Lost Cinemas in Singapore 

Panggong Singapura..very klakar this one with all the abang bechak(great promoter) outside full blast hidustani song..Me GSVI C2MF4 1971/72.. make me save money buy Hidustani song Tum Haseen Main Jawan.. and I am a Bob Dylan/CSNY /Joan Baez type. Happy days and best school for me in my life. Thanks for nice video that bring back good memory of My Singapore so simpe and carefree..of the past.

😮🙏 Brought back glimpses of so many flashes of old memories of the 1990s Singapore ... OMG! 1990s were about 34 years ago in year 2024! Still remembered the Embro backpacks , Casio digital watches , Tamiya Speed-Trax motorized model car racers that school kids played at some HDB void-deck corners , Sony Walkmans , MRT Trains , Trans-Island & SBS Buses' Station / bus-stopping purple-lighted Chimes , Wisma Atria near Orchard MRT Station still has their basement Aquarium with mini Sharks , HMV , Borders , Long John Silver , A&W , The old Funan Centre , Gramophone CD / Video shops , Art Friends & CD Rama outlets , Esprit shops , POSB Bank branches , Orchard Road Glutton Street , 8Days in paper forms , Calvin Klein parfumes , Crumpler pouches , comfortable Toyota Crown taxis , Doctor Martin boots , Employees Oriented HR in most companies , Old Jurong BirdPark , Pager , Ericsson , Nokia , Siemens , Motorola brick phones ... & the many family members , school mates & colleagues that had left us since ... 🙏 Thank You So Much for bringing back some of the old 1990s Singapore treasured memories ... 🙏🌷🌿🌍✌💜🕊🇸🇬🇲🇾

Tks for the nostalgia video of our Singapore Cinemas

I am impressed with your knowledge of the history of old locations in Singapore. Through your videos I ahve learned quite a bit about our Singapore cultural history. Thanks again, Sarafian, for another great video.

Kudos, That was a full list of theatres in Singapore. I was waiting for my childhood - Venus and Golden City in Queenstown and got it. Not sure if I miss Diamond theatre here. Thank You for the Good old memory.🎉

Bring back sweet memories when i was a child. Thanks for these memories. I remembered Jalan Sayur Central cinema around Eunos area as a child. My late parents used to bring us to watch movies there. The cost of tickets was only 25 cents for adults and children of certain age free. When it rained the cinema was flooded and people used to smoke in the cinema as well. 😊

Wow! Nice vid. When I was young I could only remember Lido, Orchard, Cathay, Capitol, Odean, Rex, Queenstown, Regal at Bukit Merah and the drive-thru cinema at Holland Village and Jurong, couldn’t remember the names. It was a great memory. Good vid, this is our history.

Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🙏🙏 brings back my old memories when I was a kid .

I remembered Guillemard Circus had a concentration of movie posters. That was how we knew what movies were on, besides checking the newspapers.

Awesome Vid Bro ! Thanks For Uploading ! Golden Era & Golden Memories ! 👌🏽👍🏽🙏🏽😢

My all time favourite cinema... capitols use to have backlane food stalls and walk around peninsula sc library bras basah shops...😭

IT WONDERFUL WHOEVER DOES THIS,BRINGING BACK FORGOTTEN OLD MEMORIES THAT VANISHES IN SPORE SLOWLY BUT SURELY,I WAS BORN 1959 LIVING AT TRAS STREET THEN JLN KUKOH NOW MARSILING AGE 64,THIS REALLY LIFT UP MY GOOD OLD DAYS HITTING ME IN MY CORE WITH JOY AND SWEET SADNESS THAT IT NOW ALL GONE,THIS MODERN LIVING IS PURE RUBBISH,MEANINGLESS AND NO LIFE😅

One of the greatest eras of all time!

There was a cinema at the junction of Dover and Clementi Roads. Don't remember it's name but it was probably a British Army establishment. It screened movies till 1978, as I moved to the new Clementi estate then, and I probably caught a Bruce Lee flick there.

Thanks for the memories. King’s Theatre used to run Sunday morning shows, only 50 cents, mostly “cowboy films “

Btw, Astra Seletar inside Seletar Camp was not open to the public when I was doing full time NS in1971. It was meant for the families of the British soldiers staying inside the camp. But we NS men were allowed to watch the movies on the basis that we wear full NS uniforms plus paying a cinema ticket of about $1.20. Members of the public cannot walk into the camp as there were guards checking every visitors at the main camp entrance..

My good memories of yesteryear when there's not much of entertainment places to go. Cinemas were hot places & tickets were sold out whenever a popular movie was screened.. Roxy was known for black market tickets. A gang in control would buy the front row tickets at 50cent & sold to patrons for $1. One other incident I could clearly remember was the Palace Theatre. The days when back-combed beehive hair was the style. A guy seated behind a lady was annoyed with her hair blocking his view, poked matchsticks into it. Smoking was allowed & to own a cigarette lighter was a luxury.

lots of memories in bright cinema and new world . thanks for sharing.

