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Very interesting, in your sources, I think you mean cinematreasures.org, not cinemareasures. There's a mention of the Star (and a photo after closure) in my book Cinemas of Haringey although the building is in Islington. I didn't know about the EMI connection.
I only know because I lived on the Hornsey Road for about 7 years and had a friend who lived in Christie Court.
It's hard to see George Martin & The Beatles slumming it up on Hornsey Road somehow.
But here's a personal theory - it's known Joe Meek was courted by EMI in the mid 1960's to act as their senior pop producer. Joe's home studio, becoming rapidly outmoded, was on Holloway Road, only half a mile away & Hornsey Road would have been very much in Joe's comfort zone. Perhaps the decision to abandon the Hornsey Rd cinema was influenced by Joe's refusal to come over to them? Just a thought.
That's a fascinating theory - many thanks for a fantastic addition to the post.
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