It was designed on similar lines to that recently opened in Chaddesden,[3] also known as the Majestic.

The main front towered 73 feet (22 m) high.

In 1941, the former manager Reginald G. Warner was bound over for 12 months’ for theft.

[4] In 1947 the manager of the cinema, William Millburn Ross was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment[5] for embezzlement of £1,494 (equivalent to £172,500 in 2023).

[6] On 17–18 March 1947 the cinema was flooded when the River Trent overwhelmed much of Beeston.