Opened 9 September 1913. In January 1909 George Laidler submitted plans to the City Council for a grand concert hall on a site bounded by Northumberland Street, Lisle Street, Princess Street and Northumberland Place. The architects were Graham and Hill. In January 1911 Philip Yorke of London and General Electric Theatres Ltd and the Cinematograph Finance Corporation resubmitted the plans for a 2500 seat concert hall, which included a 1000 seat cinema and a 16 table billiard hall. The plans were withdrawn by architects Marshall and Tweedy in March 1912 due to financial problems. Eventually a more modest cinema was opened in 1913. It seated 1200 and had red carpet and plasterwork decoration in the grand circle. The chairs in the grand circle and private boxes were of inlaid rosewood and red plush. The interior was panelled in oak. The exterior elevation onto Northumberland Place may have been modest but inside it was "Newcastle's Finest Picture Theatre". Access to the circle and front stalls was from Northumberland Street. H. G. Amers' Bijou Orchestra accompanied the films. In March 1920 the Queen's was bought by George Black of Sunderland. A Vincent organ was installed in 1921. In 1928 the General Theatres Corporation (Gaumont-British) took over. The cinema closed in July and August 1928 for refurbishment. The Queen's was the second cinema in Newcastle to install sound equipment (June 1929). In 1957 a new flat screen was erected on a scaffolding framework. The old organ was sold for £25. On 15 June 1963 the Queen's closed for conversion to a Cinerama Theatre. The interior was gutted and reconstructed by Stephen Easten. The roof was raised by 12 feet to accommodate the 28 feet high screen. The cost was said to be £175,000. Seating was reduced to 972. The Queen's Cinerama Theatre opened on 9 November 1963. In 1967 Rank made the Queen's subsidiary to the Odeon. The Queen's closed on 16 February 1980. It was demolished and a shopping arcade (Queen's Arcade) built in its place. This still stands.

Opened 14 July 1924. Designed by architects W.J. Clark of Lemington and E. Jackson of Gateshead. The builders were Straker Bros. of Lemington. The owner was John Grantham. The cinema had a stadium plan with 534 seats in the stalls and 256 in the balcony. There was a small stage with dressing rooms below and an orchestra pit. The cinema was opened by Major J.B. Rowell, chairman of Newburn Urban District Council. Once a year the local Amateur Operatic Society hired the cinema for a stage show. Cinemascope was installed in 1956. The cinema closed around 1960 and became a bingo hall.

Opened on 6 February 1928. Built by H.T. and W.A. Smelt to compliment the adjoining housing estate. The architect was S.J. Stephenson. The auditorium could hold 1256 people. There was an 18 feet deep stage with a music room and six dressing rooms underneath. There was an orchestra and a Blackett and Howden organ. Two small shops were included on the frontage to Westgate Road. The décor was in gold and cream. The Plaza was opened by the Sheriff of Newcastle. British Acoustic sound was installed in 1930. The Plaza was taken over by W.J. Clavering in March 1954. It closed on 31 December 1960. Plans to convert it into a supermarket in 1963 were refused. In August 1964 it became a bingo hall. More recently it has been a public house.

Opened on 18 October 1911 by Marshall J. Rutter. In July 1922 the cinema was taken over by John Grantham, then in July 1924 by Thomas Charlton, a local builder and funeral director. Renewal of the licence was refused in March 1927. On 30 March Charlton submitted plans for the reconstruction of the cinema to plans by Cackett and Burns Dick, but it was never built. The Picture Theatre burnt down in 1933. In 1939 air raid shelters were built on its site. There is now a school building on the plot.

Opened October 1910. A temporary building in wood and corrugated iron, 58 feet x 48 feet in plan. The foyer and projection box was in a wooden lean-to. There was one toilet behind a curtain to the right of the screen. The owner was Marshall J. Rutter, a house painter from Lemington. Rutter moved to the new Picture Theatre at Lemington in 1911 (HER 12850). The Picturedrome was taken over by Thomas R. Fyall but soon closed.

