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The Picture House (originally the Grafton Picture House) cinema opened on 11 April 1911. Designed by architect, Richard Francis Caulfield Orpen (brother of the painter, William Orpen.) Dublin's first "talking pictures" were demonstrated here in April 1914 when Thomas Edison's Kinetophone technology was demonstrated at the Grafton. "Man of Aran" premièred here on 6 May 1934. The cinema operated for 60 years.
Type of Building:
Business (Shop/Office)
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Victor Mayer
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I love it
Victor Mayer
Friday 10th June 2022 02:48AM
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1960
Dublin City in Technicolor
May 1965
1810
Irishman Duke of Wellington defeats Napoleon at Waterloo
19th Jun 1815
1880
The Hottest Day in History
26th Jun 1887