The Forum Cinema was located in St Helier, and was the largest cinema to operate in the Channel Islands. It opened on 25 March 1935 and was independently operated.
It had a 38-foot wide proscenium, a stage 31 feet deep, upon which occasional stage shows were held, and there were six dressing rooms. The cinema was equipped with a Compton 3Manual/8Rank theatre organ with a Patent Solo Cello unit and an illuminated console, which was opened by Edward O'Henry. The cinema also boasted a cafe/restaurant.
The Forum was taken over by the Rank Organisation in the 1970s and they closed it on 17 January 1981. It was demolished and offices were built on the site.
The clock
Stanley Sackett at the organ on the night the cinema closed
Construction starts
The auditorium before it was divided into separate screening rooms
The imposing frontage
A projector is loaded
The bar
The entrance hall
An early drawing of the cinema
Edward O'Henry at the organ
A booking plan
Stanley Sackett at the organ
Harold Fielding presented many shows at the cinema
George Brasford, pantomime dame
The organ
Demolition under way at the Forum
The Forum during the German Occupation
The Forum
An advertisement for the Forum
The Forum
The Forum
The Forum in 1935 photographed by Albert Smith
The foyer of the Forum Cinema shortly before it closed
A concert at the Forum during the Occupation
Edward O'Henry on the Forum's Compton organ
Demolition
The cinema's bar
A queue in the forecourt of the cinema
1948
Hank Terry and the Mainliners on stage
1949 poster
