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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

The Shaw Brothers built it to premiere kung fu films in North America; the punk bands arrived four decades later. The Rickshaw Theatre at 254 East Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside opened on 29 October 1971 as the Shaw Theatre - the west coast hub of Sir Run Run and Runme Shaw's Hong Kong movie empire, screening 12 Gold Medallions on opening night. The theatre was the crown of the Shaws' 230-cinema chain outside Asia, fitted with the era's most modern equipment - a 10,000-square-...