Prince’s Picture House, Granby Street, Liverpool

FUTURE OF GRANBY CINEMA - Regent Enterprises Ltd, whose theatres in the Merseyside area were recently transferred to the A.B.C. circuit, have just concluded negotiations for the possession of the Granby Cinema, Liverpool. which has been closed for several months. The new proprietors have decided to embark upon a scheme of reconstruction, which Gray and Evans, architects, Liverpool, are supervising. When the hall reopens, in the early part of the New Year, it will be designated the Princes Picture. House. [The Bioscope - Wednesday 18 November 1931 page 28]

ANOTHER LIVERPOOL THEATRE REOPENS - After being in the contractors' hands for five weeks. the Prince's Cinema (formerly the Granby), Granby Street. Liverpool, reopened on Monday 21 December. The lessees of this hall are Regent Enterprises Ltd. with which company Phil Hanmer is associated. By altering the partition separating the vestibule from the theatre, extra accommodation has been provided in the stalls, which now seat 350 persons. In the balcony there is seating for a further 250 persons. The old balcony has been entirely demolished and, in its place, has been erected a larger structure with a steeper rake the rear part being carried under the operating suite of rooms. which have been entirely rebuilt. All the seats are new and are oi the tip-up pattern, upholstered in wine coloured plush. The carpets are of modernist design. Decorations are carried out in amber and cream, with the wall panels in textured plaster. Two Kalee S projectors and R.C.A. all-mains talking picture equipment have been installed. also an Xtralite screen.  In the pay-box are Automaticket machines. Seven extra radiators have fixed in the auditorium. Altogether, the comfort of the theatre has brought up to the standard one expects in the most modern theatres. The architects were Gray and Evans, of Liverpool, and the main contractors. George Platt & Sons. Ltd, Liverpool. decorations and stage draperies. Heaton Tabb & Co Ltd, Liverpool; seating. C R Harrison and Sons. Newton-le-Willows: carpeting. J. Hulman. Liverpool and St. Helens] , electrical work C P Ribton Ltd, Liverpool. [The Bioscope - Wednesday 23 December 1931 page 18]

Reference    The Bioscope Wednesday 18 November 1931 page 28 
Reference    The Bioscope - Wednesday 23 December 1931 page 18