Cine Teatro Español, Theater and movie house in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.
The Cine Teatro Español is a two-story building in the center of Comodoro Rivadavia designed to host both theatrical performances and film screenings. Its layout accommodates these different presentation styles within a single historic structure.
The Asociación Española de Socorros Mutuos, founded in 1910 by Spanish immigrants, built the theater, which opened on 25 May 1934. The first film, El rey de los gitanos, was shown on 7 July 1934 by the Coliseo company. The Cine Teatro Astra, founded in September 1924, preceded it. In 1993 the Ergas brothers reopened it as a cinema after six years without screens in the city.
The theatre's name recalls the Spanish immigrants who founded the Asociación Española de Socorros Mutuos in 1910 and built the hall in 1934. Its first film, screened on 7 July 1934 by the Coliseo company, was "El rey de los gitanos" with José Mojica and Rosita Montero. Since 1993 it has again hosted film screenings and events of local institutions.
The main doors on the ground floor were replaced in 1994 with wooden joinery, while the originals were iron with grilles; the foyer doors changed at the same time. The hall's seats are not the originals either, and exterior lighting was added in the last decade. Restoration work begun in 2010 renewed the seating, heating, stage floor and curtains.
The main doors to the theater hall and foyer are not original: the 1930s iron grilles were replaced with wooden carpentry in 1994, when the facade moldings were also reconstructed. The seats were replaced again in 2010, and exterior lighting was added in the last decade.
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