Ultimate Picture Palace to Becky Hallsmith. In 2014, as a result of a successful Kickstarter Campaign, Hallsmith had the auditorium refurbished with new seats. Ultimate Picture Palace The Ultimate Picture Palace is an independent cinema in Oxford, England. It is Oxford's first and only independent cinema, showing an eclectic mix of independent, mainstream, foreign language, and classic films. The cinema was awarded Grade II listed building status in 1994. Frank Stuart opened Oxford's first cinema, the Electric Theatre, in Castle Street, in 1910. He was the licensee of the Elm Tree pub on the corner of Cowley Road and Jeune Street. Also in
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving the day. This made Hallmark Channel rank #6 for the week. This made the film the fifth-highest-rated original movie in the network's history to its date, and its fourth-most-watched original movie among households. It is also the network's most watched and highest-rated November original movie ever. Critics' reviews, however, were mixed. "Star" magazine called the film "stuffy,", while the "TV Examiner" claimed "Hallmark Channel has cranked a sweet, ultimately uplifting old school holiday film" and called it an "old style of made-for-TV film." An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving is a television film based on a short story