graham_lea 0 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Does anyone remember if the buildings that are the old Elite Cinema were damaged in the 70s and if snow was able to get in to them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Welcome to Nottstalgia graham_lea. I don't know the answer to your question, but there may be someone else who does - or who can find out. Your question is rather unusual, and I can't resist asking why you want to know if that building may have suffered snow damage in the 70s. And how did you come to discover that it may have happened? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Didnt the Elite in its last few years have a bit of a reputation for showing a few of the unsavoury type of film Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 That was the Scala/Classic on Market Street. (I only know because somebody told me) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Final two films at the Elite were both X rated for sexual content. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Ah... the Moulin Rouge on Mansfield Road eh? With it's fillums from foreign fields, it's seat changing perverts, heavy smoke/perfume filled atmosphere, and varied charging young (and old) ladies. Get yer fags from Finlays, a drink of Shipstones for courage, and dive into the pit of doom. So me neighbour told me anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 I think you will find that The Moulin Rouge was on Milton Street Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Bubblewrap seems well informed!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 I went to the Elite to see Roy Orbison once - joined the queue on the apex of Queen Street, what seemed like hours later - a uniformed commissioner came out and told us that Roy would not be appearing due to having a sore throat! Tsk! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 How many times did Roy Orbison appear in Nottingham? I remember us lads going to see him with Freddie and the Dreamers as a support group at the ..........???? He then played on the same bill as the Beatles at the Odeon but didn't go to that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 My mate and I went to see a film at the Moulin Rouge around 1968. I can't remember what it was called but we got all excited because it had been banned in Denmark. We found out why later on. Not because of sexual content (because there wasn't any). It was because there was a small scene where they burnt the Bible. If we had blinked we would have missed it anyway. (the scene not the film). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Trevor S: Sorry I can't help you with this one Sir. I sure one our fold will come up with the answer, I'd be interested to know myself. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Could the film have been (sex at?) "Seventeen" Bilbraborn. ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 #13 When i was courting my husband in 1964, on one off his weekend visits we thought we would be a bit daring and go to the Moulin Rouge. Neither of us had been before or seen anything a bit naughty, so giggling like the pair of naive teenagers that we were, we made our way, heads down and found our seats. What a surprise we had when the film began and soon became clear it was a two hours long documentary on Venereal Disease. Yuk Served Us Right! We never went again Lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Bubblewrap. Chance would be a fine thing. Not like today where teenagers are exposed to all sorts of smut. The culture then was to protect young people. Well it was in my circles. Even when courting, girls didn't mind a passionate snog but put your hand anywhere wrong and you soon got a knee in the nuts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Things have not changed much then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Could the film have been (sex at?) "Seventeen" Bilbraborn. ? I remember going to see a film @ ML around 68-69. Foriegn "17" about a youth on a train journey. Boggered if I can find it on the net? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Can anyone remember a film called Prudence and the Pill? I went to see it at the Odeon around 1968 with my mate and our girlfriends. It was hilarious. I've never seen it out on a DVD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 The Classic wasn't that bad. I went to see the Jungle book there in the 60s Is that the one with Kaa - the one-eyed trouser snake? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Saw Mein Kampf at the Classic in the mid 60's. It went way over my head. Might make more sense nowadays though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Can anyone remember a film called Prudence and the Pill? I went to see it at the Odeon around 1968 with my mate and our girlfriends. It was hilarious. I've never seen it out on a DVD. You have now. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prudence-And-The-Pill-DVD/dp/B00B1UAO4K 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 This might be interesting, a bit of history of the Moulin Rouge. http://www.nottinghampost.com/history-cinema-Nottingham/story-12201233-detail/story.html Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 I had a few mates who lived at Bramcote Hills around the Thoresby Road area. We used to stroll down Wollaton Vale and watch whatever was on at the Lenton Abbey Essoldo (or Effoldo - LOL) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Can anyone remember a film called Prudence and the Pill? I went to see it at the Odeon around 1968 with my mate and our girlfriends. It was hilarious. I've never seen it out on a DVD. Is this the one bilbraborn http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Prudence-And-The-Pill-DVD-/350927144878?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_DVDs_DVDs_GL&hash=item51b4e347ae 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsdigs 104 Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 The Scala on Market street. I remember visiting there to see the first foreign films that I ever viewed. The two that I can still recall were , "Knife in the water" which I believe was the film that gave Roman Polanski his start on the road to fame and fortune, and the second was " Ashes and Diamonds" I can also recall going to the Scala to see the terrific and terrifying "Repulsion" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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