The first purpose-built picture house in Scotland is to start showing films again after £2.15m of restoration work.
The Bo'ness Hippodrome, which opened in March 1912, was the vision of local film-maker Louis Dickson and designed by architect Matthew Steele.
It stopped showing movies in 1975 and finally closed in 1980 after a failed run as a bingo hall.
The new cinema will open to the public on 9 April after a special community screening on the 6th.
Original features, including the art deco signs for the toilets, oak panelling from the foyer and the original cast iron radiators, have all been saved by the restorers.
Early screenings at the cinema included films by its creator Louis Dickson of the annual Miners' Day Gala in Bo'ness. |
