Cinerama

Located in the Te Ato district of the city centre. A conversion of a former garage, the State Theatre was opened on 16th December 1933 with Jessie Matthews in “The Good Companions”. It was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system. It was quite a plain building. All seating was on a single floor (there was no balcony). It was operated by the Amalgamated Theatres chain throughout its life and it the 1940’s they gave it an Art Deco style make-over.

Alterations were made in the early-1960’s and on 19th August 1966 it was equipped with 70mm projection and was re-named Cinerama (although it never ran Cinerama films), opening with Spencer Tracey in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”. It was closed on 25th June 1987 with the South African film “The Gods Must Be Crazy” directed by Jamie Uys. It was demolished on 19th October 1987.

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