Frank Verity

Francis Thomas Verity (1864–1937) was an English cinema architect during the cinema building boom of the years following World War I.

Early life Verity was born in London, educated at Cranleigh and joined Thomas Verity, his father, in his architectural practice, which specialised in theatre building.

Career Both Veritys brought an interest in ornate Second Empire-style architecture to their early buildings, developing this into grand Beaux Arts in their later works. and now a restaurant.

In 1915 he was the architect of a block of flats on the site of the former Somerset House in Park Lane, the first such building in that important street.

Verity designed many central London premises, including: the Carlton Theatre (1927), now a cinema; the Embassy Theatre (1923) and restaurant in High Holborn, now demolished and the site occupied by offices; and the Plaza Theatre (1926) as a cinema for Paramount - remains in use.