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
Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love country chart. The song was Thomas' final entry on the pop chart, reaching #93. The song was written by Lewis Anderson. The song was a top 20 pop hit in the UK for Daniel O'Donnell in the 1990s. Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" is a song recorded by American country music artist B.J. Thomas. It was released in May 1983 as the first single from the album "New Looks". The song was his biggest hit in over five years. "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" was the second of three number ones on the country chart.