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  • <p>That’s Roy Alward and his horse, Scout, making a personal appearance at the Paramount Theatre in Moncton circa 1952  to promote “The Son of Paleface” coming soon to New Brunswick.</p>
  • <p>1975? photo courtesy David Brown.</p>
  • <p>Left: 1980</p>
            
              <p>Right: 1984 in color</p>
  • <p>Photo from late 2020.</p>
  • <p>Designed by architect R.J. Denneby, this is how the auditorium of Perth’s Grand Theatre looked in c.1916.</p>
  • <p>This sad image with broken seats in the stalls was taken by Roy Mudge at the time on the Princess’s closure sometime in the 1960s.</p>
  • <p>The Plaza’s foyer was elegant in its ‘art moderne’ streamlining.</p>
  • <p>Print ad and description courtesy Matthew Martin.
              “The Wanderers got a return engagement in Sacramento, California as a second feature at a drive-in with Above the Law on April 22nd, 1988.”</p>
  • <p>This Grand Opening ad from The Daily News of Huntingdon PA, May 17, 1950, establishes the opening date of the Midway Drive-In. The Midway ran a similar ad a couple of days earlier promoting the opener.</p>
            
              <p>I have no interest in the copyright for this ad. It’s very likely that it’s in the public domain now, but don’t take my word for it. I uploaded it here in the scholarly fair use of fixing the Midway’s opening date.</p>
  • <p>April 14th, 1948 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>1980 shot of the Princess Drive-In with Al Pacino in “Cruising”</p>
  • <p>March 22nd, 1973</p>
  • <p>April 30th, 1940</p>
  • <p>August 3, 1950</p>
  • <p>August 1, 1953</p>
  • <p>Hoyts Renown Theatre  378 Glenhuntly Road, Melbourne, VIC - Today converted to units.</p>
            
              <p>The Renown traded well until the advent of television, and somehow managed to survive by diversifying into specialized product. A fire in 1970 led to the theatres demolition. This valuable main road site was finally cleared for the construction of a multi-level retail & apartment site. The development was fittingly named “The Renown Apartments”</p>
            
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  • <p>Dromana 3 Drive-In 133 Nepean Highway, Dromana, VIC</p>
            
              <p>Photo - Weekendnotes web-site</p>
            
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  • <p>The original name signage still exists on the back of the original screen.</p>
  • <p>June 2002</p>
  • <p>Construction of four more screens on September 30, 1989.</p>
  • <p>April 12, 1974</p>
  • <p>September 23, 1930</p>
  • <p>June 27, 1930</p>