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−	~~In 1911 a theatre called the~~ [[~~Electric Cinema]] opened in Portobello Road as one of the first repertory cinemas in England, eventually resurrected as a luxury cinema.~~
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−	~~The pioneering and influential Electric Theatres (1908) Ltd, which created~~
−	~~London’s first true cinema circuit, based its whole policy on the continuous show~~
−	~~located within London’s populous districts.9~~
−	~~In 1910, at least fifty per cent of the~~
−	~~cinemas in the Greater London area operated with a continuous show policy. The~~
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−	~~There were a number of well-established cinema circuits in London by 1914.~~
−	~~Particularly prominent, with sixteen cinemas in Greater London by 1910, was~~
−	~~Electric Theatres (1908) Ltd. This company was in the vanguard of cinema~~
−	~~creation in Britain, and helped fix the name ‘electric theatre’ as a generic term for~~
−	~~cinema and the continuous show as the dominant form of exhibition. It was~~
−	~~established towards the end of 1907 with £10,000 capital, becoming a public~~
−	~~company on 16 September 1908 with capital of £50,000. It was founded by Joseph Jay Bamberger, a New York City stockbroker who had financed~~
−	~~nickelodeon construction in that city through the Electric Theatre Company,~~
−	~~before noticing on a London business trip that there were no such theatres in a~~
−	~~city of eight millions, whereas the far less populous New York City had, so he~~
−	~~claimed, 629 (the real figure was probably around 400). The clear intention of the~~
−	~~company was ‘to open and operate cinematograph theatres in populous districts’.~~
−	~~It instituted a policy of continuous programmes throughout the afternoon and~~
−	~~evening, changed twice-weekly, at a uniformly low cost of 3d for adults and 2d~~
−	~~for children (later raised to 6d and 3d).20~~
−	~~The name ‘electric theatre’ was brought over from the States by Bamberger.~~
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−	~~Electric Theatres (1908) Ltd, in common with most of the London cinema circuits,~~
−	~~did not restrict itself to the capital. By 1914, it managed three cinemas in~~
−	~~Birmingham, and one each in Southend, Gloucester, Brighton, Norwich and~~
−	~~Plymouth. It had established a subsidiary company, Provincial~~ Electric Theatres,
−	~~by the end of 1908, and the following year expanded overseas by initiating the~~
−	~~establishment of permanent cinemas in South Africa through Natal Electric~~
−	~~Theatres Ltd. 23~~
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−	~~One of the original directors of Electric Theatres~~
−	~~(1908) Ltd was variety theatre impresario, [[Frederick Mouillot]], who ran a South African theatre chain.~~
−	~~The first Electric Theatre opened in South Africa in Durban on 29 July 1909. The company had at least~~
−	~~five cinemas in South Africa, including a Theatre de Luxe in Cape Town, and a cinema in Durban for~~
−	~~‘Coloured People Only’ (primarily Indians). Short-term policies including the importing of films worn~~
−	~~out through use on the English circuit led to the company’s demise by 1911.~~
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−	''Not to be confused with a number of other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''
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−	~~https://lukemckernan.com/wp-content/uploads/unequal_pleasures.pdf~~
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−	~~https://londonist.com/2011/02/cinefile-electric-cinemas-centenary~~
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−	~~[[Thelma Gutsche~~]]~~, 1972. ''The History and Social Significance of Motion Pictures in South Africa 1895-1940''. Cape Town: Howard Timmins: pp. 95-97.~~

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 In 1911 a theatre called the [[Electric Cinema]] opened in Portobello Road as one of the first repertory cinemas in England, eventually resurrected as a luxury cinema.
+The pioneering and influential Electric Theatres (1908) Ltd, which created
 ''Not to be confused with a number of other companies known by this name, e.g.  The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned  electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''
 https://londonist.com/2011/02/cinefile-electric-cinemas-centenary

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	In 1911 a theatre called the [[Electric Cinema]] opened in Portobello Road as one of the first repertory cinemas in England, eventually resurrected as a luxury cinema.		In 1911 a theatre called the [[Electric Cinema]] opened in Portobello Road as one of the first repertory cinemas in England, eventually resurrected as a luxury cinema.
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	''Not to be confused with a number of other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''		''Not to be confused with a number of other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''

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−	In 1911 an theatre called the Electric Cinema opened in Portobello Road as one of the first repertory cinemas in England, eventually resurrected as a luxury cinema.	+	In 1911 a theatre called the [[Electric Cinema]] opened in Portobello Road as one of the first repertory cinemas in England, eventually resurrected as a luxury cinema.

	''Not to be confused with a number of other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''		''Not to be confused with a number of other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''
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		+	https://londonist.com/2011/02/cinefile-electric-cinemas-centenary

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		+	In 1911 an theatre called the Electric Cinema opened in Portobello Road as one of the first repertory cinemas in England, eventually resurrected as a luxury cinema.

−	''Not to be confused with other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''	+	''Not to be confused with a number of other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''

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−	''Not to be confused with other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company, a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''	+	''Not to be confused with other companies known by this name, e.g. The Electric Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre], founded in an abandoned electricity works building in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1997 or the Electric Theatre Company[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Theatre_Company], a non-profit, regional, Equity theatre company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.''