The Granada Tooting was opened in 1931 to much fanfare and is regarded by many as the most opulent Cinema in Britain. It has a striking exterior tower enlivening an otherwise non-descript south London suburb but it is the gothic interior that takes the breath away. The icing on the cake was the provision of a 4 Manual 12 Rank Wurlitzer Theatre Organ, imported from America.

Ken Roe has written a potted history of the building which can be found over at Cinema Treasures. There is also a Wikipedia entry devoted to the interior designer, Theodore Komisarjevsky

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