The Cameo, Edinburgh
The Cameo in June 2021 | |
The Cameo Location within Edinburgh city centre | |
| Former names | King's Cinema (1914–1949) |
|---|---|
| Address | 38 Home St Edinburgh Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°56′34″N 3°12′15″W / 55.94284°N 3.20421°W |
| Owner | Cineworld |
| Operator | Picturehouse Cinemas |
| Screens | 3 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1914 |
| Years active | 1914–1982, 1986– |
| Website | |
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The Cameo is a cinema in Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland that has a long tradition of showing art house films, becoming an important venue for the Edinburgh International Film Festival. It opened on 8 January 1914, making it one of the oldest cinemas in Scotland still in use. It showed silent films until 1930. It retains many original architectural and design features and became a Category B listed status by Historic Scotland in 2006. Since 1992 it has had three screens. The Cameo was independent until 2003, when it was taken over by a chain.