In the Silent era the Venue was a stronghold of Cine-variety, showing all manner of performances in-between Film Screenings. Thomson writes that features of the Building combined to “bring a welcome splash of Colour & Gaiety to an otherwise drab corner of the City.” Following the death of John Peter Kilgour in 1920, the running of the Casino and his Waste Business was taken over by his son, Ormande L Kilgour. One distinctive feature was the low square Tower at the Park Street side of the Building that was topped by a red-tiled Concave Pyramidal Roof. The Building’s “ Spanish Villa” Design is described by Thomson as unique for Aberdeen & highly unusual throughout Scotland. The Architects for the Project were George Sutherland & Clement George. The Casino was built on the Site of Kilgour’s Factory Yards. It and the “ Starrie” served the population of the City’s east end for many years. Michael Thomson in The Silver Screen in the Silver City describes the Casino as the 2nd of Aberdeen’s purpose-built Picture Halls. It had close competition with Bert Gate’s Star Picture Palace just around the corner on Park Street. John Peter Kilgour, was a Dealer in various Waste Materials. Sold to James Rennie & Arthur Forbes for Bingo Hall 26th September 1961. Sold to Bert Gates, 23rd November 1939, then to Donald’s, 23rd May 1941.
