Empire Cinema, Nairobi

 

The Empire Cinema, Nairobi was one of Nairobi's early cinemas. It was established by a Polish Jewish immigrant and was sold to South Africans under New Theatres Limited. It was later bought by African Consolidated Films which also owned other early cinemas like the Playhouse and Capital cinemas before being sold to 20th Century Fox in the late 1950s.

Empire Cinema was located next to New Stanley Hotel and was replaced with the IPS building. Empire Theatre was located on Hardinge Street - now Kimathi Street