Ultimate Picture Palace February 1911 as the Oxford Picture Palace. In 1917 the manager was conscripted to serve in the First World War. The cinema was closed and stood unused for many years before being turned into as a furniture warehouse. In 1976 Bill Heine and Pablo Butcher reopened the cinema as the Penultimate Picture Palace. They added a sculpture of Al Jolson's hands by John Buckley to the façade. The first film to be shown was "Winstanley". Under the new management the cinema gained a reputation for showing an eclectic and provocative range of films that set it apart from the mainstream
An Old Fashioned Love Song it, and so Williams offered the song to Three Dog Night. The Carpenters never recorded the song, but did perform it live on television with Carol Burnett a few months later. The song's composer Paul Williams recorded his own version of the song he had written, which was included on his 1971 album "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song". Williams later performed the song when he appeared on "The Muppet Show" in 1976. He also sang a portion of the song for an episode of "The Odd Couple" in 1974. An Old Fashioned Love Song "An Old Fashioned Love Song"