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The Elite (ABC) Wimbledon
Situated in The Broadway opposite the Regal/Gaumont/Odeon
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Designed by J.E. Adamson
Opened February 7th 1920, and seated 1285
Enlarged by Robert Cromie to give 280 extra seats in September 1928
Closed 27th July 1931 for redecoration, and reopened 3rd August 1931 with the film "Manslaughter"
Rebuilt to the plans of C.J. Foster, and reopened 12th September 1964 as the ABC
The film was "Wonderful Life"
Closed 26th February 1983
The last film shown was "An Officer and a Gentleman"
Demolished between March and May 1985
 The Elite in 1920
Photo Courtesy Richard Norman
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 ABC (Elite) Wimbledon 1971
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 Projection Box ABC Wimbledon Circa 1964/65
Phillips FP 20s with Peerless carbon arcs and metal rectifiers
 Programmes for June 1951
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This is the building that now stands on the site of the Elite cinema
Photo taken from the projection room of the old Odeon. September 2002
There was also the Apollo/Princes in Merton Road,
an early cinema dating from 1912 to c1937
Has anybody more information about the Apollo/Princes?