The historic Metro Cinema (Cinema Metro) facade photographed at night on Talaat Harb Street in Wust El-Balad (Downtown Cairo), one of Egypt's oldest and most iconic movie theatres originally opened in 1939. The Art Deco building displays four large Egyptian film posters above a lit marquee with the name 'METRO' in vertical lettering, while groups of pedestrians gather and walk along the pavement in front of the ornate wooden entrance. Metro Cinema is a landmark of Egyptian film culture and a surviving example of mid-20th century entertainment architecture in central Cairo.