At 8:02 should be Republic theatre, not Regal. It was located in Marine Parade Rd where I’m still living since I was 7. Besides, Galaxy theatre at 2:21 used to be a small cinema sandwiched between the shophouses along Onan Rd in Geylang Serai area. The stretch was demolished around 1981-1982 for modern development which currently houses the Muslim Convert Association. Also, the movie poster that is shown, Singham Return was an Ajay Devgan hindi blockbuster released in 2014. Hence, the information is incorrect. Finally, as a child who regularly went to the Galaxy cinema with my grandparents, that theatre building is indeed a mistake. It looks more like the Rex theatre at Mackenzie Rd where they predominantly screen tamil and hindi films.

National Theatre at Fort canning i think only for arts performance and cultural performances? Not movie theatre. Overall very nostalgic video. I heard from older people that back in 60s can smoke inside theatres and public transport LOL

Central theatre,Jalan Sayur with it's row of tailor shops and the 'pasar malam' on every Thu nights.Anyway tanx bro Sarafian for the golden memories of the yester years🙏

There were also make-shift open air cinemas in some kampongs that charged 10 cent admission ticket. Popularly known as wayang sepuluh sen, it operated only in the evenings with free seating on long wooden benches where one would have to rush for the coveted seats once the gate was opened. When it rained unless you had an umbrella you’d be drenched, yet no complaints for the price you paid. Wonderful memories of life in Singapore then. Anyone ever watched a movie in wayang sepuluh sen?

Sultan cinema!!!

As Salam Kanda Sarafian Salleh... Boleh cuba dapatkan gambar Panggung Wayang Yi Lung... Lokasi nya di T - Junction antara Clementi Road dgn Dover Road... Panggung Wayang Clementi and Panggung Wayang Starlight kat Pasir Panjang... Terimakasih...

Yes, it was Paramount at Serangoon Gardens. Remember paying S$0.50 for a ticket.

Salam Sarafiah. Hope u could try get hold photos of "Central Theatre" at Jalan Sayur off Jalan Eunos? Thank you.

55 years ago when I was 10 yo, I used to go to this cinema along Yio Chu Kang Road near the end with Upper Serangoon Road T junction. It is on a up slope but forgot the name. Anyway fond memories.

Thank you

Tq for upload video.

May I inquire was ‘Republic’ in Marine Parade Central known as ‘Regal’ prior to the former name?

Bro Sarafian, I think Empire (Tampines Rd) cinema - was actually at Lowland Road - now part of Kovan MRT Exit B..near what used to be Daily Book Store. My father used to work there before i exist :)

Central Cinema at Jalan Sayur/Jalan Eunos is missing ???

Thanks for the info Mr Sarafian. I was living at Kim Seng Rd. My favorite pass time was Great World. There are five(?) cinemas namely Globe, Sky, Atlantic, Canton and Pacific(?). I used to watch movies during school days 3-4 shows per week. Any photos? Pls correct me if I got the (?) wrongly. Mucho Gracias.

I was that third wheel to my cousin's date back at boon lay when there used to be a cinema in the 90s😂

I had watched movies at Regal, Marine Parade during my childhood days.

Thanks for sharing. I have very little memories not these old cinemas. Would be good if you could slow down the speed of each slide, so viewers could have time to ponder/recollect their memories.

kacang puteh man used see peace centre then old cathay , then stall got modernized lido , sold by youngsters then after 2005 kinda , all peanuts gone to commercialized syupermarts

Central theatre missing..

My favourite cinema at JADE Theater ODEAN and KRETA AYER in year 80 somethings

4-5 theatres i have gone to. Empress place theatre are the most memorable cos someone stole my bicycle padlocked to the small lamp post near the green rubbish bin in the pic shown. Hahahaha

Republic & Liberty cinema @ Marine Parade

Wow, thank you.

could I ask you what was the name of the cinema at the top of Orchard road which had a bowling alley near to it. this was in the 60`s 70`s which shown a lot of English speaking films

Did i miss Prince Cinema at Shaw towers?

My very 1st cinema was "STARLIGHT" Alexandra terrace Pasir panjang rd,got burnt down before....🙄🙄

Thanks for sharing

I can't found central cinema at jalan sayur of jalan eunos

panggung wayang Singapura.....tikit .50cent jrrrtt.....front row he he he

How about The Sampan in Tanglin Barracks. I went there many times in the early 1960s

I am crying....

Starlight burn

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Taj theater missing.

Starlight theathre at alexandra terrace

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good👍

Those days movie posters were painted by professional painters, now all were gone, even the Shaw Tower has been demolished

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Cik admin gambar ni bukan EMPIRE CINEMA TAPI CUSTAM QUATERS 😂😂😂sya pernah tinggal dikawasan itu

Galaxy ? Thats not in Singapore. Must be in Malaysia.