Cine Alhambra, Cine São Bento & Cine Broadway

Cine Alhambra, on rua Direita, closed its doors in 1959. 

Cine Alhambra opened its doors on 21st July 1928, with Clarence Brown's 'Flesh and the Devil' (A carne e o Diabo) a silent-film starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert & Lars Hanson; it had opened almost 2 years earlier on Christmas Day, 25 December 1926.

Rua Direita with Cine Alhambra on the left-hand side in 1939. 

Cine Alhambra visto de outro ângulo na Rua Direita.

a fachada superior foi só o que sobrou do Cine Alhambra.

Cine São Bento.

Cine São Bento opened on 10 September 1927, with W.D. Griffith's 'The sorrows of Satan' released by Paramount  on 12 October 1926, in the USA. 

Cine S. Bento in the late 1920s.

Rua São Bento in pre-Christmas 1957.

Cine Rosário at Edifício Martinelli, on Rua São Bento, one of the poshest movie houses.

Cine Broadway showed 'Sea Hawk' ('O gavião do mar') released in 1935; aqui provavelmente em 1936.

interior do Cine Broadway, na Avenida São João. Foi demolido na década de 1960.

até os anúncios do Cine Broadway eram em Art-Deco (8 September 1935).

marvelous Cine Broadway (left) and Cine Ritz (right) on Avenida São João in the early 1950s.

Cine Broadway on the left... Avenida São João in the twilight in the late 1950s.

Cine Broadway closes its doors forever on 7 March 1960.