Old Photograph La Scala Theatre Saltcoats Scotland

Old photograph of La Scala Theatre in Saltcoats, Scotland. George Kemp opened the La Scala in Saltcoats, a resort on the Ayrshire coast, subsequently converting a wooden building across the street into the Casino Cinema in 1919. Kemp retired in 1925 and his son Harry took over the business. Harry had introduced a series of concert parties during the 1922 summer season at the La Scala cinema in Saltcoats. It was the first of the now legendary Kemp Summer Shows which ran at venues up and down the Ayrshire Coast. Kemp's only Glasgow city cinema, the Capitol in Ibrox opened in April 1927.



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