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The Penny Crush Cinema is a movie theater in Birmingham, England.

Background[]

The Penny Crush has a foyer and an auditorium. Arthur Shelby attends the cinema with two women. He gets arrested by Sergeant Moss and three other policemen and brought to Inspector Campbell.

Ada Shelby visits the cinema to watch a movie starring Rudolph Valentino, but her brother Thomas Shelby interrupts her.

Quotes[]

Thomas Shelby: "Tell me the man's name, Ada."

Ada Shelby: "Rudolph Valentino."

—From Episode 1.2

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Trivia[]

  • Ada Shelby seen in the cinema eating popcorn, but popcorn and other snacks weren't eaten in cinemas until after sound was introduced to films in 1927, eight years after the episode takes place.
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