Now there are sadly none, although there is some promise of the former New Victoria on Clerk Street, which is currently owned by the G1 Group, being reopened to include a cinema.
Southsider Lisa Sibbald, the author of a new book: Edinburgh’s Southside – History, People, Memories, takes us on a tour of the district's lost film houses.
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. The Classic/La Scala
Exterior of the Classic cinema in Nicolson Street Edinburgh. Opened in 1912 as La Scala, by March 1986 the Classic was showing mostly adult films and closed in 1987. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
. The Cinema House
Situated on Nicolson Street, The Cinema House was in a long, low building in the back court of tenements next to the Royal College of Surgeons. It opened in 1903 as the North British Electric Theatre and closed as The Cinema House in 1930. Photo: ALBERT JORDAN
5. The Star
Situated on St Mary's Street in a former public hall, The Star opened in 1914 and closed in 1927. Photo: Unknown
6. The Empire Palace Theatre of Varieties
Today we know it as the Festival Theatre, but this spot in Nicolson Street originally housed the Empire Palace Theatre of Varieties. The theatre opened in 1892 and Edinburgh's first cinema show took place here in 1896. Photo: Unknown
7. Abbey Picture House
Situated on North Richmond Street, the Abbey opened in 1920 in a former synagogue, and closed around 1932. Youngsters called it "the Scabby". Photo: Contributed
8. The Waverley Picture House
The Waverley opened in Infirmary Street before 1911 in a former church, and closed in 1922. The building now belongs to the University of Edinburgh. Photo: Google