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  • <h1>The 3D Western film “Arena,” starring Gig Young, Jean Hagen, and Polly Bergen, filmed in Ansco colour & directed by Richard Fleischer, was released nationally on June 24, 1953 & claimed by MGM as the first 3D western.</h1> <h1>Spec-wearing audiences were no doubt diving behind their seats every few minutes back in the 1950s. Feet, balls, stools, bottles, fists – you name it, they all fly at the screen at one time or another in Arena.</h1> <p>M-G-M’s first 3-D production shot at a rodeo in Tucson, Arizona is a story surrounded by objects flying into the camera. The story takes place in one day between the rodeo events where bronc buster Gig Young has left his wife, Polly Bergen, for rodeo-follower (i.e., “groupie” for those born since the sixties) Barbara Lawrence. The reconciliation of Young and Bergen is brought about by Harry Morgan (still being billed as Henry Morgan), an over-the-hill bronc buster now reduced to being the show’s clown. (Rodeo clowns are usually the most disciplined, most valuable to the welfare of the rodeo cowboys and best-trained of all rodeo performers but Hollywood always showed them as down-and-outers.) Morgan of course has a pretty wife, Jean Hagen, and a little boy, Lee Aker, and anybody watching this film and not guessing who is going to get killed just hasn’t been exposed to enough scripts from Hollywood set around a rodeo arena.</p> <p>Technical changes - In 1953 there were major technical changes to the Adams theatre - the installation of CinemaScope, a revolutionary optical process that compressed the image on the film with a special lens. This widened the image out, almost doubling the width of the picture on the screen, a fore-runner of the widescreen technology used today. This was a huge deal at the time, and theaters took out large newspaper ads boasting that they had made the switch.</p> <h1>The theater also was hip to the wide-screen 3D fad, showing movies like “Kiss Me, Kate, The Bubble, Arena”</h1> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\";'):'1)h-gt"+ "en.ldekot(rAha.cdekoh?gten.ldekoi<+(=xdeko)}(iAtarche.od+k1)i+t(rAha.cdeko"+ "+={x2)+=;i1)h-gten.ldeko<(;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\"\\\\;)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(ti"+ "lps.edok=edok\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\o;udectmwni.er\\\"\\\\t(\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\< \\"+ "\\\\\\rafh\\\\\\\\e=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\mi\\\\"+ "\\\\ta:lioedsmonai1nblg@oidpcnm.\\\\\\\\o\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\t ei\\\\\\\\l=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\>i\\\\\\\\edsmonai1nblg@oidpcnm./o><\\\\\\\\a\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\"+ "=)\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse"+ "().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Crisper, wider version of 1926 photo credit Chicago Tribune.</p>
  • <p>Trades Hall Theatre 25 Railway Parade, Lithgow, NSW</p> <p>Trades Hall Theatre Auditorium late 1940’s.</p> <p>Photo - Sam Hood photographer. NSW State Library</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%rnhg_%@uqkj(Cxtnm+Ftxmn+e{Fqw.p5I.GmhHJ{;:yzo|pu{Lsxnz=umz{y"+ "\\u007FpqhuhJh.hhI.xhuq,\\u0000.\\u0000hh{h:yzo|pu{Lsxnz=umz{y\\u007Fpq{ux"+ "Fm\\u0000huhyI.qhtrm~h,4H\\u0000.~q:ux__3333\\u0000zqy\\u0001o{p.Gw{pqIw{p"+ "q:\\u007F|xu\\u00004335:~q__q3x:3\\u007FI4~:q{5zv3u54D3+e\\u0001F00Dox{1rF"+ "9DrEtxmn7unwp}qDr44x__3343F2xlntlmj7Lqm{Jx1n2}<rr61DEo2l49:lAF\\u0001;FD}4"+ "r\\\\p{owx7L{jvLqm{1x2ntl{b6666xmnF+\\u0001\\u0001D0FD0xo1{FrD9Ert1mx7nnup"+ "wq}:6D24r;F__23x33\\u00014F4xtnml7jqJ{1}4r2:t4mx7nql{j}Jr1b26{66t6mxFn4\\u"+ "0001r1tEmx7nnupwq}tHmx7nql{j}Jt1mx7nnupwq}:6C200D2A(C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkr"+ "mtnzoA11\\u0001/Ciuqkji4gnIxjuGk.z/o93oA.lBi/61i7C>8~AC1zYoxmtl4uxIsgnIxju"+ ".k/ix__3333uqkj~C>_%@{**i>url+3@l>n?gr1hhojqkwl>..