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Over the course of the twentieth century there have have been six cinemas on the Stratford Road, Birmingham. The fortunes, as well as the names, of these cinemas were linked to the shifting population of the road and national trends in cinema general.

The earliest recorded cinema on the Stratford Road was the Waldorf Cinema, opened on November 29th, 1913CE. The Waldorf was damaged by German bombing during the Second World War II and did not reopen until Easter Monday, 1950.

Thus it remained, showing the latest Anglo-American releases until the 1970s when it was taken over by Kewal Maini and the Waldorf shifted to showing the cinema of East India. The Stratford Road was then home to increasing numbers of migrants from India and Pakistan and Bollywood stars such as Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna were popular draws. It's popularity didn't last forever, and the Waldorf ceased operating as a cinema in 1983. It was later to be used as a skate rink, a bingo hall and today it is a Hindu temple.