picture house
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A 100-seater cinema in the back of a lorry has opened in a town that has not had a picture house for decades.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2023
He said the charity was working with Jockey Club Estates to develop plans to turn the old horseracing museum into a three-screen boutique picture house.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2023
Jim Dummett, of the Lost Picture Show, a replica of a classical picture house enclosed in a festival-ready tent, agrees.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2011
The last ticket stub at London's legendary picture house was torn 18 years ago, but like the zombies that often haunted its screen, its influence on movie culture refuses to die.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2011
I told Wyatt Gosnell that I wasn’t gonna set a toe in his motion picture house until he could start showin’ some family entertainment.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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