Independent filmmakers Wyllie O Hagan support the Phoenix , East Finchley, London, celebrating 100 years of cinema.
"The Phoenix is probably the oldest, purpose-built, continuously serving cinema in Britain. In that time it has never been a bingo hall, snooker club or gone dark." The Archer Newspaper, September 2010.
A CENTURY OF CINEMA is part of the Phoenix's centenary celebrations. Wyllie O Hagan attended the launch of the initial event. This featured silent films from the Edwardian era of the 1910s decade. A further 9 decades of film are scheduled monthly.
Cinema goers were invited to step back in time to the opening of The East Finchley Picturedrome in 1912 for an afternoon of short silent films with accompaniment from leading silent film pianist Stephen Horne. Films include East Finchley-made adventure serials and the first film ever shown at the Phoenix: a documentary about the doomed Titanic.
Wyllie O Hagan thank all the custodians, staff, patrons and supporters, past, present and future of the Phoenix, for keeping independent film alive and vibrant in East Finchley, London
Cinematographer, Andrei Kino Filmed on location, East Finchley, London
Period Commissionaire Robert Holden Best Girl Victoria Babic
