This Art Deco cinema, 1938, was designed by the Leven based architect Andrew David Haxton (1878-1960). The practice also worked on fifteen other cinemas between 1914 and 1955, mostly in Fife and West Lothian. John Alexander (1888-1974) of M Alexander & Sons, Newcastle, was employed to provide a decorative scheme for the Bathgate interior that reflected the exotic world of the 'movies'. Alexander was best known for his work in the North East of England and was the contract designer for the Empire chain of theatres and cinemas.

Fibrous plaster relief in the studio of M Alexander and Sons. Photograph, 1938, from the Haxton & Watson Collection. SC800122