Shanghai: Paramount

Country: China
City: Shanghai
Location: Jing'an; 218 Yu Yuan Lu

Built 1932-1933 as a ballroom by S. J. Young (Yáng Xiliù). After 1956 converted to a cinema and renamed "Hongdu Cinema" (Red Capitol Cinema). Later closed. 1990 collapse of part of the façade of the derelict building, killing one person. 2001 renovations, re-opened as ballroom and nightclub, again named "Paramount".

Links: CinemaTreasures, Wikipedia

Shanghai: Paramount Reverse Text: "Red Centre Cinema (Parliament ballroom)" [sic!]
Publisher: Shanghai Jinan distrist Constriction Committee [sic!] Size: Modern
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