“A time damaged photo of the Star Cinema in Karachi taken by my Grandfather whilst stationed there with the British Army,” an anonymous contributor on Flickr says about this photograph.
The cinema was likely built in 1918 and was Karachi’s first, and the photograph is likely from the same year because it is playing Hands Up, a silent American western released in 1917. It was directed by Tod Browing and Wilfrid Lucas, and featured Wilfred Lucas, Colleen Moore and Rhea Haynes.
