Westdale Movie Theatre is the only single screen theatre remaining in Hamilton (Wilson, 2012). It was built in the 1930s and is the only theatre constructed in that period to still continue to function as a cinema today (Wilson, 2012). The 1930s and 1940s were known as the golden days of movies; during this time there were over 20 movie theatres within Hamilton that served the public and consisted of theatre that were small and contained roughly 400 seats, to medium sized theatres that contained roughly 800 seats and larger theatres that contained roughly 2000 seats or more(Wilson, 2012). One of the reasons why this era was known as the golden days of movies was because it was during the time of the depression where people wanted to escape
