The Kinemacolor Palace Whitworth Street West

The city centre's second cinema opened on 30 December 1910 and was located on Whitworth Street West, at the bottom of the approach to Oxford Road Railway Station. The Kinemacolor Palace was run by Manchester Electric Theatres Ltd of 30 Brown Street, with the first licence issued to the manager, Edward Bruce London. Weekly changes of colour films were offered in addition to the black and white films, which were changed twice a week. Advertised as being "well‑warmed" and offering "comfortable tip‑up seats" for 3d and 6d, performances were continuous from 2pm to 10.30pm. Seating was provided for about 500.  The company was soon in financial difficulties and in May 1911 the Natural Color Kinematograph Company Ltd presented a petition for bankruptcy against it at the Manchester County Court. A winding‑up order followed in June and the theatre was sub‑leased to the Development and Control Company Ltd of London. In January 1912 it was taken over by Philip E. Pope and Harry Maitland Storer of Buxton, who remained in control until the end of 1914. The cinema just survived its late conversion to talkies, closing early in 1933, after which it was turned into a furniture store. It was later re‑converted to use as a cinema and after further alteration is now known as Cornerhouse 1.

See also Peter Cummings