Cinema Miami - Cairo, Egypt
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N 30° 02.931 E 031° 14.534
36R E 330537 N 3325499
A classic movie theater in the center of Cairo, active since 1939 and still screening movies.
Waymark Code: WM19G84
Location: Egypt
Date Posted: 02/23/2024
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Cinema Miami opened in 1939, initially as a "pleine air" theater, which means there were no walls. It was active during the Summer, from May to September.
It's located in Talaat Harb Street (formerly Soliman Pasha Street) and it's clearly an Art Deco building although it's most characteristic feature, a tower, was demolished in previous renovation works.
In November 1947 a bomb exploded in the room, killing a person and causing thirty wounded. Apparently the bomb exploded when the Egyptian national anthem was being played, before the movie,m as it was customary.
It is said that King Farouk was a usual customer of this cinema and he even had a royal armchair brought to the cinema.
Year Theater Opened: 1930
Number of Screen(s): 1
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
Concessions Available: Not Listed
Web site: Not listed
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Must take a photo of the theater.
Please try to include yourself or gps in the picture.
Tell of your experience at the theater, if it is still a theater. If it is no longer a theater tell of an experience from the past at the theater, if this can be done.
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