Princess Cinema

The building at 6 Princess St (now the Original Princess Cinema) began as the Lion's Brewery in the 19th century, part of a building complex that included the adjoining Huether Hotel. The building was converted briefly into a Masonic Temple and then an adult film theatre called the Majestic Theatre in the early 20th century. The Majestic was routinely protested by members of the community throughout its existence. The rise in adult video content viewable at home throughout the 1970s led to the Majestic's closure in 1980. Dr. Linda Carson attempted to establish a live theatre venue in the building called Waterworks Theatre in 1983. She initially thought the annual operating budget would be…

John Tutt and Jeff Zavitz, chair of the Uptown Vision committee, took possession of the Alan Rigby House of Furniture on April 1, 2003 and spent the next 2 years renovating the building into a two-screen cinema, as well as space for other tenants. Tutt says the expansion came as a result of their inability to screen all the movies they wanted to with their single-screen cinema. To celebrate the coming expansion and their 18th anniversary as a business, the Princess Cinema held a free screening of Morton DaCosta's The Music Man (1962) on September 18, 2003 with free birthday cake for attendees. The Princess Twin Cinema officially opened in January 2005. In February 2005 the Twin Princess…