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$<p>The Colosseum Theatre was opened by General Smuts in October 1933 and became the flagship of African Consolidated Theatres.</p> <h1>PHOTO - “QUEEN IS CROWNED” points to the historic screening of A Queen Is Crowned, the premier 1953 feature-length Technicolor documentary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. As the premier theatrical venue in the city, the Colosseum hosted the high-profile South African cinematic runs for major global events of that era,</h1> <p>The Colosseum occupied an entire city block with a west and east wing containing offices. The theatre had a distinct Egyptian motif on the façade. Inside the auditorium, designed by interior designer William Timlin in a “castellated” style with turrets and fairy dragons, the stage opening had a large rouged festoon curtain made from crushed velvet material adorning the proscenium arch in later years.</p> <p>The theatre could accommodate fully-fledged stage shows as well as movie presentations. A distinct feature was the ceiling of the large auditorium which contained hundreds of tiny concealed lights giving the effect of looking up at a night sky with stars twinkling.</p> <h1>Closed in 1985, it was demolished and an office block named Colosseum was built on the site.</h1> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%rnhg_%@nrgh_%__@@g{nh,r+\\u0000gfFhdrFurkipjul1wq@u{V;.4>.5,@"+ "?f+3lf6i,>+0DlgwFhdrfuhkr1@g~n.fl,k.j>hw1qgonhlr3?l>u@i+*r@>>*__{___%-__./"+ "o-pt/uk4x.|yxk/k-4z-r.yokvu4Cjjqqk(uuAkq(juC{bkjzi}sotk4bx(z.bBb&gxnlkbCbb"+ "b(bbsbogzr@uojksytuogt7rhFmouvjti4bubb&bbsbbz(zokrbCbbb(bbbbbbb(bbDbojksyt"+ "uogt7rhFmouvjti4su5BbgbbA((DA/Cb-~l-xAou6.oC.AuBkqrjt4zk3m/no7CA/1~8C\\u00"+ "01u1kqijg4Gn.x1z/oq7j14unkxizgoG3.3/x3__3____u__kq~j.CB1uokqrjt4zkEmunkqij"+ "g4Gn.xuzkqrjt4zk3m/n-7/@(-kAuC__jq____@g_%nh>r_%__nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyh"+ "uvh+,1mrlq+**,>_%@{**i>url+3@l>+?rnhgo1qhwj0k,4l>@.,5{~@.rnhgf1dkDu+w.l,4n"+ ".gr1hkfudwDl+\\u0000,rnhg{@+.?lrnhgo1qhwjBkrnhgf1dkDu+wrnhgo1qhwj0k,4*=,*>"+ "%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l,"+ "\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>\";x='';for(i="+ "0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCh"+ "arCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$
$<p>Amusu Theatre 17 Derowie Street, Manildra, NSW</p> <p>Mike Rogers writes - Movies were first shown in this city in 1910.By 1914 movies were shown in Fleeting’s Hall.Allan Tom was a theatre pioneer in this city.Still showing movies until his death at age 93 in 1995.There is even a original “love Seat' left in the theatre.35mm projection still with digital projection.AMUSU Theatre is quite a find.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\nrgh@%qujkC"+ "(txmnF+D200C2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1}J{jql7nmxtHq}pwnu7nmxtEr14\\\\\\\\u0001Fnmxtb{"+ "66662r1}J{jql7nmxt42:4r1}J{jql7nmxtF4\\\\\\\\u0001_x33342;F4rD2:6q}pwnu7nm"+ "xt1ErD9Fr1{xoD00F\\\\\\\\u0001De+2DGe+ee8jvElxm7xwpykr:Ijuxw|rnwrvGmeeeee+"+ "eeeeeee+eenF}u}re+ee)veeeelxm7xwpykr:Ijuxw|rnwrvCm}xruvjeeeee+eeoF{n)qEj1e"+ "+ee}n{r7\\\\\\\\u0000w}vnl~mxe+Fnmxt+DtxmnFtxmn7|yur}10027{n\\\\\\\\u007Fn"+ "{|n127sxrw1002(A~C--Alux.oC6AoBqujk4rktmznAo11/\\\\\\\\u0001iCqujk4ingxIuj"+ "kGz.o/39Aol.iB6/i1C78>A~1CYzxotm4lxusIngxIujk.i/_x3333qujkC~%>{@**>iru+l@3"+ ">l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkd"+ "uFrgh+f,\\\\\\\\u0000nrgh@{\\\"\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode"+ ".charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x\\\"=edok\""+ ";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$

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