Figure 1
Map by the author.
Figure 2
Advertisement in the Jamaica Gleaner for the Ireland Bros. cinema road show. The Ireland brothers visited several of the territories of the British West Indies shortly after the turn of the century.
Figure 3
Alfred James Roser, an American cinema entrepreneur who established the ‘Rose Garden’ theatre in Kingston shortly before the First World War. Image courtesy of the Roser family.
Figure 4
Audley Morais, founder of the Palace Amusement Company, Kingston Jamaica, which has been in business on the island since 1921. Image from ‘Paramount Around the World’ advertisement, July 1, 1930
Figure 5
Trinidadian entrepreneur Henry Teelucksingh (centre) at the opening of the Astor Theatre, Port‐of‐Spain Trinidad, in 1947. Motion Picture Herald, September 13, 1947 p. 66.
Figure 6
The Empire Theatre in Port‐of‐Spain Trinidad. The British Colonial Film Exchange named several of their cinemas ‘The Empire’. The largest of these was in Bridgetown, Barbados, which is still standing. Source: www.cinematreasures.com.
Figure 7
Map by the author.
Figure 8
Map by the author.
Figure 9
The Skatalites, ‘Guns Of Navarone’ (released 1965). This single vividly reflects the relationship between cinema and popular music in the Caribbean.