W. Friese-Greene
SW3, King’s Road, 208, Chelsea Cinema
Friese-Greene’s studio and laboratory were located on this site. The current building was originally the Gaumont Palace cinema, built in1934. It closed in 1972. The foyer and stalls became the current Habitat store and the small cinema next door was created in the balcony area.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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William Friese-Greene
Photographer, inventor and pioneer of cinematography. Born Bristol as William...
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William Friese-Greene
Sculptor. Born Forest Gate. His cousin was a cinema architect which probabl...
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Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900 and was Chairman of the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.
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