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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=\"x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok"+ "=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"{@hgrn0000u\\\\,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqlu"+ "wV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{"+ ">%/--.toup4/.kyxk|kx4/--.zorvy4kjuqCkjuqA(qujkC(buqkjbb(bC-/.-otpu/4k.xy|k"+ "xk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkqubbbbAjbb(bius{tk4zx}zo.kbb(bbbbbbbbbbbbbgBn&kxClbbbb"+ "bbbbbbbbbbbbbb(bbbbbbbbbbbbbgsrouzj@sotkoyturgF7ohvmtu4juibbbbsbbbbbbbbbbb"+ "bbbbbbbbbbb(b&bbbbozrzCkbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb(bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"+ "(bbbbbbbbbbbbbjDsotkoyturgF7ohvmtu4juiBsg5bbbbDbbbbbb(b/bbbbbbbbACbb(bjkqu"+ "Abb(buqkjqCju4kvyor.z--4/kxk|yx.k4/upto-./-(bA~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn3"+ "7/Ao1C8/1000u\\\\~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ingxGz.o/3333x_qujkC~1.oBqujk4rk"+ "tmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A(Ckjuq%@hgrn\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.spli"+ "t('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$
$<p>Amusu Theatre 17 Derowie Street, Manildra, NSW</p> <p>Mike Rogers writes - Movies were first shown in this city in 1910.By 1914 movies were shown in Fleeting’s Hall.Allan Tom was a theatre pioneer in this city.Still showing movies until his death at age 93 in 1995.There is even a original “love Seat' left in the theatre.35mm projection still with digital projection.AMUSU Theatre is quite a find.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(Cxtnm+F2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7xm"+ "Et1r\\u00014nFxmbbt6{66261rJ}j{lqn7xm4t:2r4}1{Jqj7lmntx4F_x3334\\u0001;24F"+ "Dr:2q6p}nw7umntxE1DrF91rx{Do00\\u0001FeD0+12r0sw2xn7{1\\u007F|{n2n07}0u1|r"+ "nyx7Fmmttnexe+Demxl~vnw}7\\u0000{r}n+eeeE1eeeej)q{noeeeeeFe+eeeeveeeeejru}"+ "xCmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm7lxveeeeeeeeeeee+eee)}r}uneeeeeFe+eeeeeeeeeeeeeee+ee"+ "eeGeeeeemrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm7lxvE8jGeeee+eee2DeFe+metnexF+mntxD+xtnmtFmx7n"+ "y|ru1}0072n{n\\u007F|{1n72xswr0120Ab(C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\u0001"+ "/Ciuqkji4gnIxjuGk.z/o93oA.lBi/61i7C>8~AC1zYoxmtl4uxIsgnIxju.k/iq_x3333juCk"+ "~(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ing"+ "xGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@**>ir"+ "u+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iu"+ "rpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCo"+ "deAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$

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