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  • <p>The foyer, photographed at its opening in September 1936. Courtesy Gary Lewis</p>
  • <p>Photograph taken March 1936 of Rex auditorium.</p>
  • <p>Grauman’s original ushering staff in Chinese uniforms</p>
  • <p>March 5, 1940 photo credit Michael O'Brien.</p>
  • <p>screening the 3 strip cinerama short “In The Picture” 2012</p>
  • <p>Photographer Unknown</p>
  • <p>Looking up at the tiers.</p>
  • <p>Dimension 150 lenses</p>
  • <p>screening</p> <p>Lawrence of Arabia</p> <p>in 70 mm film</p>
  • <p>screening</p> <p>Windjammer</p> <p>in 3 strip Cinerama</p>
  • <p>1962 35mm Slide credit Augie Castagnola.</p>
  • <p>screening<br>The Sound of Music</p>
  • <p>Pre 70mm Days</p>
  • <p>Photo credit: Herbert Mathese</p>
  • <p>Grand entrance foyer to stalls and circle rotundas. This impressive area was 52ft in length. Main balustrades and hand railings were made of aluminium with silver anodic finish. Manufactured by Garton & Thorne Ltd. Undoubtedly the most eye catching was the huge central light fitting, which had a special electrical winch for lowering and maintenance. This was supplied by F H Pride Ltd., as was all the lighting fitments within the Havana cinema. Leslie H Kemp library.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>Photograph showing front of auditorium from circle. Concealed lighting from above and surrounding the proscenium, four grilles were set either side within the splay walls, two pairs either side were for the two organ chambers and the remaining were for heating and ventilation ducts. The raised illuminated Compton organ occupied the central position of the orchestra pit. Leslie H Kemp library.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>The large stalls rotunda provided a waiting area, cloakroom and toilets. A 32ft diameter fibrous plaster ceiling radiating out from the central light into an illuminated coved recess. The finished decoration were beige, amber and terracotta, these colours were used for the entrance foyer and similar treatment was used for an almost identical area in the circle rotunda, which connected to the restaurant. Lusty & Son were responsible for all the restaurant and lounges with Lloyd Loom chairs, settees and plain glass top tables. Leslie H Kemp library.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>Roxy Theatre 74 Maitland Street, Bingara, NSW</p> <p>Overview The Roxy Theatre The magnificent Roxy Theatre, situated in the main street of Bingara, is a striking building, with a history as colourful as its painted exterior. Built in 1936 by three Greeks, it operated as a cinema until 1958, after which it was closed and lay dormant and untouched for forty years.</p> <p>In May 2004, The Roxy was faithfully restored to its original splendor and was re-opened to the public. The theatre embraces some of the most striking original art deco architecture in New South Wales and it still contains the original fixtures and fittings, including the ornate stucco plaster, paintwork and coloured lights from 1936.</p> <p>Today The Roxy functions as both a multi purpose cinema and regional centre for the performing arts, with The North West Theatre Company taking residence there. The quality and standard of the performances and events, make any visit worth while.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\)=';)'-:t1nhlgeeo.(dAkatcreho.?dtknhlgeeo.<d(k"+ "xie+o=}dikt)r(hA.adcke)o++(1Aiatcreho.=dxk)+={i2)+-;t1nhlgeeo.(dik0<i;r=f("+ "'o=;;'\\\\x\\\\\\\";\\\\\\\\)>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\/m\\\\cad<oog.bn1pai"+ "o@slenii>n\\\\md\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\et\\\\t=\\\\"+ "li\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\cd\\\\oog.bn1p"+ "aio@slenii:ntmidmo\\\\la\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\fr\\\\ =<e(h\\\\a\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\itwrt.enumoc\\\\d\\\\"+ "\\\"e\\\\o=\\\\dk\\\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join(''\\\")x;'=;'of(r"+ "=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<"+ "do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1"+ ");i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.char"+ "At(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>