Romaine Jennifer Hart

Romaine Jennifer Hart (14 June 1933 – 28 December 2021) was a British film executive. She opened the Screen on the Green in Islington, London, and founded a small film distribution company.

Early life and education Hart was born in Streatham, London, the only child of Goldie and Alex Bloom. Her father's family had been involved in the cinema business since the silent film era. She left school in Brighton at sixteen and attended secretarial college, but was allowed to help organise the Royal Cinema in Deal.

Career

In 1968, Hart inherited a financial interest in Bloom Theatres following the death of her father. Two years later, she transformed one of the family's venues, the Rex Cinema in Islington, into the Screen on the Green. The cinema also ran all-night screenings. The Screen on Baker Street and The Screen Cinema in Winchester. Screen on the Hill hosted a children’s club that attracted notable figures including Roald Dahl, Michael Palin and local executive Tom Maschler.

Hart retired in 2008, selling her seven-cinema portfolio to Everyman for £7 million.