Vul. Akademika Hnatiuka, 20-22 — cinema (no longer in operation) ID: 1772
The building at 20-22 Hnatiuka Street housed a cinema which changed its name several times: "Wonderland" (1912–1913) and "Jagiellońskie" (1913–914). They were owned by the well-known cinema entrepreneur Melchior Meiblum. With the outbreak of World War I, Meiblum left Lviv and almost all of the cinemas he had founded ceased to exist.
Story
The cinema called Wonderland was foun ded in 1912. It was located in a newly-built Grüner House on ul. Jagiellońskа (today, vul. Akademika Hnatiuka). Its founder, Melchior Meiblum, was an owner of a number of cinemas in Lviv, and Wonderland was the last one he founded prior to WWI. In 1913, the cinema was renamed Jagiellońskie.
After the outbreak of war in 1914, Melchior Meiblum left Lviv and the cinema stopped to function.
Related buildings and spaces
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Vul. Akademika Hnatiuka, 20-22 – residential building
People
Melchior Meiblum — founder and owner of the cinema
Sources
- Gierszewska Barbara. Kino i film we Lwowie do 1939 roku. – Kielce: Wydawnictwo Akademii Świętokrzyskiej, 2006. - 428 s.
- Котлобулатова Ірина. Кінотеатр // Енциклопедія Львова. – Т. 3/ [За ред. А. Козицького]. – Львів: Літопис, 2010. – С. 216 – 221.
- Мельник Борис. Довідник перейменувань вулиць і площ Львова. ХІІІ — ХХ століття.— Львів: Світ, 2001. – 126 с.