| Description | Programme for 'A Special Performance by the Jerusalem Dramatic Society (President, Sir Ronald Storrs, CMG, CBE)' of 'Dear Brutus' by J M Barrie, at the Zion Theatre, Jerusalem (proprietors, I Guth and I Perez). This performance is given 'In honour and under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Lady Samuel'. Printed by 'B Y and W A Said, Jerusalem, Jaffa and Cairo'. |
| AdminHistory | In 1917, owner Israel Gutt decided to name the silent movie shed that had been built five years earlier in a square on Jaffa Road, Jerusalem, on a lot previously owned by the Greek Orthodox Church, "Zion". Heavy snow caused the wooden shed to collapse in 1920 and a new 600-seat cinema was built there in its stead; a stage for performing operas and plays was added. The cinema closed in 1972 and the building was demolished in 1979. |