Closed because the local council(Charters Towers Regional Council) who run the World Theatre building put up the council rates and spend funding on their World Theatre and not the Tors Drive-in as well. Tors Drive-in had already closed down their indoor cinema building(recently?).
Opened in september 1996. Auditorium 1 – 150 seats. Auditorium 2 is mainly used for live shows, but has cinema facilities too – 550 seats. Operated by the council.
Albion Picture Theatre opened on the site of the former Albion Hotel on 22/4/1916. Renamed Majestic in 1928. Closed in august 1936 for redecorating and refurbisment. Reopened on 29/8/1936. Closed in(1970’s?). Demolished(date unknown?). Reouilt and opened as Movieland 4 in 1993. Renamed Movieland 5 in 1997. Bought by Reading in 2005. Cinema 1 – 139 seats, cinema 2 – 107 seats, cinema 3 – 99 seats, cinema 4 – 104 seats, cinema 5 – 117 seats. Fully digital in mid 2013.
Opened with 2 colour cartoons(“Slap happy lion”, and “Clown of the jungle”) and “Blue grass of Kentucky”. Closed with “Don’t go in the basement” and “Mad house”.
Closed in 1991 with “The girl can’t help it”(one of the movies screened in the drive-in’s first year of operation), and “The Fly”(1958 version). Admission on the final night was $10. The drive-in was demolished(date unknown?), and a twelve screen multiplex(name unknown?) was built on the site.
Opened on 3/7/1962 with “The Snow Queen”, “A thunder of drums” and “village of the damned”. Opened as Rock Road Drive-in on 27/5/1977 with “The house by the lake” and “Strange shadows in an empty room”.
Odd name!!
Also has a picture gardens. Original screen constructed from iron and railway lines.
Closed because the local council(Charters Towers Regional Council) who run the World Theatre building put up the council rates and spend funding on their World Theatre and not the Tors Drive-in as well. Tors Drive-in had already closed down their indoor cinema building(recently?).
Opened in september 1996. Auditorium 1 – 150 seats. Auditorium 2 is mainly used for live shows, but has cinema facilities too – 550 seats. Operated by the council.
Albion Picture Theatre opened on the site of the former Albion Hotel on 22/4/1916. Renamed Majestic in 1928. Closed in august 1936 for redecorating and refurbisment. Reopened on 29/8/1936. Closed in(1970’s?). Demolished(date unknown?). Reouilt and opened as Movieland 4 in 1993. Renamed Movieland 5 in 1997. Bought by Reading in 2005. Cinema 1 – 139 seats, cinema 2 – 107 seats, cinema 3 – 99 seats, cinema 4 – 104 seats, cinema 5 – 117 seats. Fully digital in mid 2013.
Opened with selected shorts(not named), news, cartoon(not named) and “Take me out to the ball game”.
210 seats.
Opened on 19/12/1977. Closed on 15/12/1986.
The building is now an optometrist(Bailey Nelson) and apartments above(entrance to the left of the optometrist).
Seen in the movie “Charlies Angels full throttle”.
Also opened with one hour of cartoons(not named).
Closed with “Shrek”, “Spiderman” and “Witness”.
Seems a little bit out of tne way for a shopping centre i think!?
Capri 70 opened with “Grand prix”.
Closed with “Starhops” and “Girls for hire”.
Opened with 2 colour cartoons(“Slap happy lion”, and “Clown of the jungle”) and “Blue grass of Kentucky”. Closed with “Don’t go in the basement” and “Mad house”.
Where did that tram run to and from? Does the tram still operate along that street?
Was the steak house separate from the snack bar?
354 seats.
Opened on 23/4/1949 with a short(“Flying south”) and “Nightmare Alley”. Also opened on ¾/1969 with “Angel in my pocket”.
Opened on the site of the Route 35 Drive-in.
There was plenty of space in this drive-in theater for a second screen at the back of this very long drive-in site.
Closed in 1991 with “The girl can’t help it”(one of the movies screened in the drive-in’s first year of operation), and “The Fly”(1958 version). Admission on the final night was $10. The drive-in was demolished(date unknown?), and a twelve screen multiplex(name unknown?) was built on the site.
Opened on 1/8/1952 with “Carbine Williams” and “Calling Bulldog Dummond”.
Opened on 3/7/1962 with “The Snow Queen”, “A thunder of drums” and “village of the damned”. Opened as Rock Road Drive-in on 27/5/1977 with “The house by the lake” and “Strange shadows in an empty room”.