Gran Cine Bohemia

Gran Cine Bohemia is a historic cinema located on Carrer de Floridablanca in Barcelona, Spain. Its origins trace back to the ballroom La Bohemia Modernista on Carrer de Casanova, where film screenings proved so popular that the owners decided to create a dedicated cinema. The new Gran Cine Bohemia was built on an adjacent plot at the site previously occupied by the Teatre de les Arts, and it opened on 3 April 1910 with screenings of El barbero de Sevilla and Regreso del cruzado. The venue featured a large lobby and an external projection booth. Between 1912 and 1916 the Bohemia company managed several cinemas including Condal, Iris Park, Walkyria, Palace Cine and Bohemia. After the Spanish Civil War, the cinema resumed activity on 23 December 1939 with a programme including Miguel Strogoff, Morena Clara, El pequeño lord and Esposa anónima. It closed in May 1943. On 16 September 1943, Luis Cabezas Puzo opened the Cine Florida on the same site, with a capacity of 1,517 seats, premiering Fin de jornada and Recuerdo de una noche. Under the direction of Cinesa, a new building opened on 11 September 1964 as Barcelona's second Cinerama theatre, decorated by Jordi Galí, with the premiere of Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, which ran for nearly a year. Although equipped with three projection booths as Cinerama required, only the centre one was used. During the 1960s it programmed jointly with other cinemas such as Liceo, Atenas and Edén. A further reopening took place on 17 September 1988 after a renovation converted it into a three-screen venue with 1,237 seats, adding a children's nursery, a video cassette shop, automated ticket sales, a self-service cafeteria and a video screen in the lobby showing trailers. The inaugural programme was Interferencias, El príncipe de Zamunda and El festín de Babette. On 5 April 2002 it reopened as Renoir-Florida with seven mini-screens totalling 1,134 seats. Today it continues to operate as Renoir Floridablanca, part of the Cines Renoir circuit, showing films in original version with subtitles.

The origins of Gran Cine Bohemia lie in the ballroom La Bohemia Modernista on Carrer de Casanova, 3-5, where film screenings of titles such as Napoleón, Juana de Arco and César Augusto were held. Their success led the owners to establish a dedicated cinema. The new Gran Cine Bohemia was built on an adjacent plot on Carrer de Floridablanca, the same site previously occupied by the Teatre de les Arts. It opened on 3 April 1910 with screenings of El barbero de Sevilla and Regreso del cruzado, and featured a large lobby and an external projection booth. Between 1912 and 1916 the Bohemia company operated several venues: Condal, Iris Park, Walkyria, Palace Cine and Bohemia. After the Spanish Civil War, the cinema resumed activity on 23 December 1939 with a programme including Miguel Strogoff, Morena Clara, El pequeño lord and Esposa anónima. It closed in May 1943. On 16 September 1943, Luis Cabezas Puzo opened the Cine Florida on the same site, with a capacity of 1,517 seats; the opening films were Fin de jornada and Recuerdo de una noche. Under the direction of Cinesa, a new building opened on 11 September 1964 as Barcelona's second Cinerama theatre, decorated by Jordi Galí. The chosen film for this reopening was Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, which was so well received that it ran for almost a year. Although equipped with three projection booths as Cinerama required, only the centre one was used. During the 1960s it programmed jointly with other cinemas such as Liceo, Atenas and Edén. A new reopening took place on 17 September 1988 after a renovation converted it into a three-screen venue, reducing capacity to 1,237 seats. It offered new and original facilities such as a children's nursery, a video cassette shop, automated ticket sales, a self-service cafeteria and a video screen in the lobby showing trailers. The inaugural programme was Interferencias, El príncipe de Zamunda and El festín de Babette. On 5 April 2002 it reopened as Renoir-Florida with seven mini-screens with a total capacity of 1,134 seats. Today it continues to operate as Renoir Floridablanca, part of the Cines Renoir circuit.

• 2002

  Reopens on 5 April as Renoir-Florida with seven mini-screens totalling 1,134 seats.

• 1988

  Reopens on 17 September as a three-screen venue with 1,237 seats after renovation.

• 1964

  Under Cinesa, a new building opens on 11 September as Barcelona's second Cinerama theatre, decorated by Jordi Galí.

• 1943

  Closes in May; on 16 September Luis Cabezas Puzo opens Cine Florida on the same site with 1,517 seats.

• 1939

  Resumes activity on 23 December after the Spanish Civil War with Miguel Strogoff, Morena Clara, El pequeño lord and Esposa anónima.

• 1912

  Bohemia company manages several cinemas including Condal, Iris Park, Walkyria, Palace Cine and Bohemia (until 1916).

• 1910

  Gran Cine Bohemia opens on 3 April with El barbero de Sevilla and Regreso del cruzado.

Historic Barcelona cinema, now part of the Cines Renoir circuit specialising in original version films.

• Cinema screenings

• Original version films with subtitles

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2. 2Gran Cine Bohemia - Wikidatawikidata.org
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