Movie Posters Put Midlands Cinema On National Stage

'Phantom of the Opera' was one of the movies on offer in the 60's, while Audrey Hepburn's 'My Fair Lady' dominated theatres a decade later.

An important piece of midlands cinema history features in the National Library of Ireland's acquisitions for 2022.

Movie posters from the Electric Cinema in Portlaoise from the 1960's and 70's are some of the 20,000 items added to the history of Ireland's catalogue this year.

'Phantom of the Opera' was one of the movies on offer in the 60's, while Audrey Hepburn's 'My Fair Lady' dominated theatres a decade later, before the TV was a regular appliance in Irish households.

What's even more interesting, however, is tickets were as cheap as 15p.

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