The building dated to 1878 and was built as a large three-storey house with a draper's shop on the ground floor. It opened as a cinema on 30 July 1910 with 500 seats and a raked floor. The builders were Messrs. Millar and Besford of Whitley Bay. The architects were Messrs. Hope and Tasker of Newcastle. Mr. J. Thorne did the decorations. The Picturedrome was owned by the Millar family. By 1930 seating was reduced to 280. A BTH sound system was installed in 1931. The cinema's licence was withdrawn in 1942 when police found that a 15 year old boy was working the machines. In 1944 architect Edwin M. Lawson drew up plans to reseat the cinema. In 1949 there were 184 seats in the stalls and 79 in the gallery. The cinema closed on 20 August 1960 and it was demolished.

The Pavilion Theatre opened in 1903. It occasionally showed film performances. It closed due to financial troubles in March 1913. It reopened on 17 November 1913 having been reseated and redecorated. It was managed by the City Varieties Co. Ltd. Films were abandoned for variety shows and other performances by 1915. The theatre closed again on 30 June 1917. It reopened under the management of the Scala (Newcastle) Ltd on 10 December 1917 as the New Pavilion and was dedicated to films. The cinema could seat just over 1600 people. The managing director, John Graham Cutts, went on to become a successful film director. There was an unusually large orchestra of 40 musicians. In September 1919 the stage was cut back to create a 'floral garden' which surrounded the orchestra. A Nicholson and Lord organ was installed. The former orchestra pit was replaced by tip-up chairs and the cinema was redecorated and recarpeted. In 1924 the Pavilion was taken over by Thompson and Collins circuit, then in 1928 the Denman Picture Houses, then Gaumont-British. In November 1929 a projection box was created from the former circle bar. RCA sound was installed in February 1930. The gallery of the Pavilion was closed in March 1949. Rank modernised the cinema in 1958. The Edwardian boxes and statues were ripped out or hidden behind acoustic tiles. A new wide screen was installed, with grey velvet curtains covered in sequins and lit up with rose-pink lights. The seats were orange. The cinema reopened on 31 January 1961. On 2 August 1963 part of the ceiling fell on the audience due to work in an adjoining building. On 4 March 1968 the cinema closed again for refurbishment, opening again on 28 April, with new lights, a new screen and tangerine seats. The Pavilion closed on 29 November 1975. It was demolished in 1990.

Opened 15 June 1908. One of the earliest cinemas in Newcastle. The building had been a shop of wholesale chemists Ismay and Sons. The cinema owners were the Royal Biograph Animated Picture Company. The architect for the conversion was F.M. Dryden. The cinema could seat 1250 people. Variety acts were part of the bill. A raked floor was built in 1911. By 1913 patrons were served afternoon teas. In 1927 the Royal was taken over by Stanley Rogers Cinemas, redecorated and renamed the Palladium. It reopened on June 20. In October 1929 a new projection box was built and sound arrived. During the 1930s the Palladium was part of the Hinge circuit. The cinema closed on 30 September 1939. It was used as a store for provision merchants Walter Willson. Demolition came in April 1963. Thomson House now occupies the site.

Opened in August 1912. Designed by Lemington architect H.F. Burrows. The owner was Samuel R. Piper, former deputy at North Walbottle Colliery. The cinema was basic - it had 434 stalls and a tiny balcony seating 16. Piper died in 1927 and the cinema was taken over by his son Robert, then Mary Ann Piper. The balcony was enlarged and a small shop and rewind room added. Percy Longhorn, a cinema sound engineer, took over in 1932 and installed an Electrocord sound system. From 1938 Leslie Longhorn and his wife ran the cinema. It was redecorated and renamed the Orion. It closed as a cinema in January 1970 and was converted into a bingo club.

The Hinge circuit built the Lyric to designs by Percy L. Browne. It had a 850 seat auditorium with a dance hall and 7 shops. The Lyric opened on 15 May 1935 and the proceeds were donated to the Newburn and District Nursing Association, Newburn Cottage Homes and other local charities. The cineam at ruched curtains which changed colour from orange to green to red before the show started. The Lyric closed in October 1966 and became a bingo hall. It closed in the mid 1970s when permission was refused to convert it into an amusement arcade.