IN THE LATE 1950s AND THE 1960s MANY CINEMAS TRIED SWITCHING

IN THE LATE 1950s AND THE 1960s MANY CINEMAS TRIED SWITCHING TO 'CONTINENTAL' FILMS HOPING THAT THE DECLINE IN ATTENDANCES MIGHT BE HALTED OR SLOWED BY THE PROMISE OF SEEING MORE SEXUALLY DARING MATERIAL. THIS CINEMA IN ABERDEEN WAS OPENED IN 1936 AS THE NEWS CINEMA, SHOWING THE LATEST NEWS FILMS [NEWSREELS] PUNCTUATED WTH DOCUMENTARY, TRAVEL, COMEDY AND CARTOON SHORT FILMS AND CHANGED TO THE CURZON IN 1959. IN THE LATE 1950s AND THE 1960s MANY CINEMAS TRIED SWITCHING TO 'CONTINENTAL' FILMS HOPING THAT THE DECLINE IN ATTENDANCES MIGHT BE HALTED OR SLOWED BY THE PROMISE OF SEEING MORE SEXUALLY DARING MATERIAL. THIS CINEMA IN ABERDEEN WAS OPENED IN 1936 AS THE NEWS CINEMA, SHOWING THE LATEST NEWS FILMS

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