Duke of York's 100 Years of Cinema
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996
DUKE OF YORK'S CINEMA
One of the earliest purpose built
Cinemas still operating.
First Screening
22nd September 1910
In association with the British Film Institute
This plaques stands between the arches that mark the entrance to one of Brighton's iconic cinemas. The one screen Picturehouse Duke of York's stands on the corner of Preston Circus, easily spotted, and oft remembered, for it's distinct striped black and white woman's legs kicking high fromthe rooftop. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Duke_of_York_Cinema.jpg
The plaque serves to commemorate the long life of the theatre, being , according to some historians, the longest running purpose built cinema in the UK.