W. Friese-Greene
SW3, King’s Road, 208, Chelsea Cinema
Friese-Greene’s studio and laboratory were located on this site. The current building was originally the Gaumont Palace cinema, built in1934. It closed in 1972. The foyer and stalls became the current Habitat store and the small cinema next door was created in the balcony area.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Friese-Greene
Photographer, inventor and pioneer of cinematography. Born Bristol as William...
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William Friese-Greene
Sculptor. Born Forest Gate. His cousin was a cinema architect which probabl...
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The church that erected the plaque is immediately behind this house, which is also used by the church.
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