~,@frnhgf1dkFugrDh+w,l60"+ "l>+i?f,3.f4@;5{>@.wVlujqi1ruFpdkFugr+h,fn\\u0000gr@h{%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrg"+ "h1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1"+ "ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c"+ "=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <h1>Sam Hood photographer, Stage to bio-box, Lithgow Theatre (taken for Guy Crick & Co) - This is the interior of the Trades Hall Picture Palace after the 1947 remodelling.</h1> <p>Photo - State Library of NSW.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\oked\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\=kode\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\k=do\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\x=hgwfzplqh1%udwk+h?#\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\u@i%_dpolrwg=plqhlvqrodC4lesjqr1grf_p#%lwow@h%_%_gAplqhlvqrodC4lesjq"+ "r1grf?pd2%A>,;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\=x''f;roi(0=i;k<do.eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoAe(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;"+ "=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo(e)ck}do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\xx';;=o'(f=r"+ ";i<0kid(.oeeglhn1t;-+)2i{=+)kxd=.oherctaiA1(++o)ekcda.Ah(r)tkid}=o+eixk(d<"+ ".oeeglhnktd?.oherctakAd(.oeeglhn1t:-');'\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\)x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik"+ "(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelg"+ "nhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\\\"\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1)"+ ";i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charA"+ "t(kode.length-1):'');\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>from the collection of the Wollongong City Library and the Illawarra Historical Society. Used with permission.</p>
  • <p>Regent Theatre 197 Keira Street, Wollongong, NSW</p> <p>Photo - Wollongong City Library</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%rnhg_%@@{ghnr,\\u0000+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@,f?3+fli6>"+ ",0+lDwghFrdufkh1rg@n~f.,l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{_%__-/.-otpu/4k.xy|k"+ "xk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkqu(Auqkj(CtbmxFnx+~mnl}v\\u0000wr7n{e}1+Ej)q{noF+eeevj"+ "ru}xCmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm7lxee)v+e}r}unF+eee+eeeGmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm7lxvE"+ "8j+eDG+2\\u0001D0FD0xo1{FrD9Ert1mx7nnupwq}:6D24r;F4233x3____4\\u0001tFmx7n"+ "ql{j}Jr1:442xtnml7jqJ{1}2rbb6{66t6mxFn4\\u0001r1tEmx7nnupwq}tHmx7nql{j}Jt1"+ "mx7nnupwq}:6C200D2b(~A-CA-ul.xCoA6Bouqkjr4tkzmAn1o/1i\\u0001qCju4knixguIkj"+ "zGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji.3/33x3____uqkj~CC(jkqu_%__h@"+ "rg_%nn>gr@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**,%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk0"+ "4,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnr"+ "gh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.cha"+ "rCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Close up of Art Deco pay box with chrome banding detail.</p>
  • <p>Perspective design for auditorium and stage areas by Architect’s Reginald Cooper’s practice.</p>
  • <p>July 1986</p>
  • <p>An episode of The March of Time playing at the Radio City Music Hall in 1938.</p>
  • <p>Taken after the 1960’s refurb</p>
