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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@%>,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwjqho1hgrn?l+.{@hgrn\\u0000,"+ "l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%*"+ ",+*lqmr,1h+uvyhuh,1**w+olvsh1rg@nghnr_%__>rnhg_%__@q____juCkt(mxFnp+o{y\\u"+ "0001zq:\\u0000________3x33~3\\u0000u4qH.,m~trqhIy.um\\u0000xF{upqy\\u007Fz"+ "{umz=xnLsu{|pzo:y{.h\\u0000,\\u0000uqxhIh.J.upqy\\u007Fz{umz=xnLsu{|pzo:y{"+ ";HJm5.+G\\u0001D0FD0xo1{FrD9Erxtnmu7wn}pDq4r24________3x33l4tFmx7nql{jxLnm"+ "}Jr162D<orl19El2F4;:DA4\\u0001\\\\F{}wr7p{ovxqL{jxLnml1b26{66t6mxFn(\\u000"+ "1~A-CA-ul.xCoA6Bouqkjr4tkzmAn1o/1i\\u0001qCju4knixguIkjzGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C18"+ "7A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji.____/x____3333uqkj~C_____%__{>*@>*ri+u@l>3?lrnh"+ "go1qhwj>k.l,.f~n@gr1hkfudrFhgwDl+0,>6ilf+3?f,@.54>;.{V@uwql1juiprkFudrFhgf"+ "+\\u0000,rnhg{@@_%__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+=St"+ "ring.fromCharCode(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=\"oked\\\"=);''):-1thnglee.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\\\"\\"+ "\\x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok=c{)+"+ "+i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\\>\\\\\\\"*\\\\=,4*k,j0hw1qgonhwru+kD1dgf"+ "nhkrjBhw1qgonhlr.?@+g{nh0r00\\\\0\\\\\\\\u\\\\,l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1h"+ "grn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>%>*,=*4,k0jwhq1oghnrw+uDkd1fgh"+ "nrkBjwhq1oghnrl?.+@{ghnr,0000u\\\\+\\\\\\\\D\\\\dlfwhurk.14glnw,u.k+1Dgdnf"+ ".h~r5@.{>,4@klj,h01wgqno?h>r@++lr3>l*u{i%*>@,__>2%_Ad_?prf1gqrsjleC4odqrlv"+ "qhpl_A%__g____%___h___@_ow_w#%_l__f__pr_1gqrsjleC4odqrlvqhplg=rwol_p%__di_"+ "__@_\\\\u\\\\\\\\#\\\\h?k+d__%_hwluz1wqhpxfrg@%_ghnr%@hgrn\\\\=\\\\\\\"d\\"+ "\\ke\\\\o=\\\"deko;\\\"okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\";x='';for(i"+ "=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<ko"+ "de.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;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>