirón de La Unión and Jirón Quilca, the Colón Theater is one of the oldest theaters in Lima, the opening was in January 1914. When it first opened there was a large dome over the corner entrance, already removed. Originally built as a live theater, it had a capacity of 940. There were 305 seats on the stalls level, 217 on the balcony, 400 in the gallery and in booths 18 at balcony level. Designed in a Beaux-Arts style by architect Claude Sahut who studied architecture at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. There is a small circular entrance hall that leads to a larger entrance hall. The auditorium is long and not very wide. It is decorated with horizontal stripes, which are divided by Corinthian columns. The Colón Theater exhibited the first sound film to be shown in Peru. It was for many years one of the main cinemas in downtown Lima that attracted the upper classes and the elite citizens of Lima. At one time he was known for showing porn movies; Its heyday was in the 1950s where people dressed stylishly and also to see and be seen.
3. Republica
The premises of the old Republica cinema theater located at the intersection of Jirón Carabaya and Pachitea, in Cercado de Lima. Inaugurated in 1937, it worked until the beginning of 2003 when the municipality closed it. Since then it has been abandoned.
4. COLMENA
The Colmena Cinema is located on Av. Nicolás de Piérola, near the intersection with Av. Tacna and Av. Wilson (today renamed Garcilaso de la Vega). Opened in 1960, it was incorporated into a newly constructed residential building. In recent times it has spent many years as an adult cinema, but it was taken over by the new owners in 2004 and now shows independent films
5. Tacna
Tacna avenue
El cine Tacna proyectaba en exclusividad películas de Warner Bros y el teatro construido fue a semejanza de los teatros de Broadway de la época. Era un cinema bastante grande con vistosos diseños. Tenía una capacidad para 1,500 localidades repartidas en platea, platea alta, mezanine y cazuela. Contaba con cafetería y hasta cabinas telefónicas, y otros servicios.
6. Ritz
The Ritz opened its doors in the late 1930s. It is located half a block from Plaza Bolognesi, and in recent years it has been renamed Alfonso Ugarte, after the avenue on which it is located. The Ritz theater cinema was inaugurated in May 1935. In 1945 Manuel Betroy and El Teatro del Pueblo staged El Duelo, by Antón Chejov, Limones de Sicilia, by Luigi Pirandello and So Five Years, by Federico García Lorca.
7. Central
This old cinema located in the fourth block of Jirón Ica was inaugurated in May 1944. For many years I have exclusively screened Warner Bros. films. It is currently closed The Central Theater was built and operated by Juan Calvo and Calvo Amedeo. It opened in May 1942 and was equipped for shows and cinema use. As its name implies, it is located in the center of Lima. Designed by architect Giullermo Payet, the façade is in the neo-colonial style (plans for an Art Moderne façade were never carried out). It has a central section with the characteristic windows and among the main characteristics of the room are the three magnificent murals located on the side walls on each side of the proscenium that represents the civilizations of the world, there is a panel for each of the following: Egyptians, Romans, Mayans, Indians, Greeks, and Persians. The panels have a gold / metal finish and are in a stylized Art Deco shape. They extend from head height just above, to the ceiling, which consists of a series of stepped sections containing hidden lighting channels. Shortly after its opening, the Central Theater was acquired by Warner Bros. as a venue for the screenings of its films in Lima. Today, the Central Cinema remains open and only adult films are shown. The Pizarro cinema, had stained glass windows on the inside on the left wall that represent various historical events of the 3 of the conquest, these were illuminated in the dark and remained lit during the cinema function. They were very cute and colorful.
