Govanhill Picture House based in Govanhill,

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, was an Egyptian-themed cinema built in 1926 which was designed by

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Eric A. Sutherland and seated 1,200. It remained in use as a cinema until 1961 and then as a

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till 1974. It was the warehouse and head office of John Greenlees Ltd shoe shops from the early 60s until late 1980s. Subsequently, the building was used as a warehouse. The building was re-roofed in 2012 due to its poor state of repair and general neglect. In 2018, plans were unveiled that the B-listed cinema was to be used again for its original purpose by Queer Classics Film Festival (QCFF). The event that took take place in August 2018 had the backing of

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and

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, the latter being where event organiser Lydia Honeybone is studying a postgraduate degree in Curatorial Practice. as of 2025 it contains a Halal Grocer and also a Fabric shop. currently there is no cinema in govanhill. ''“I have long been fascinated by Govanhill Picture House, it’s been a dream of mine for years now to hold an event there and partially the reason I moved to the Southside"'' In September 2019, the building was used again as a cinema with the screening of the 1920s film
The Open Road
The event was co-organised by Lydia Honeybone and Shireen Taylor as Glasgow Artists’ Moving Image Studios (GAMIS).

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Cinemas in Glasgow Former cinemas in Scotland Buildings and structures completed in 1926 Govanhill and Crosshill 1926 establishments in Scotland {{Scotland-struct-stub