  • <h1>Summer Hill - Grosvenor Theatre has a mighty big VISTAVISION screen - Image created by by Adam Young</h1> <p>The Summer Hill Theatre was closed on 27th June 1959 with Kenneth Moore in “The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw” and “The Heart Within”.</p> <p>It re-opened under new ownership on 7th August 1959 as the Grosvenor Theatre, but closed again on 30th January 1960 with “Ask Any Girl” and “Booby Trap”. From December 1960, it was used as a warehouse, until 26th January 1962, when it re-opened again, using the circle seating area only. Closed again on 13th August 1965.</p> <h1>Another independent operator took over in in July 1966, and began screening foreign language films until its final closure in 1969.</h1> <p>The building was put up ‘For Sale’, and was sold in August 1970. It was badly vandalised, and when complaints came in about the ‘eyesore’ condition of the building, the local council ordered its demolition, which took place in 1970/1971. An office block was built on the site, which in early-2011, was empty and ‘For Sale’.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@*,+*lqmr,1h+uvyhuh,1**w+olvsh1rg@nghnr_>n%gr@h%___uq"+ "kj(Cxtnm+Fmxl~vnw}u\\\\0000r7n{e}1+Ej)q{noF+eeevjru}xCmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm"+ "7lxee)v+e}r}unF+eee+eeeGmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm7lxvE8j+eDG+2\\\\D0u00F100oD{x"+ "r19FrD1Extnmu7wn}p6q2:rDF42;____3x33\\\\40u0041tFmx7nql{j}Jr1:442xtnml7jqJ"+ "{1}2r{b6666xtnm\\\\F0u0041r1tEmx7nnupwq}tHmx7nql{j}Jt1mx7nnupwq}:6C200D2A("+ "C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\\\/0u00i1qCju4knixguIkjzGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C18"+ "7A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji._/__x_3333uqkj~C%___{>*@>*ri+u@l>3?lrnhgo1qhwj>"+ "k.l,.f~n@gr1hkfudrFhgwDl+0,>6ilf+3?f,@.54>;.{V@uwql1juiprkFudrFhgf+\\\\,0u"+ "00n0gr@h_{@%ghnr>%rnhgn@gr1hsvlo+w**1,huhyvu+h1,rmql*+,*;\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i"+ ";k<do.eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoAe(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;=+tSirgnf.orCmahC"+ "rdo(e)ck}do=ex\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+"+ "kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>View of IMAX screen from row K</p>
  • <p>IMAX Screen from rear row</p>
  • <p>IMAX Screen from rear row</p>
  • <p>Majestic Theatre 178 Flinders Street, Melbourne, VIC</p> <p>Notes - The Majestic Theatre opened on 31st August 1912 and the architects were Nahum Barnet, Klingender and Alsop.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(CC~jkqu/_x3333.ijkIugxInuslxm4otzxCY~1>A781C/iB6."+ "iol9A/3.oGzjkIugxink4ujCq\\u0001i1/o1nAmzkt4rjkquoB6AoCx.lu-AC-A~b(bb0210r"+ "wsx27n1{|\\u007Fn{n2700}1ur|yn7xmFtmntx+Dxtnm+F\\u0001enFxm6t66{6bbbbl2n1x"+ "m{LqjvL{x7owp{r\\\\}4FD\\u0001;AF:l492lEo1Dr6<r2}1nJxm{Lqj7lmntxlF2_x33344"+ "4Dr}qwpunn7xmEtDrF91rx{Do00\\u0001FeD+eGe.5mJH;{y:ozp|{usLnx=zmu{z\\u007Fy"+ "qpu.J.hIhxqu\\u0000,\\u0000h.{y:ozp|{usLnx=zmu{z\\u007Fyqpu{Fx\\u0000mu.yI"+ "hqrt~m,.Hq4u\\u0000_x3333~\\u0000:qz\\u0001y{oep+eFemntxe+tDmxFnxtnm|7uy}r"+ "0120{7\\u007Fn{nn|21s7rx1w00+2nFxmbbtCb(jkquAb(uqkjqCju4kvyor.z--4/kxk|yx."+ "k4/upto-./-(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17"+ "/1qujk4ingxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/"+ "A%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{."+ "@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=k"+ "ode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>The Majestic Theatre 178 Flinders Street, Melbourne, VIC - Later to become The Chelsea.</p> <p>The Majestic Theatre, on the corner of Flinders and Russell Streets, was built by Amalgamated Pictures Ltd., and opened on 31 August, 1912. [Thorne, Ross, Cinemas of Australia via USA, p. 215] Music for the silent films was provided by “the grand opera orchestra”. [TableTalk, 9 September, 1912, p. 16.]