8. FRANCISCO PIZARRO
Located in the Barrios Altos district, next to Plaza Italia. Built by the Teatros y Cines Ltd. Company, the Francisco Pizarro Cinema opened its doors in March 1940. It was designed by architect Guillermo Payet in a Spanish colonial style. The original plans were for an Art Deco style facade, but they were not carried out. The side walls have Spanish decorations of colonial-style buildings with balconies and a terrace. The ceiling, as is customary in atmospheric-style cinemas, had a flat surface painted dark blue to represent the night sky. It is not sure if it was equipped with twinkling stars or the effects of clouds. The proscenium opening consisted of five recesses, which are curved at the top to the shape of the roof. The cinema was normally advertised as the Cine Pizarro
9. PERRICHOLI
Located in the Rímac district, in Jr. Trujillo. The Perricholi opened its doors in 1949 as a theater and was built and operated by the Company Theaters and Cinemas Ltd. The façade has three large windows at the entrance doors. They are surrounded by elaborate moldings and the name "Teatro Perricholi" is inscribed at the top. Inside the auditorium, seating is arranged on the balcony and orchestra levels. The side walls have buildings in the Spanish colonial style, which give an atmosphere of being in a courtyard. The roof was flat, painted blue to represent the sky. There was a stage and stage box, although the building was used primarily as a movie theater. It was still named Perricholi Theater in 1991, but in recent years it had been re-named as Cinema Itself. By 2003, it had been closed and work had begun to adapt the building for use as a supermarket. The entire roof was removed and replaced by a flat roof, lower than the original. The 'buildings' along the inside of the auditorium walls were retained and now add a pleasant aspect to the grocery shopping experience. The facade was renovated to its original appearance. Architects for the conversion were Carlos Chinen, Forero Rocio and Aldo Lértora. A comment about cinema: I REMEMBER THAT IN 1984 I LIVED IN THE RIMAC ON THE 8 BLOCK OF JR TRUJILLO AND PASSED BY THE PERRICHOLI CINEMA EVERY DAY TO GO TO MY HOUSE AND SINCE THAT TIME THE CINEMA WAS CLOSED AND ABANDONED AND REMAINED SO UNTIL 2003 METRO MADE REMODELING TO INSTALL ITS SUPERMARKET THERE SO IT IS NOT TRUE THAT IT WORKED UNTIL 1991.
10. Bijou
The remembered Cine Bijou, in an image from the late 80s of the last century. El jirón de la union had various movie venues on several of its streets, perhaps the most memorable are, the Union Cinema, located in the Barragan house, the Campoamor Cinema, later called Biarritz in block 6 and the Adan and Eva pioneers in being double rooms in a single room. Built in the late 70s they were located in block 8, today they have become the planet cinema. El Bijou had the particularity of being located in the middle of a small commercial center, with income from the shred of the Union and from the block 1 of the shred Ica, after several years of decline due to the economic crisis of the 80s, it closed its doors in the mid-90s. I remember attending a Saturday leaving the Leoncio Prado Military School, to see Pele, filmed in environments of camps for prisoners of the world war. My two companions were Roque Zimic and Pedro Morales; I was only 16 years old.
11. Tauro
Opened in March 1960, the Taurus Cinema has a striking asymmetrical façade with a large window in the center, designed by Architect Walter Weberhofer. It has an office building built in the back. Outside and inside it was designed in a "modern" style, typical of 1960. Its audience has 720 seats and its Mezzanine 560 seats. It was one of the most important cinemas in the city, the first cinema in Lima to be equipped with Todd-AO presentations. In recent years, unable to compete with the new multiplexes, it became a triple X movie screening room.
12. Auto Cine DRIVE-IN
The Auto-Cine Drive-In was not only the first drive-in theater in Peru, it was the first drive-in theater to be built and inaugurated in South America. It opened in 1954 and was designed by the American engineer Jack K. Vogel, from Ohio, author of the architecture and design of many drive-ins in the United States. Located on one of the main avenues of Lima, the Tacna Cinema opened its doors in April 1948 and had a modern design, with a capacity of 1,945 seats. It was one of the largest movie theaters to be built in the city. Created and operated by Paramount International Corporation Theaters, it was the main cinema in Lima to show the films of the Paramount Picures. Its last use was as an East Indian (Bollywood) movie theater, it closed in 2006 and is currently "for sale" since 2008.
