About Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon
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The Curzon Community Cinema, in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, is one of the oldest continually running purpose-built cinemas in the world.
Opened on 20 April 1912 by Victor Cox, the original building had 200 seats and the first show raised funds for the survivors and relatives of those killed earlier in the month on the RMS Titanic. Its first projector was gas powered, but in subsequent years the building was improved with the addition of extra seating (bringing the total number of seats to 389), and was the first public building in the town to have electricity, which also saw the projector upgraded to run on electric.