An 1880s warehouse on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Like a surprising number of warehouses on this street, it was converted into a cinema at the start of the 20th century. Designed by Duff and McKissack, it opened as La Scala in 1912 and seated 1,000 people. Its auditoriun was divided into two smaller screens in 1976, with a third added in the former cafe area in 1978 before finally closing in 1984.

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The grand entrance to the former La Scala cinema on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Originally a warehouse, it was converted into a cinema at the start of the 20th Century. Designed by Duff and McKissack, it originally seated 1,000 people. It closed in 1984, and was converted into a bookshop in the 1990s.

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The grand entrance to the former La Scala cinema on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Originally a warehouse, it was converted into a cinema at the start of the 20th Century. Designed by Duff and McKissack, it originally seated 1,000 people. It closed in 1984, and was converted into a bookshop in the 1990s.

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Glasgow's titanium-clad Imax Cinema, part of the Glasgow Science Centre, looking rather like a giant egg laid by some massive mechanical bird. Designed by Building Design Partnership (BDP), it was opened in 1999.

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The nameplate of the Govanhill Picture House on the Southside of Glasgow. Opened in 1926, this 1,200 capacity cinema was designed in an Ancient Eyptian-inspired Art Deco style by Eric A. Sutherland.

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The former Ascot Cinema in the Anniesland area of Glasgow. Designed by C.J.McNair in an Art Deco style and built in 1939, it was considered a super-cinema as it had a capacity of 1,963 people. Only the facade now remains.

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The Art Deco entrance to the Glasgow Film Theatre on Rose Street.

It opened as the Cosmo in 1939 and was the first Art House cinema outside of London. It was the final cinema designed prolific cinema designer James McKissack before his death.

It became the Glasgow Film Theatre or GFT in 1974 and has been an important Glasgow institution ever since.

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The former Glasgow Paramount Cinema on Renfield Street. Opening in 1934, it was designed in an Art Deco style by Frank T. Verity and Samuel Beverley, and it was their only cinema in Scotland. The cinema finally closed in 2003.

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