Cine Prata in Vila Gustavo

This is where Cine Prata at Vila Gustavo used to be; Av. Julio Buono, often mispelt as Julio Bueno. 

I used to visit some second-degree once removed cousins who lived at Vila Gustavo circa 1962. We got on the bus at Vale do Anhangabaú near Avenida Tiradentes and it took a whole hour to get to Vila Gustavo. Those relatives lived in a house with no running water which struck me as 'unusual'. They had a well in their backyard. 

As we got off the bus on Avenida Julio Buono I asked my Mother to wait for me while I went up to Cine Prata's lobby to check up on the lobby cards and see what was on offer. What struck me as particularly attractive was the Republic Picture serials they still showed at those far-away places... 

Cine Prata was still exhibiting 1949 'Batman & Robin' in 1962. 

former Cine Prata on  Avenida Julio Buono, 1842, Jardim Brasil, Vila Gustavo.

Cine Prata had a great flight of stairs on its front.

Cine Prata in Vila Gustavo on its opening day on 1st April 1960. 

little house on Rua Agudos Grandes, in Vila Gustavo; it was probably built in the late 1950s.

VILA MARIANA cinemas

Even though I lived at Vila Madalena as of 16 December 1960, by 1966 I had made a friend who lived at Vila Clementino-Vila Mariana so I used to commute to the South Side of Sao Paulo every week-end and had the chance to get acquainted the movie-houses they had on that part of town. Here are some of them:

Cine Cruzeiro, Av. Domingos de Moraes, Largo Ana Rosa.

Cine Cruzeiro opening: 28 July 1943.

Rua Domingos de Moraes just in front of Cine Cruzeiro during tram-rail repairing time... 

Domingos de Moraes corner with Rodrigues Alves, in 1959.

Cine Estrela on Avenida Bosque da Saúde, 184 on its opening night in 1947, with 'Não me diga adeus' (No me digas adios), a 1947 Argentine-Brazilian romantic musical film directed by Luis Moglia Barth. The film was shot in Petrópolis-RJ. with Linda Baptista, Lourdinha Bittencosurt, Luiz Bonfá, Anselmo Duarte, Luz del Fuego etc.

Cine Estrêla during celebrations of Carnaval, some time back in the 1950s. The movie house turned into a Carnaval ball-room during 4 days: Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Fat Tuesday... See tram rails on the bed of cobbled Avenida Bosque da Saúde, where tram #30 ran in and out. 

Cine Estrela under construction in 1946-1947.

Cine Estrela's fairly advanced construction...

Cine Estrela turned into a parking lot...

Cine Estrela after being discontinued as a cinema...

Cine Nilo on Avenida Jabaquara, 123, inaugurated in 1955.

what remained of Cine Nilo in 2016... the homeless people on each side is a 'bonus'... 

Cine Jamour used to be here... rua Domingos de Morais, 2,833, Saúde.

Cine Sabará, Rua Domingos de Moraes, 1999 - a block apart from Santa Cruz Church.

Cine Sabará was refurbished into a Pastorinho Market, later demolished. 

Cine Maringá in Jabaquara, in March 1954. played 'O mundo em seus braços' (The world in his arms) with Gregory Peck & Ann Blyth, a 1952 Universal production. 

Rua Domingos de Moraes in the 1950s... see Lojas Assumpção van in the foreground. They used to sponsor 'Parada de Sucessos' with Helio Aguiar on Radio Nacional Paulista.

Japanese cinemas - Niteroi - Joia - Nippon

original Cine Niteroi.

Cine Niteroi. 

Cine Niteroi on Rua Galvão Bueno.

new Cine Niteroi on Avenida da Liberdade, next to the Methodist Church - 1968. 

Cine Niterói in its second life, Avenida Liberdade corner with rua Barão de Iguape, in 1970. 

Cine Niteroi at the corner of Avenida da Liberdade & Rua Barão de Iguape, in 1974. It closed its doors for good in 1988. 

Cine Niteroi on the corner of Avenida Liberdade & Rua Barão de Iguape. 

Cine Nippon opened in 1959. 

Cine Nippon on rua Santa Luzia, 80.

Rua Barão de Iguape at Liberdade at night. 

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CINE JOIA 

Japanese superstars Mitsuko Kusabue and Akira Takaradal appear in person at four different department stores to meet their fans and sign autographs. 

Praça Carlos Gomes, tendo Cine Jóia atraz do bonde.

grandioso festival de cinema japonês nos anos 1950s.

Note que no Cine Jóia só passavam filmes produzidos no Japão, exceto, lógicamente, filmes nacionais, no caso aqui 'Appassionata' (1952) com Anselmo Duarte, Tônia Carrero e Alberto Ruschel, para preencher a cota de filmes produzidos localmente exigia. 

Folheando um caderno velho de anotações, achei uma enquete que fiz com o pessoal que frequenta o Pateo do Collegio às terças-feiras, para saber qual cinema de São Paulo elas achavam o mais bonito! Aí vão os nomes das pessoas entrevistadas e suas preferências.

fila para entrar no Cine Niteroi em 1953.

Movie-theatres in S.P. in 20 April 1952 - Cine República

Cyll Farney, Anselmo Duarte, Vinícius de Morais & Pedro Verdi, owner of Condor Filmes at Cine República.

Cine Paisandú opens on 20 December 1957

20 December 1957 - after only 11 days after Cine Boulevard was inaugurated and exactly one week after Cine Olido opened its doors for the 1st time - luxurious and huge Cine Paisandu is inaugurated with Paramount's 'War and peace' (Guerra e paz). 

Yvonne De Carlo & Clark Gable in 'Band of angels' (Meu pecado foi nascer) released on the 3rd August 1957, in the U.S.A.