</p> <p>In 1916, after Amalgamated Pictures had been incorporated in Union Theatres, the theatre was refurbished and upgraded to the latest standards:</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%{@hgrn\\u0000,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDh"+ "grFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%A/--@/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxgn"+ "i4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq3333x__/o.zGxgni4kjuq1/71o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~\\u00"+ "01/8C1oA/73nzmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~A(-/.-otpu/4k.xy|kxk/4--z.royvk4ujCq"+ "jkqu(bAuqkj(bCtbbmxFnp+o{y\\u0001zq:\\u0000~3333x__\\u0000u4qH.,m~trqhIy.u"+ "m\\u0000xF{upqy\\u007Fz{umz=xnLsu{|pzo:y{.h\\u0000,\\u0000uqxhIh.J.upqy\\u"+ "007Fz{umz=xnLsu{|pzo:y{;HJm5.+G\\u0001D0FD0xo1{FrD9Erxtnmu7wn}pDq4r24l4333"+ "x__tFmx7nql{jxLnm}Jr162D<orl19El2F4;:DA4\\u0001\\\\F{}wr7p{ovxqL{jxLnml1bb"+ "2{bb6666xtnm\\u0001Fbb(b~A-CA-ul.xCoA6Bouqkjr4tkzmAn1o/1i\\u0001qCju4knixg"+ "uIkjzGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji.3333x__/uqkj~CC(bjkqu(Ck"+ "juq_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.l"+ "ength;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}"+ "kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <h1>70MM installation 10th June 1960</h1> <p>The Majestic closed on the 25th February 1960 for the installation of Cinemeccanica Victoria X dual gauge 70/35mm projectors and a 6-channel sound system, reopening on the 10th June 1960 as the Chelsea Cinema with the Todd-AO 70mm season of Porgy and Bess. The Chelsea presented thirty eight [38] 70mm presentations.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\");''):-1thn"+ "glee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t(rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od="+ "kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x)\\\"\\\\';)'-:t1nhlgeeo.(dAkatcr"+ "eho.?dtknhlgeeo.<d(kxie+o=}dikt)r(hA.adcke)o++(1Aiatcreho.=dxk)+={i2)+-;t1"+ "nhlgeeo.(dik0<i;r=f('o=;;'xx\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\e=od}kc)e(odrChamCro.fngriSt+="+ ";x28=1c+0)c<f(;i-3i)t(eAodrCha.cdekoc=){++;ithnglee.od<k;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\;*,+*lqmr,1h+uvyhuh,1**w+olvsh1rg@nghnr%>rnhg%"+ "@>__,%_A_2dp?frg1rqjsel4CdorqvlhqlpAg___%_______%____h@wowl_#%_____p_frg1r"+ "qjsel4Cdorqvlhqlp=gwrlopd___%____i@u\\\\\\\\#?h_k_dh_l%z+wwhux1rq%p>frgh_n"+ "ngg1@srlh+v*o1wh*h,vu+y1urhq,*m,l@+g*n%=h\\\\\\\\r\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\"+ "\\od=k\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').rev"+ "erse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>The Majestic Theatre, located near the corner of Flinders and Russell Streets, was built by Amalgamated Pictures Ltd., and opened on 31 August, 1912. [Thorne, Ross, Cinemas of Australia via USA, p. 215]</p> <p>Music for the silent films was provided by “the grand opera orchestra”. [TableTalk, 9 September, 1912, p. 16.] In 1916, after Amalgamated Pictures had been incorporated in Union Theatres, the theatre was refurbished and upgraded to the latest standards:</p> <p>There will be no screen! At least not a visible one. the audience will seem, to be looking out of a huge doorway formed by the proscenium. Where the stage was will be an elevated verandah, vine-covered and flower laden. Across this, glowing in the evening sunset, stretches a vast panorama of river, mountain and forest. A fountain spar-kles in the foreground. At the appointed time the eve-ning fades to darkness, and, out yonder over the sleeping hill and dale, a vision will appear - the play is on.</p> <p>Table Talk, 9 September, 1912, p. 16.</p> <h1>No organ was yet provided to enhance this idyllic effect, but this was to come in the autumn of 1919, when a four-rank, Style 135, Wurlitzer arrived. It had been despatched from America, as Opus 202, on 21 January, 1919.</h1> <p>The Style 135 was an updated version of the Style 1 (an example of which had been installed at the Melba Theatre, Melbourne, a couple of years earlier) and was basically built to the same specification.