Toronto Trash Film History and Whizzbang Gallery

04/25/2026

One of the better pictures I’ve seen of the Biltmore on Yonge above Dundas just down the street from The Rio.

Can you name the location and year?

04/01/2026

Reminded of all these long gone Toronto theatres…

A Toronto Star clipping for Toronto showings of “The Godfather” in 1971. credit: Robert Morrow.

03/19/2026

The long and mysterious Cinema 2000…

Yonge Street - Credit John David Hulchanski - 1974

03/11/2026

When The Royal still showed excellent Hong Kong action films.

View of College Street looking west across Clinton Street in Little Italy in 1983.

03/10/2026

Uptown Theatre near Yonge and Bloor in 1970

01/29/2026

Lots of Hollywood trash showed here.

Imperial Six Theatre, Yonge Street, Toronto, 1984

01/16/2026

Outside the Biltmore Theatre, Yonge Street, Toronto, 1982

01/12/2026

✨1981/August 2, 2025 – Looking southwest down Yonge St towards Dundas St and the Eaton Centre in the Downtown Yonge Area of Toronto.

✨The archive photo shows two men looking at cinema posters outside of the Biltmore Theatre, once at 319 Yonge St. Built in 1947/48, the Biltmore was part of the Okun theatre chain and featured 900+ seats, with over 300 on the balcony. The theatre closed in 1983. In 2007, the present-day shopping centre was completed and is currently known as The Tenor at 10 Dundas East.

👉Former Biltmore Theatre history https://www.torontojourney416.com/biltmore-theatre/

01/12/2026

12/28/2025

A very cheap second, third and forth run theatre on Queen west of Bathurst. I think it was like 75 cents when the Rio and Biltmore were $3.50.

✨Circa 1970/April 6, 2025 – Looking northeast along Queen St W towards Bathurst St in the West Queen West and Trinity-Bellwoods neighbourhoods of Toronto.

✨According to the 1971 Toronto City Directory, a few of the shops in the archive photo, from left to right, include Lanzarotta Bros Supermarket, Panama Shoe Company, Orpheum Theatre, Mary’s Grocery, Grosman's IDA Drug Store, Browns Bros Market, and the CIBC.

✨The Orpheum operated from the mid-1940s until around 1977. In 1980, it reopened as the Rosemary Theatre. By 1983, it was renamed the Golden Dragon Theatre, which closed in 1987. Today, the former theatre is home to Home Craft Decor and the Toronto Alliance Church.



👉Toronto history at https://www.torontojourney416.com/