Granada

The Gala Bingo Club, Tooting is a Grade I Listed constructing in Tooting, a place inside the London borough of Wandsworth. Originally built as one of the excellent highly-priced Art Deco cinemas of the 30s, it's far still considered by many to be the maximum superb cinema in Britain. In 2000, it became the primary Grade I listed 1920 cinema and in 2015 turned into decided on as an asset of community fee. The constructing changed into first opened as the Granada, Tooting in 1931. It become designed by means of the cinema and theatre architect Cecil A. Massey for Sidney Bernstein, as a part of his Granada cinema chain.

Construction had began in May 1930 and became completed via September the subsequent year. An starting rite became held on 7 September 1931 to tons nearby acclaim, more than 2000 buyers had to be turned away due to limited area. It included a performance by way of trumpeters from The Life Guards and Alex Taylor at the cinema's Wurlitzer. The opening movies that night had been Monte Carlo and the British short movie Two Crowded Hours. Double-features like this one were the main issue of the Granada's programming. Variety indicates could additionally supplement the screening schedule, inclusive of theatre and track performances as well as a small circus up till 1934.