Hyndland is a residential area with solid red sandstone tenements, a school, a railway station and local shops. However, if plans had gone ahead, this quiet area of the west end could also have boasted two cinemas.

In September 1919, architect J. Campbell Reid drew up plans for a BB (Bright and Beautiful) Pictures cinema in Clarence Drive, and in March 1929, Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres (later ABC) submitted plans by renowned cinema architects Gardner and Glen for a cinema on the corner of Lauderdale Gardens and Minard Road (now Turnberry Road).

The main entrance of the cinema planned for Lauderdale Gardens was originally designed to have a canopy and electric box sign but these were deleted from the plans, presumably to blend in with the surrounding architecture.

Three oak doors with large glass panels would have led to the centrally-located pay box and on to the stalls with a seating capacity of 1060 and standing room for 36. Stairs and a lift would have taken patrons to a waiting area with space for 150 or on to the balcony, with seats for 624, with 16 standing.

The cinemas of the day featured live entertainment and the Lauderdale Gardens cinema would have had a small stage, dressing rooms, an orchestra pit and a cinema organ.In 1922, a few miles east of Hyndland, the Botanic Gardens Picture House Company planned a cinema at the junction of Byres Road and Observatory Road.

It was described as "a palatial addition to the places of amusement in Glasgow" and promised a lounge, lunch, tea rooms and "an invention for the projection of colour films". A forecourt would have led to the three main entrance doors on Observatory Road which featured glass panels with metal latticework decoration.

A central pay box led to the seating in the stalls which ran at a right angle from the entrance and had capacity for 882. The design also included provision for an orchestra pit, a stage and a cinema organ. The upper floors included the lounge hall and the balcony with seating for 671. The Byres Road elevation would have been decorated with three painted brick panels and an electric sign above and a small shop was planned for the Byres Road side.

Sadly, the good people of Hillhead were not impressed by the design or the location and fought the scheme for eight years, finally forcing the company into liquidation.

Of all the unbuilt cinemas, one of the most exciting was the plan for an Odeon Partick.

Partick has always been a popular cinema-going area, at one time having six cinemas, from the Tivoli, Crow Road in the west to the Standard at the east end of Dumbarton Road, near Byres Road.

The proposed Odeon would have occupied a corner location at Dumbarton Road and Keith Street in the centre of Partick's impressive line of cinemas. Designed by Keith P Roberts for Odeon house architect Andrew Mather, the plans were approved by Glasgow Corporation in October 1939.

Odeon Partick was conceived as a 2080 seater (1272 stalls and 808 balcony) and would have been the biggest cinema in Partick and a great asset to the area, possibly to the detriment of some of the smaller, less luxurious cinemas. The late 1930ís also saw plans drawn up for Odeons at 114 Main St. Bridgeton seating a total of 1916 and Castle St. Townhead with a capacity of 2376.