Can you tell me If this building still exists ?

[SalmanShar]

Can anyone let me know If this building (Star Cinema) Karachi's first cinema built in 1918 still exists ? and where is/was actually located ?

 

[Night_Hawk]

[h=1]The Star Cinema, Karachi[/h] A time damaged photo of the Star Cinema in Karachi taken by my Grandfather whilst stationed there with the British Army.
The cinema is advertising Hands Up, which was a silent Western film released in America in 1917 and was directed by Tod Browing and Wilfrid Lucas and starred Wilfred Lucas and Colleen Moore.
The photo would have been taken sometime between 1918 and 1920.

 

[Night_Hawk]

http://www.paktive.com/Star-Cinema_141SD03.html

 

[Ahssan Khan]

it was on Garden Road Near M.A Jinnah Road...
Now its totally closed.
dont know about the building structure...
waisay aaj kal 3D ka dour hai, aap kion in purnaay cinemas k chakkar mein paray huway hein? :p

 

[nostalgic]

kahin ye wohi cinema to nahi jis k baray ma ik mashoor shakhsiyat ka baray ma kaha jata ha k wo tickets black ma farokht kerty thy;)

 

[QaiserMirza]

kahin ye wohi cinema to nahi jis k baray ma ik mashoor shakhsiyat ka baray ma kaha jata ha k wo tickets black ma farokht kerty thy;)

That is Bambino Cinema owned by Hakim Ali Zardari, he is enjoying Saqaa Jariaa now.

 

[hans]

Do you have more pictures ... be nice if you could share.

The Star Cinema, Karachi

A time damaged photo of the Star Cinema in Karachi taken by my Grandfather whilst stationed there with the British Army.
The cinema is advertising Hands Up, which was a silent Western film released in America in 1917 and was directed by Tod Browing and Wilfrid Lucas and starred Wilfred Lucas and Colleen Moore.
The photo would have been taken sometime between 1918 and 1920.

 

[Sohraab]

thanxx for this information