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picture palace
n
(Performing Arts) Brit an old-fashioned name for cinema [1a]
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Noun1.picture palace - a theater where films are shownpicture palace - a theater where films are shown      
bioscope - a South African movie theater
fleapit - an old shabby movie theater
multiplex - a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building
theater, theatre, house - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"


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the Empire Theatre in Hertford Street and (left) historian Gil Robottom whose book Coventr y Picture Palaces (below) is the result of 25 years of research
The name comes from the idea that in the future cinemas could be transformed from picture palaces to interactive digital pixel palaces.
But he is even better known for his books, telling the definitive history of the industry on Merseyside - the Picture Palaces of Liverpool, the Picture Palaces of Merseyside, From Silent to Sound and the Dream Palaces of Liverpool.
 
 
 
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