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
Old Summer Palace real estate developer who donated 10 million Norwegian kroner (US$1.6 million) to the museum, according to the "China Daily". It is still debated in China whether to apply for an inclusion of the Old Summer Palace on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The ruins of the Old Summer Palace remain open to the public and are an important tourist attraction in Haidian District. They can be accessed from Yuanmingyuan Park Station on Line 4 of the Beijing Subway. Old Summer Palace The Old Summer Palace, known in Chinese as Yuanming Yuan (), and originally called the Imperial Gardens