Opened on 12/8/1982 with r rated movies and live strip show in a former shop(name and type of shop unknown?). Closed on 4/1/1984. Reopened on 9/4/1984 as Silver Screen. Name changed to Pussycat Adult Cinema on 7/6/1985. Name changed back to Silver Screen from 3/9/1987 to 4/11/1987, then back to Pussycat Adult Cinema. Closed on 25/6/1990. Reopened as Club X Adult Theatre(and sex shop?) on 8/8/1990. Date of closure unknown?
Orginally part of the independent “Big 6” drive-in chain(the exhibator was Starlight Drive-in Theatres P/L from 1955 until 1967)until taken over by Hoyts in 1967.
The building is now a acupuncture clinic(Naturewise Pty Ltd), The Federation of Chinese medicine & Acupuncture
Societies of Australia, a photo and framing store(Art Thai Studio photos & framing), a fashion store(Diamond Head Fashions), a furniture store(Albatat Furniture), and a variety store(Lueth Variety Store).
The former department store building was called Tye.
The building is now a massage parlour(Zero Massage & Spa).
Opened on 12/8/1982 with r rated movies and live strip show in a former shop(name and type of shop unknown?). Closed on 4/1/1984. Reopened on 9/4/1984 as Silver Screen. Name changed to Pussycat Adult Cinema on 7/6/1985. Name changed back to Silver Screen from 3/9/1987 to 4/11/1987, then back to Pussycat Adult Cinema. Closed on 25/6/1990. Reopened as Club X Adult Theatre(and sex shop?) on 8/8/1990. Date of closure unknown?
Opened on 18/6/1953 with 3 cartoons(not named), “Gold raiders” and “Africa screams”.
Why the name Haar’s?
Built on former site of a church(name unknown?).
Opened in(circa 1965?) and closed in(1986?).
Operates in the gardens of the QT Resort.
Opened with “Foxfire” and “Double Jeopardy”.
Is it known how the screen fire started?
This building was originally a drill hall(early 1920’s?).
The church is called South West Community Church.
Opened on 7/11/1925.
Orginally part of the independent “Big 6” drive-in chain(the exhibator was Starlight Drive-in Theatres P/L from 1955 until 1967)until taken over by Hoyts in 1967.
Opened on 15/11/1911.
The building is now a acupuncture clinic(Naturewise Pty Ltd), The Federation of Chinese medicine & Acupuncture Societies of Australia, a photo and framing store(Art Thai Studio photos & framing), a fashion store(Diamond Head Fashions), a furniture store(Albatat Furniture), and a variety store(Lueth Variety Store).
Also called thames Gardens.
Opened in 1913.
Opened on 4/7/1914.
Closed on 29/5/1964.
The shopping arcade is called Trocadero Arcade. The theatre was demolished in the late 1960’s, except for the back wall which is still there.
Built across the road from the former site of the Maribyrnong Hoyts Drive-in(now a homemaker centre).
The first public screening on 21/3/1925 was the movie “The humming bird”. Unknown if the private screening on 20/3/1925 was the same movie?
Opened with “Margie”.
Opened on 26/6/1954 with “Johnny the giant killer”, “Eyes of the jungle” and “Monster maker”. Reopened on 21/4/1989 with “Burbs” and “Twins”.