From 'Entertaining South Wales':

'Situated in Water Street, Leon Vint’s Palace opened in 1910 in a temporary building, then in November 1911 a magnificent new Palace opened “with a fine front and a well arranged interior with a good stage and plenty of seating accommodation for 800 persons so arranged that every person has a full and uninterrupted view of the stage. Special attention has been paid to suitable emergency exits.”'

'At the start of 1914 Leon Vint was facing bankruptcy and the Palace was sold to new owners, The Aberavon and Port Talbot Theatres Co. Ltd, whose resident manager was William Mitchell. However, in less than a year this company, too, was put into liquidation, and by December the venue had changed hands once more, and was now owned by a Mr Brokenshaw. This seems to have been an unlucky business, for it was sold twice more in the next four years, and in October 1919 the unexpired term of the original lease was offered at auction as part of a liquidation process. By 1922, it was operated by Max Corne. It seems to have closed in 1939 with the outbreak of the Second World War, and did not reopen. After the war it was bought by the David Evans Furniture Company and was used as a retail shop for many years. The building was finally demolished in 1972.'

Meilyr Powel, RCAHMW, November 2020

Sources:

'Entertaining South Wales P-Q', overthefootlights.co.uk, p.67
'Palace Cinema', cinematreasures.org