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  • <p>Regent Theatre  191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 - Re-opening 1947 with new square proscenium.</p>
            
              <p>The Regent Theatre in Collins street, Melbourne was originally designed in the late 1920s by Cedric Ballantyne.</p>
            
              <p>*Catastrophic fire</p>
            
              <p>A major rebuild was required in 1945-7 after a catastrophic fire gutted the building. Both Gordon Murphy and Reg Appleford supervised this, a difficult task in a time of shortage of materials and skilled labour, because of the War. It re-opened in December 1947 and operated as a single screen cinema (together with the Plaza downstairs it catered for 3300 patrons) for the next 23 years - Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript">
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  • <p>Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 – Re-opening 1947</p>
            
              <p>The new straight edged proscenium</p>
            
              <p>The main difference noted in pictorial histories of the Regent is that of the proscenium. The proscenium is generally an arch that surrounds the stage. The original Regent had a rounded arch, however the restored stage contained a square, or straight top edge – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript">
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  • <p>Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC – Construction 1929 – Installation of the Regent theatre chandelier.</p>
            
              <p>Regent Theatre chandelier (circa 1929) made by W. Bedford Pty Ltd</p>
            
              <p>Photo by Edwin G Adamson ARPS – Today Melbourne</p>
            
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  • <p>July 1959.</p>
  • <p>Palais Theatre 1 Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, VIC - Projection booth.</p>
            
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  • <p>Cine Avenida (right) and Palacio de la Música (left)</p>
  • <p>Advertised on April 16th, 1963</p>
  • <p>Advertised on April 12th, 1953</p>
  • <p>New York Premiere Engagement (April 8th, 1953)</p>
  • <p>Photo and description credit The State Journal-Register.
              “Springfield, Illinois - Easter on April 13, 1954 - The drive-in Sunrise Service at the Springfield Drive-In Theater attracted more than 3,800 people. They arrived in 975 cars, according to the organizers, a number that probably compared favorably to the turnout for movies on summer weekend evenings.”</p>
  • <p>Color illustration of John Eberson’s original design (1926)</p>
  • <p>70mm screening of Joker from the bio-box (projection room). Photo taken by Projectionist Kevin Adams.</p>
  • <p>2019 - Nick Navarre</p>
  • <p>April 1974 Before Demolishing.</p>
  • <p>Interior of the Palace toward the stage at its opening. This would be the Raphael A. Nicolais “second version” of the venue. The final version would eliminate the stage altogether.</p>
  • <p>1957 photo via Geoffrey Henry‎.</p>
  • <p>1960 photo via Wolfram Hannemann.</p>