Yes, theatres and old railroads do go together rsalters(Ron Salters). Only time i have of this combation though i think!? As least this drive-in theatre and the indoor cinema are still on track though.
Opened on 9/11/1974. Renamed Dendy Movie House on 4/12/1977. Renamed Mayfair on 31/3/1978. Renamed Savoy on 28/4/1978. Later renamed Chinatown and Lumiere . Closed in august 2005. Taken over on ¾/2006 by Central Queensland University for three lecture theatres.
Operation taken over by Hoyts and Village in 1966. Advertised as Village from 1966 so as not to compete with the nearby Hoyts operated Skyline Drive-in in Burwood.
Opened on 3/10/1969. Closed in(november or december?) 2000. Reopened temporary reopened in december 2001 for a Jewish film festival. Silver curtain reinstalled at Dendy Brighton(in screen 1).
Website is www.damodarcinemas.com.fj
Website is www.damodarcinemas.com.fj
Are the cars in the above photo parked between rails?
Free movies, wow(thats unusual!!)!! How could they have made any profit and paid the live nudes too?
South eastern corner of Musgrave Road and Troughton Road. The houses are on Lindfeild Circuit.
Notable for it’s rear snack bar.
Operated by Western Drive-in(1968), and then by Birch Carrol and Coyle.
Operated by Sourris Brothers(1960 to ?).
Yes, theatres and old railroads do go together rsalters(Ron Salters). Only time i have of this combation though i think!? As least this drive-in theatre and the indoor cinema are still on track though.
The opening night was by invitation only.
Opened on 9/11/1974. Renamed Dendy Movie House on 4/12/1977. Renamed Mayfair on 31/3/1978. Renamed Savoy on 28/4/1978. Later renamed Chinatown and Lumiere . Closed in august 2005. Taken over on ¾/2006 by Central Queensland University for three lecture theatres.
Now 15 screens.
Opened on 30/11/2017. Cinema 1 – 250 seats, cinema 2 – 152 seats, cinema 3 – 71 seats, cinema 4 – 50, cinema 5 – 50, cinema 6 – 56 seats, cinema 7 – 50 seats, cinema 8 – 108 seats.
Cinema 1 has the curtain from the now closed Trak Cinema.
Does any of this train line still there?
Operation taken over by Hoyts and Village in 1966. Advertised as Village from 1966 so as not to compete with the nearby Hoyts operated Skyline Drive-in in Burwood.
Opened on 3/10/1969. Closed in(november or december?) 2000. Reopened temporary reopened in december 2001 for a Jewish film festival. Silver curtain reinstalled at Dendy Brighton(in screen 1).
Opened on 7/3/1937. Closed on 31/12/1958. The fire was in april 1962.
Operated in the late 1980’s by the Sourris Bros.
Operated by Birch Carrol & Coyle.
Opened in 1957. 359 cars(1957 to 1969), 500 cars(1969 to 1981), 650 cars(1981 to 2001).
Also called Ferny Grove Drive-in.
Opened as the Albion Picture Theatre(on the former site of the Albion Hotel) on 22/4/1916. Renamed Majestic in 1928.
Sold in february 2020. Buyers unknown at this stage? Use unknown, but may be restored to use as a theatre?
Operated by R.W.P. Dodd Theatres and later by Birch Carol & Coyle.