Photos favorited by Kinospotter

  • <p>1968-1969</p>
  • <p>PHOTO 1965/1966</p>
  • <p>1944 Ad</p>
  • <p>Closed Indefinitely (April 2020)</p>
  • <p>1933 shot of the Empire Theatre with “Dinner at Eight” in London</p>
  • <p>The balcony and auditorium of the Thomas Lamb designed cinema in 1928.</p>
  • <p>The foyer of the Thomas Lamb designed Empire Cinema in 1928.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1 viewed from projection box, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013</p>
  • <p>Screen 1 side-wall, July 2013</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>a new IMAX screen arrives</p>
  • <p>Interior at opening in 1930</p>
  • <p>screen 5</p>
  • <p>North Hill Cinerama Auditorium (capture from CTV news segment)</p>
  • <p>Lyceum Theatre  214 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW - Sound technicians setting up turntable and amplifiers for first talkies in Australia, ‘Jazz Singer’ at the Lyceum Theatre 1928.</p>
            
              <p>Photo by Sam Hood  From the collections of the State Library of New South Wales  <a href="Mitchell%20Library">hood_07666 / Home and Away 7666</a></p>
            
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  • <p>Auditorium, circa 1921</p>