Documentary

The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas

Released

2019-05-18

Runtime

55 min

Performance score

Not rated

A history of Limerick’s single-screen, city centre cinemas: the Abbey, the Carlton, the Central, the City Theatre, the Coliseum, the Lyric, the Savoy, the Thomond, and the Tivoli. The documentary charts their cultural and economic importance from the glory days of the cinemas before television to their slow decline.