13. EL PACIFICO
Located in the Miraflores district, Cine El Pacífico was built in 1958 as a single-screen theater, with seating on the stalls and mezzanine levels. It was the first in the city to be equipped with air conditioning. Once operated by the Starvision chain, the Cine El Pacífico was emptied inside and became a multiplex in 1995. It was taken over by the Cinerama group in 2005.
Raphael 1972
14. Roma
ifferent from the previous ones was the Roma cinema, which was smaller and appeared in the 50s, however, it had a very cozy room with gardens in front of the projection screen. It had only two locations and was located in Santa Beatriz. He was well known for 'the tails' as he was a box office for his first-run movies. The Roma Cinema opened in July 1956 and is designed in an Art Deco Art Moderne style, originally with the letters 'Art Moderne' style of writing at the top of the marquee from its writing to 'Roma'. The total capacity was 900 seats. It was a very popular theater to see musicals, with big hits being "West Side Story" and Pink Floyd "The Wall." "Star Wars" also had its first major showing here and independent films were popular as well. Terremoto was very good especially for the sound. Cine Roma was well known for its queues, due to playing very popular movies in a relatively small theater, but apparently that was all part of the experience of going to Cine Roma. At the Roma cinema I saw a movie, "The Battle of Midway" with a system called sensoround. It would be around the year 80, it was no longer a regular cinema and there was a Tip top type place that was called El Tambo.
A film that increased the popularity of the Roma cinema was EARTHQUAKE, because even in the newspapers they published that when the film was shown, people ran away when the earthquake began. And it was true it was a very similar feeling. LOL. Enrique Lazo. It was closed in 2003 and has become an agency of the ONP.
15. Diamante
Advertising Diamante Cinema. (Av Brasil 863 - Jesús María) This Cinema was inaugurated in 1949, and had the best sound technology of the time, it closed its doors in 1994, to make way for a production company of shows before it was demolished and where today we have one of the many buildings that abound in the district. They tell us that while it lasted, there was a lot of paranormal activity in this cinema. In Jesus Maria. Inaugurated in 1949, it worked until 1994. Today it is the headquarters of the "Astros" theater. 16. Palermo of Jesús María. It worked until the sixties. Today his premises are converted into a workshop.
16. Palermo
In Jesus Maria. Inaugurated in 1949, it worked until 1994. Today it is the headquarters of the "Astros" theater.
17. Opera
Also In Jesus Maria. It ran until 1986. In the early nineties, it tried to reopen as a theater. Today it is the seat of an Evangelical church.
18. Mariategui
The Mariátegui of Jesús María worked until 1991.
19. San Felipe
The once famous San Felipe. Until the beginning of the decade, it had three cinemas. Today, like many others, its premises have been converted into an evangelical temple. I remembre sean the movie The Time Machine there.
20.Varela
General Varela Avenue
Old and disappeared Cine Teatro Varela, located in block 16 of Jirón General Varela. The Varela cinema was part of my adolescence and youth, they were other times. (Carlos Rodriguez Vargas); To the left there was a good sweet shop made a purple porridge empanadas some ezquisitas sausages we went with my aunt Emma my cousin Elvira. GOAL BEAUTIFUL TIMES. (Jose Antonio Flores Luna).
21. Petit Thouars
Also Concorde in Lince. One of the oldest in the district, its origins date back to the thirties when the district was founded. Until not long ago it worked as a cinema and today it is an Evangelical venue. However from another source I have the following information: Built approximately in the late 1920s. Live presentation of artists and comedians of the time. The people of Lince and Santa Beatriz were their regulars to see great movies of the 80s. It had a mezzanine and was located at 1587 Petit Thouars Avenue. After it closed, it was converted into a political campaign venue.
22. Independencia
One of the most important that Lince had. Opened in 1946 it worked until 1988. It was abandoned for many years. At the beginning of the decade, its premises became the headquarters of a political group. Strangely today it looks inwardly ruined; I remember as a child having seen the black and white movie ‘Tarantula’. In front of the cinema there was a small restaurant that prepared a tremendous 'lomo saltado'.
It continues in its second part.
With affection,
Ruben
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