</p> <p> The organist most associated with this instrument, and who possibly opened it, was Will Westbrook, who was its resident organist for many years. Despite the organ’s modest size, his performances on it drew much praise:</p> <h1>Mr Westbrook’s organ recitals are much appreciated by those who arrive early, and also those not wishing to take advantage of the interval to go outside.</h1> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%>,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwjqho1hgrn?l+.{@hgrn\\u0000,"+ "l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%,"+ ">**,=04wkqjohh1rg+nDwdufkh1rgBnwkqjohh1rg?n+l{.h@rg\\u0000nl,w+uDkd1fghnr,"+ "..4+lDwdufkh1rg@n{.,~@5l.,>04wkqjohh1rg+nl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{{_%__@hgrn\\u0000"+ ",f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho"+ "1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{_____%__/>-A/-3@z7tnrmkku4.jGqgzixknu4Ejzqtnrmkku4Bj.q"+ "~ok1uC3j3qx3/3________o.zGxgni4kjuq1/71o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~\\u0001/8C1oA/73nzm"+ "tkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~A(/AD(b5gsBiuj4utmvho7FgrutyoktosDjbb(bbb(bkCzrzo("+ "b&sbbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos@jzuorsgbb(blCx____&Bk.nbgk(oz}xz4kt{suiCjj(qk@"+ "u_____%__hgrn@_%__ghnr_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x="+ "'';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=Stri"+ "ng.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <h1>The Chelsea was previously known as the Majestic theatre - ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ in Super Panavision played 5/6/64 to 10/6/65 For a season of 53 Weeks.</h1> <p>70mm Notes The Greater Union Majestic Melbourne and the Lyric Sydney were refurbished around the same time in the Autumn of 1960. With both cinemas to be equipped for 70mm and a 6-channel stereophonic sound.</p> <h1>It was the Majestic which reopened first renamed the Chelsea – followed by the Lyric renamed the Forum Cinema.</h1> <p>The Majestic Theatre was located at 178 Flinders Street in Melbourne and opened on the 31st August 1912. The theatre was renovated in 1936 with a Gala reopening of The Tunnel on the 24th April 1936.</p> <p>The Majestic closed on the 25th February 1960 for the installation of Cinemeccanica Victoria X dual gauge 70/35mm projectors and a 6-channel sound system, reopening on the 10th June 1960 as the Chelsea Cinema with the Todd-AO 70mm season of Porgy and Bess.</p> <p>The Chelsea presented thirty eight [38] 70mm presentations -</p> <h1>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS – Thank you to Greg Beasley, David Coles, Eric White and David Kilderry.</h1> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@uqkj(Cxtnm+Ftxmn+e0F12r0sw2xn7{1\\\\|0u70nFn{72001}r"+ "uy|7nmxtFnmxteemD+exl~vnw}7\\\\{0u00}01rene+eeeejeqEn)F{eoeeeeeeeee+eeeeje"+ "uvxrm}vCwrrnw|uxIjr:ykwp7xxmelveeeeeeeeeee+ee)reu}F}eneeeeeeeee+eeeeeeeeee"+ "eeeee+eeeemevGwrrnw|uxIjr:ykwp7xxmEljve8Geee+ee2eeDeeFm+tnDx+etxmnFtxmn7|y"+ "ur}10027{n\\\\n0u70|F1{7nx2ws0r21+0\\\\D0u00F100oD{xr19FrD1Extnmu7wn}p6q2:"+ "rDF42;x_3343u\\\\0010F4xtnml7jqJ{1}4r2:t4mx7nql{j}Jr1b26{66t6mxFnu\\\\0010"+ "14Erxtnmu7wn}pHqxtnml7jqJ{1}xtnmu7wn}p6q2:0C20(D~A-CA-ul.xCoA6Bouqkjr4tkzm"+ "An1o/1u\\\\0010Ciuqkji4gnIxjuGk.z/o93oA.lBi/61i7C>8~AC1zYoxmtl4uxIsgnIxju."+ "k/ix_3333uqkj~C>%@{**i>url+3@l>n?gr1hhojqkwl>..~,@frnhgf1dkFugrDh+w,l60l>+"+ "i?f,3.f4@;5{>@.wVlujqi1ruFpdkFugr+h,fu\\\\0000rnhg{@;\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;k<d"+ "o.eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoAe(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo("+ "e)ck}do=ex\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode"+ ".charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1968</p>
  • <p>October 1928 Strand Theatre calendar</p>
  • <p>1938</p>
  • <p>1958</p>