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$<p>The Colosseum Theatre was opened by General Smuts in October 1933 and became the flagship of African Consolidated Theatres.</p> <h1>PHOTO - “QUEEN IS CROWNED” points to the historic screening of A Queen Is Crowned, the premier 1953 feature-length Technicolor documentary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. As the premier theatrical venue in the city, the Colosseum hosted the high-profile South African cinematic runs for major global events of that era,</h1> <p>The Colosseum occupied an entire city block with a west and east wing containing offices. The theatre had a distinct Egyptian motif on the façade. Inside the auditorium, designed by interior designer William Timlin in a “castellated” style with turrets and fairy dragons, the stage opening had a large rouged festoon curtain made from crushed velvet material adorning the proscenium arch in later years.</p> <p>The theatre could accommodate fully-fledged stage shows as well as movie presentations. A distinct feature was the ceiling of the large auditorium which contained hundreds of tiny concealed lights giving the effect of looking up at a night sky with stars twinkling.</p> <h1>Closed in 1985, it was demolished and an office block named Colosseum was built on the site.</h1> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%rnhg_%@uqkj(Cxtnm+F2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7xm"+ "Et1r\\u00014nFxmbt6{66261rJ}j{lqn7xm4t:2r4}1{Jqj7lmntx4F__\\u00013x3324F;r"+ "42D6:}qwpunn7xm1trE9DrF{1ox0DF0D\\u0001+eD2eGe+8evjlEmxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwG"+ "vemeeeee+eeeeeee+ne}F}uere+)eeveelemxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwCv}mrxvuejeeeee+oe{"+ "F)nEq1j+eeen}r{\\u00007}wnv~lxm+enFxm+ttDmxFnxtnm|7uy}r0120{7\\u007Fn{nn|2"+ "1s7rx1w00(2~A-CA-ul.xCoA6Bouqkjr4tkzmAn1o/1i\\u0001qCju4knixguIkjzGo.3/A9l"+ "oi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji.__/3x33q3juCk_%~{>*@>*ri+u@l>3?lrnhgo"+ "1qhwj>k.l,.f~n@gr1hkfudrFhgwDl+0,>6ilf+3?f,@.54>;.{V@uwql1juiprkFudrFhgf+"+ "\\u0000,rnhg{@%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.n"+ "rgh1fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>"+ "\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.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>$
$<p>Amusu Theatre 17 Derowie Street, Manildra, NSW</p> <p>Mike Rogers writes - Movies were first shown in this city in 1910.By 1914 movies were shown in Fleeting’s Hall.Allan Tom was a theatre pioneer in this city.Still showing movies until his death at age 93 in 1995.There is even a original “love Seat' left in the theatre.35mm projection still with digital projection.AMUSU Theatre is quite a find.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%rnhg_%@nrgh_%__u@kq(j/C-A/-3@z7tnrmkku4.jGqgzixknu4Ejzqtnrmkk"+ "u4Bj.q~ok1uC__jq__x3333/o.zGxgni4kjuq1/71o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~\\u0001/8C1oA/73n"+ "zmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~Ab(/ADb(bb5gsBiuj4utmvho7FgrutyoktosDjbbbbb(bbbb"+ "bbb(bbkCzrzob(bb&sbbbbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos@jzuorsgbbbbb(bblCxk&nBg.b(bbz"+ "kxo4}tzski{jub(Ckjuq(AqujkCqujk4yvroz.--/4xk|kxyk./4puot.--/__>@_%*{i*u>lr"+ "3+l@n>g?1rhhjokqlw.>~.@,rfhnfgd1FkguDr+h,w6ll0+>?i,f.34f;@{5@>w.lVjuiqr1Fu"+ "dpFkgu+r,hnfg\\u0000@r{h>_%@{**i>url+3@l>+?rnhgo1qhwj0k,4l>@.,5{~@.rnhgf1d"+ "kDu+w.l,4n.gr1hkfudwDl+\\u0000,rnhg{@+.?lrnhgo1qhwjBkrnhgf1dkDu+wrnhgo1qhw"+ "j0k,4*=,*>%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1"+ "fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>\";x="+ "'';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=Stri"+ "ng.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$

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