| In July 1983
the Rembrandt (ABC, at the time) was used as a location for an episode of
the Comic Strip series entitled "Dirty Movie"
The frontage, cash desk and projection box were used in the film, as well as the houses alongside the cinema. The premise was that the manager lived in one of these houses and used the cinema to view a naughty film of Dawn French in a traffic wardens uniform……well, use your imagination! There used to be a really good site dedicated to the “Comic Strip” series called the Comic Strip fan page, but it seems to have disappeared recently. Fortunately the operator of this site kindly sent me a VHS copy of the programme as my V2000 copy was a bit tricky to view, and I’ve been able to see it again. I believe that the Comic Strip Series is now available on DVD |
Preparing to shoot the cash desk scene for "Dirty Movie". |
