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brucek commented about State Newsreel Theatrette on Jan 13, 2014 at 12:55 pm

I think I’m correct in saying that the National Film & Sound Archives here in Canberra have several rows of the seats from the State Newsreel theatre, for use in their own theatrette.

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brucek commented about Plaza Theatre on Jan 13, 2014 at 12:43 pm

I saw the original three-way-split Cinerama “demo” film here….lots of exciting stuff such as a roller-coaster ride, the U.S. Navy’s “Blue Angels ” flight team and so forth. It was really an introduction to Cinerama.

Then I saw every Cinerama film that came to Sydney, including “Grand Prix” and “2001: A Space Odyssey”. I think “Alien” was also screened here.

Great memories!

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brucek commented about Metro King's Cross on Jan 13, 2014 at 12:37 pm

More memories for me: not only did I see the live production of “Hair” at the Metro, but also the Disney movie “Fantasia”.

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brucek commented about Hoyts Newtown Theatre on Jan 13, 2014 at 12:28 pm

I recall seeing “The Cult Of The Cobra” here in the mid 1950s.

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brucek commented about Ashfield Kings Theatre on Jan 13, 2014 at 12:24 pm

Why is this in the “Closed” and not “Demolished” category??

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brucek commented about Wintergarden Theatre on Jan 13, 2014 at 12:23 pm

I attended boarding school at Bellevue Hill between 1956 and 1963 and, as a “senior” in my latter years, and therefore eligible for day passes, I visited the Wintergarden quite often. Such a shame to see it demolished.

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brucek commented about Paris Theatre on Jan 8, 2014 at 12:15 pm

This was the very first proper picture theatre that I, a young boy from a northern NSW country town, ever visited. It was in 1954, the Disney movie “The Living Desert” was featured, I was 9 years old and holidaying in The Big Smoke with my grandparents.

For a kid who only ever watched “pitchers” in the local School of Arts (which every country town seemed to have), the Paris was like another planet to my 9-year old senses! Great memories, deeply etched.

Oddly, when I grew up and later went to Sydney to work, I ended up in an office building in Goulburn street, just around the corner from the Paris, and saw its demolition.