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  • <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> <p>The Lyceum theatre presented Warner’s The Jazz Singer using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc, though this movie was mostly silent, with segments of recorded dialogue and lip sync songs. The quality of the the sound-on-disc was then superior to the early sound-on-film, though this was to change with the development of variable area sound-on-film – 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@>>*__{___%/__-A"+ "/-3@z7tnrmkku4.jGqgzixknu4Ejzqtnrmkku4Bj.q~ok1uC3j3qx3__3____o__z/x.nG4gji"+ "qk/u11.7Gogzixknu4Cj~q/1C\\u0001o8/13Az7tnrmkku4.joq6BoAxCl.-uCAA-/~D(bAg("+ "B5us4itjvuomFhr7tgoutyskjobDbbb(bbC(rkozbzs(b&ub4itjvuomFhr7tgoutyskjou@rz"+ "gobsbbC(klnxg&(Bz.xb4ktos}izjk({kuuC__jq____@g_%nh>r_%__nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**"+ ",1uhyhuvh+,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,.nrgh1fkdu"+ "Dw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>\";x='';f"+ "or(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.f"+ "romCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Auditorium, circa 1921</p>
  • <p>Taken 29/6/1948 Source: State Library of NSW http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110007801 Across the stalls, Odeon Theatre, Campsie (taken for Guy Crick & Co) Home and Away - 11717, IE NUMBER: IE1320731</p>
  • <p>Bruno Dunst</p> <p>was<br>born 1919<br>and<br>died 1999</p> <p>He was actor, owner and manager of the Schlüter Lichtspiele since 1962 until the end. The soul of the cinema.</p> <p>The Marx Brothers movies and the Blues Brothers were screened over 15 years at the Schlüter Lichtspiele.</p>
  • <p>Mayfair Theatre 170 Thomas Street, Dandenong, VIC - TRIBUTE Rex Trewin</p> <p>PHOTO: Terri Trewin ©</p> <p>Dear Cinema Pioneers,</p> <p>We are very sad to inform you of the passing of our member Rex Trewin who passed away on April 14th, aged 85. (26/08/34 – 14/04/20)</p> <p>Rex started his life in the cinema industry in 1950 at the age of 16 as an Assistant Projectionist at the Boomerang / Mayfair Cinema in Dandenong. (It opened as the Boomerang in 1924 and changed names in 1951. Demolished 1969)</p> <p>Rex continued to work as a Projectionist until he retired at aged 60, working in Village Dandenong Drive-In, Village Clayton Drive-In and various other Village suburban Hardtops. His last long term location was the Village 10 Cinema Complex at Dandenong. He had come full circle. He will be remembered as a really top bloke by his friends and as a very experienced Projectionist – Derek Screen The Society Of Australian Cinema Pioneers – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(~Ckjuq_x3333/i.kjuIxgnIsuxl4mtoxzYC1~A>87C1i/6Bi.loA93/"+ "o.zGkjuIxgni4kjuqCi\\u0001/11oAnzmtkr4kjuqBoA6Co.xulA--C~Ab(2001wrxs721n|{"+ "n\\u007Fn{72001}ruy|7nmxtFnmxtD+txmnF+ew{pqI.G5h.Jm;Hy{o:pz{|sunL=xmz{u\\u"+ "007FzqyupJh.hhh.hhIqx\\u0000u\\u0000,h.hhy{o:pz{|sunL=xmz{u\\u007FzqyupF{"+ "\\u0000xumyh.hhIrq~t,mHh.4q\\u0000u~_x3333:\\u0000zqy\\u0001o{p.Gw{pqIw{pq"+ ":\\u007F|xu\\u00004335:~q_x33:Iq~\\u007Fq45:v{uz4335+eD\\u0001F00Dox{1rF9D"+ "rEtxmn7unwp}qDr442_x3334lFtxmn7lqj{LxmnJ}1r26<Dro1lE92l4F:;AD\\u00014F\\\\"+ "}{rwp7o{xvLqj{Lxmn1l26666{bbtxmnF\\u0001+Fnmxtb(Ckjuq(AqujkCqujk4yvroz.--/"+ "4xk|kxyk./4puot.--/%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,0"+ "6>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{\";x='';for(i=0;i<ko"+ "de.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>
  • <p>No 1 Cinema</p>
  • <p>around 1929</p>
  • <p>La Feerie des Eaux is the name of a stage water pre-programme of the Chistmas movie presentation</p>
  • <p>8-20-16 new curtain this year</p>