In 1930, at the dawn of the “talkies,” the theatre was wired for sound. Under a new name — The Imperial — it became a movie house full time, showing films around the clock. The Imperial remained for decades an enormous single-screen theatre that attracted Torontonians by the thousands. When the film’s run finally ended, the theatre closed for extensive renovations — renovations that reflected the changing landscape of motion pictures in North America. The following year, in 1973, the Imperial reopened as the new and improved Imperial Six.

Source: National Post August 28, 2020 11:03 UTC