Scala Cinema (Bangkok)

The Scala, 2018
Scala lobby

The Scala Cinema (Thai: โรงภาพยนตร์สกาล่า) was a thousand-seat[1] movie theater in Bangkok, Thailand, named after the Teatro alla Scala, Milan's opera house.[1] Scala opened on 31 December 1969 with a screening of The Undefeated (1969), a US Western starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. It closed on 5 July 2020, showing, as its last film, Cinema Paradiso.[2][3] The Scala, called "...the finest movie theater left in Southeast Asia" was the last stand-alone cinema in Bangkok, down from roughly 140 movie houses in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]

  1. ^ a b "So Long Scala: Final movies to show on historic cinema's last two days". Coconuts Bangkok. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ Carlisle, Peter (7 June 2020). "Bangkok's Historic Scala Cinema's 51-Year Run Said To End". Thailand Construction News. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Final curtain drops at Scala theatre". Bangkok Post. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.