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
I'm Old Fashioned "I'm Old Fashioned" has been recorded by John Coltrane as a sensitive hard bop ballad in 1957 for his album "Blue Train", featuring trombonist Curtis Fuller, Lee Morgan on trumpet and Kenny Drew on piano. Trumpeter and singer Chet Baker recorded the song several times, at first in 1958 on the album "(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You". On the British tv series Are You Being Served, Mrs. Slocombe hums and sings this song in the episode The Apartment (1979). Nevertheless, the song has been predominantly interpreted by pianists like George Shearing, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Rowles,