On this day (27th December) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Splash and Something Wicked This Way Comes as a double bill.

On this day (26th December) in 1981, the Scala Cinema was showing clips from 60s music show Shindig! and a "Magical Mystery Programme" throughout the day and also as a late double bill.

On this day (25th December) the Scala Cinema was always closed. Have a lovely day everyone.

The Scala Cinema was never open on Christmas Eve.

On this day (23rd December) in 1991, the Scala Cinema was showing Thundercrack! and Cafe Flesh as a double bill. Because of course they were.

On this day (22nd December) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing M, The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror as a triple bill.

On this day (21st December) in 1990, the Scala Cinema was showing The Big Blue and Betty Blue as a double bill. And yes I did have the posters on my wall!

On this day (20th December) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing Mauvais Sang aka The Night Is Young and Les Amants du Pont-Neuf as a Leos Carax double bill.

On this day (19th December) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing The Devils and Caligula as a double bill.

On this day (18th December) in 1988, the Scala Cinema was showing The Last Laugh aka Der letzte Mann and Exit Smiling as a silent classics matinee double bill.

On this day (17th December) in 1979, the Scala Cinema was showing Isle Of The Dead, Bedlam and The Leopard Man as a Val Lewton triple bill.

On this day (16th December) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing One Million Years B.C., The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad and Jason And The Argonauts as a Ray Harryhausen triple bill.

On this night (15th December) in 1990, the Scala Cinema was showing Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, Jabberwocky and And Now For Something Completely Different as a Python/Gilliam all-nighter.

On this day (14th December) in 1991, the Scala Cinema was showing Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Red & Rosy and Gappa: The Triphibian Monster as a triple bill.

On this night (13th December) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing The Getaway, The Wild Bunch, Convoy and The Ballad Of Cable Hogue as a Sam Peckinpah all-nighter.

On this day (12th December) in 1988, the Scala Cinema was showing Up!, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Motorpsycho as a Russ Meyer triple bill.

On this day (11th December) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing Great Guns, The Big Noise and Angora Love as a Laurel & Hardy triple bill. This was a special Christmas show highlighting their more rarely screened films.

On this day (10th December) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing The Case Of The Smiling Stiffs aka Case Of The Full Moon Murders and Cry Uncle! aka Super Dick as a double bill.

On this night (9th December) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing Twins, Throw Momma From The Train, Ruthless People and Tin Men as a Danny DeVito all-nighter.

On this day (8th December) in 1987, the Scala Cinema was showing Gothic and The Night Porter as a double bill.

On this day (7th December) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing Stranger Than Paradise and Radio On as a double bill.

On this night (6th December) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Rumble Fish, The Hunger, Streets Of Fire and Cat People as a Surreal Fantasies all-nighter.

On this day (5th December) in 1981, the Scala Cinema was showing Picnic At Hanging Rock and My Brilliant Career as a double bill.

On this day (4th December) in 1979, the Scala Cinema was showing Point Blank and Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid as a double bill.

On this day (3rd December) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Sullivan’s Travels, Nothing Sacred and It Happened One Night as a Strictly Screwball triple bill.

On this night (2nd December) in 1978, the Scala Cinema was showing Cover Girl, Gilda, The Lady From Shanghai, Pal Joey and Dead Reckoning as a Rita Hayworth plus bizarrely one Bogart all-nighter.

On this day (1st December) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing Take The Money And Run, Bananas and The Purple Rose Of Cairo as a Woody Allen triple bill.

On this day (30th November) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing Tokyo Story and An Autumn Afternoon as a Yasujirō Ozu double bill.

On this day (29th November) in 1978, the Scala Cinema was showing Gehenu Lamai aka The Girls and Mrigayaa aka The Royal Hunt as separate performances.

On this day (28th November) in 1988, the Scala Cinema was showing The Last Of England and Caravaggio as a Derek Jarman double bill.

On this day (27th November) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing Scarface, Body Double and Carrie as a Brian De Palma triple bill.

On this night (26th November) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing Young Frankenstein, Bedazzled, Myra Breckinridge, Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls and Shock Treatment as a Camp Horror and Trash all-nighter.

On this day (25th November) in 1981, the Scala Cinema was showing Corvette Summer aka The Hot One and Sweet Revenge as a double bill. These were shown every day that week as the programmers considered them under appreciated and shelved by Hollywood.

On this day (24th November) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing Lonesome Cowboys, Flesh For Frankenstein and Blood For Dracula as a Warhol triple bill. So sad to hear of the passing of Udo Kier yesterday.

On this day (23rd November) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing The Postman Always Rings Twice and Chinatown as a Jack Nicholson double bill.

On this day (22nd November) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing Solaris and Barbarella as a frankly perplexing double bill chosen by i-D magazine. Maybe they work well together, I might give it a go.

On this night (21st November) in 1987, the Scala Cinema was showing Little Shop Of Horrors, The Man With Two Brains, Pennies From Heaven, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid and The Jerk as a Steve Martin all-nighter.

On this day (20th November) in 1991, the Scala Cinema was showing Blue Steel and Silence Of The Lambs as a double bill.

On this day (19th November) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders and Daughters Of Darkness as a double bill.

On this night (18th November) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage Aux Folles, The Queen, La Cage Aux Folles 3: The Wedding and City Of Lost Souls as a Drag Queen all-nighter.

On this night (17th November) in 1979, the Scala Cinema was showing Barefoot In The Park, Downhill Racer, The Sting, Three Days Of The Condor and The Great Waldo Pepper as a Robert Redford all-nighter.

On this night (16th November) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Trading Places, The Last Dragon and Across 110th Street plus DJs as part of a Shindig 60s to 80s Soul All-nighter.

On this day (15th November) in 1990, the Scala Cinema was showing Blue Velvet and River’s Edge as a Dennis Hopper double bill.

On this day (14th November) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing Performance, The Devils and Don’t Look Now as a triple bill. This was part of a Nicolas Roeg/Ken Russell season throughout the month.

On this day (13th November) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing Remember My Name, Crimes Of Passion and Psycho as a triple bill tribute to Anthony Perkins who had died in September that year.

On this day (12th November) in 1978, the Scala Cinema was showing The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover as the Gay Critics’ Choice for a Benefit for the National Council of Civil Liberties.

On this day (11th November) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing Romance Sentimentale, Battleship Potemkin and Man With A Movie Camera as a triple bill.

On this day (10th November) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing Santa Claus Conquers The Martians and Billy The Kid Versus Dracula as an evening double bill.

On this day (9th November) in 1988, the Scala Cinema was showing The System aka The Girl-Getters, Room At The Top and The Criminal aka Concrete Jungle as a British Realism triple bill.

On this night (8th November) in 1987, the Scala Cinema was showing ¡Three Amigos!, Back To School, Crimewave, Easy Money and Yellowbeard as a ‘Wild & Crazy & Fat’ All-nighter.