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- The Princess Theatre is a two-screen art-house cinema located at 10337 Whyte Avenue in Edmonton's historic Old Strathcona neighbourhood. The building was designed by prominent Edmonton architects Wilson and Herrald, a firm responsible for the design of many other Edmonton heritage sites. It became Edmonton's oldest surviving theatre after the demolition of the Gem Theatre in 2006. The building currently houses the main 400-seat theatre as well as the 100-seat Princess II, located in the basement. It was originally known as the McKernan Block, after John W. McKernan, the building's original financier, owner, and manager. The building and the theatre within has changed ownership several times, and its fortunes have largely depended on the state of the Canadian theatre industry at the time. It spent a dozen years as a retail space from 1958 to 1970, and six years from 1970 to 1976 mainly exhibiting mainstream pornographic films. The Princess was operated successfully as a repertory theatre from 1978 to late 1996, after which it became a first run theatre. Until 2016, the Princess was operated as a first run theatre by Edmonton's native Magic Lantern Theatres. Since January 2016 the cinema has been operated by Plaza Entertainment. (en)
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- An ad placed for the opening of the Klondike Theatre in 1971 (en)
- Ad for the first talkie screened at the Princess (en)
- Good ventilation was a major attraction (en)
- Clipping from Edmonton Bulletin describing the theatre's opening night. (en)
- Six of the theatre's original ushers, circa 1915 (en)
- Ad for the first talkie shows at the New Capitol Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta (en)
- Detail of the scrollwork under the marquee at the main entrance of the Princess (en)
- A description of the finishings of the Princess Theatre building at the time of its opening in 1915 (en)
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- Wilson and Herrald, Edmonton Alberta (en)
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- Towne Cinema renovated the Princess in 1971. Their logo is still hidden in the scrollwork below the marquee (en)
- Good ventilation was an attraction (en)
- Opening night was a great success (en)
- Princess Theatre in 1915, shortly after opening (en)
- The building's quality was impressive (en)
- Six of the theatre's original ushers dressed up for opening night, 1915 (en)
- The theatre's first full feature starred Mary Pickford (en)
- The Princess's first program benefited the war effort (en)
- The Klondike opened on Christmas Day, 1971 showing Man in the Wilderness starring Richard Harris (en)
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- Princess Theatre Exterior Detail 2012.JPG (en)
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- Clipping Princess Theatre Edmonton Building 1915.jpg (en)
- Ad Princess Theatre Edmonton Klondike Theatre 1971.jpg (en)
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- Early days of operation (en)
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- The Princess Theatre is a two-screen art-house cinema located at 10337 Whyte Avenue in Edmonton's historic Old Strathcona neighbourhood. The building was designed by prominent Edmonton architects Wilson and Herrald, a firm responsible for the design of many other Edmonton heritage sites. It became Edmonton's oldest surviving theatre after the demolition of the Gem Theatre in 2006. The building currently houses the main 400-seat theatre as well as the 100-seat Princess II, located in the basement. (en)
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- Princess Theatre (Edmonton) (en)
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