Glasgow Film Theatre
Streamlined art house cinema from the late nineteen thirties, screening independent and world films.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Glasgow Film Theatre on Rose Street goes back to the building's first life as the Cosmo, which opened in May nineteen thirty-nine, and to the bowler-hatted cartoon gentleman who greeted its audiences. It follows the small rituals of a picture house, from what happened on screen before each feature to the film that became a Christmas habit and a club that showed what the censor would not bless. Best heard on the pavement, looking up at the streamlined front.
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