Savoy Cinema was built in 1935 to designs by the architect Reginald Cooper. It is built in the art-deco style with a curved front. It is owned by Savoy Cinemas. It was opened on 7 November 1935 by Lenton Picture House Ltd, a consortium of local businessmen. It had seating for 1,242. The first film was
Flirtation Walk with
Dick Powell. The interior of the Savoy Cinema was itself used as a setting for part of the famous 1960 film by
Alan Sillitoe,
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. In 1972 the single auditorium was rebuilt to offer three screens. ==References==