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  • <p>The balcony and auditorium of the Thomas Lamb designed cinema in 1928.</p>
  • <p>The foyer of the Thomas Lamb designed Empire Cinema in 1928.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1 viewed from projection box, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013</p>
  • <p>Screen 1 side-wall, July 2013</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>a new IMAX screen arrives</p>
  • <p>Interior at opening in 1930</p>
  • <p>screen 5</p>
  • <p>North Hill Cinerama Auditorium (capture from CTV news segment)</p>
  • <p>Lyceum Theatre 214 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW - Sound technicians setting up turntable and amplifiers for first talkies in Australia, ‘Jazz Singer’ at the Lyceum Theatre 1928.</p> <p>Photo by Sam Hood From the collections of the State Library of New South Wales <a href="Mitchell%20Library">hood_07666 / Home and Away 7666</a></p> <p>The Lyceum theatre presented Warner’s The Jazz Singer using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc, though this movie was mostly silent, with segments of recorded dialogue and lip sync songs. The quality of the the sound-on-disc was then superior to the early sound-on-film, though this was to change with the development of variable area sound-on-film – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%rnhg_%@,>**,=04wkqjohh1rg+nDwdufkh1rgBnwkqjohh1rg?n+l{.h@rg\\"+ "u0000nl,w+uDkd1fghnr,..4+lDwdufkh1rg@n{.,~@5l.,>04wkqjohh1rg+nl?3>l@u+ir*>"+ "@*>{_%__>,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwjqho1hgrn?l+.{@hgrn\\u0000,l+wDu"+ "dkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>__{___%@"+ "__ghnr,\\u0000+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@,f?3+fli6>,0+lDwghFrdufkh1rg@n"+ "~f.,l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*__{___________%/__D>5As(igjBuum4ht7vgouFyr"+ "ktooDtbsbjk(z(zC(rsoi&jbuum4ht7vgouFyrktoo@tzsojsubrlgx(_&C____Bk.nzgx(4kt"+ "os}izjk@{__u___________%h__rg@n_%______hgrn_%__h@rg_%nn>gr@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*"+ "u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**,%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l"+ ".4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,="+ "**,>\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=12"+ "8;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Auditorium, circa 1921</p>
  • <p>Taken 29/6/1948 Source: State Library of NSW http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110007801 Across the stalls, Odeon Theatre, Campsie (taken for Guy Crick & Co) Home and Away - 11717, IE NUMBER: IE1320731</p>
  • <p>Bruno Dunst</p> <p>was<br>born 1919<br>and<br>died 1999</p> <p>He was actor, owner and manager of the Schlüter Lichtspiele since 1962 until the end. The soul of the cinema.</p> <p>The Marx Brothers movies and the Blues Brothers were screened over 15 years at the Schlüter Lichtspiele.</p>
  • <p>Mayfair Theatre 170 Thomas Street, Dandenong, VIC - TRIBUTE Rex Trewin</p> <p>PHOTO: Terri Trewin ©</p> <p>Dear Cinema Pioneers,</p> <p>We are very sad to inform you of the passing of our member Rex Trewin who passed away on April 14th, aged 85. (26/08/34 – 14/04/20)</p> <p>Rex started his life in the cinema industry in 1950 at the age of 16 as an Assistant Projectionist at the Boomerang / Mayfair Cinema in Dandenong. (It opened as the Boomerang in 1924 and changed names in 1951. Demolished 1969)</p> <p>Rex continued to work as a Projectionist until he retired at aged 60, working in Village Dandenong Drive-In, Village Clayton Drive-In and various other Village suburban Hardtops. His last long term location was the Village 10 Cinema Complex at Dandenong. He had come full circle. He will be remembered as a really top bloke by his friends and as a very experienced Projectionist – Derek Screen The Society Of Australian Cinema Pioneers – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\";'):'1)h-gt"+ "en.ldekot(rAha.cdekoh?gten.ldekoi<+(=xdeko)}(iAtarche.od+k1)i+t(rAha.cdeko"+ "+={x2)+=;i1)h-gten.ldeko<(;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\"\\\\;)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(ti"+ "lps.edok=edok\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\o;ek\\\"\\\\d=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ng\\\\\\\\@rrhx"+ "%hgwfzplqh1_u+w?%#dukih%@__p_ldwo=rlghpvqrldq4oeCjlrsgqf1_r#_%pw_wlho%@__%"+ "___A_lghpvqrldq4oeCjlrsgqf1pr2?%d>_%A{,*>>@r*+i@u>l?3nlg+1rhhjokq4w>0.,5l~"+ "@.,n{g@1rkhufwdlD4+..r,hnfgd1Dk+u,w\\\\\\\\l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\\\\\\\0un0g"+ "0@r.hl{n+g?1rhhjokqnwgB1rkhufwdnDg+1rhhjokq4w=0*,>*\\\\\\\\,\\\"\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\x\\\\\\\\';;=o'(f=r;i<0oiekldn.te;g+h)ic+k{d=.ohercoaeCtdiA-(;)f3ci0(c<="+ ")2+;1+8Sxr=nt.irgmfhorCoaeCcd}(o)ekxd==\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\"\\\\deko\\"+ "\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>