From Entertaining South Wales, A-B, (overthefootlights.co.uk):

'[Aberdare Cinema] opened in 1912, with seating for 800, and was operated by Mr V. W. Rowe, who also owned the town's Empire Pictorium. By 1924 the venue was operated by Aberdare Cinemas Limited. A Picturedrome system was installed during the early thirties to enable the screening of the new talkies.

The venue closed in late 1959 and was subsequently demolished. The building had a tiled facade running the length of Canon Street and many locals thought it looked more like a swimming baths more so than a cinema.'

Meilyr Powel, RCAHMW, November 2020

Source:

Entertaining South Wales, A-B, overthefootlights.co.uk, p.10