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  • <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=\"oked\\\"=);''):-1thnglee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t("+ "rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od=kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\"\\"+ "\\';:)1'h)g-et.ndlketor(hA.adckehog?et.ndlkeio+<=(dxke)o(}Aiatcreho.+d1ki)"+ "t+r(hA.adcke+o{=2x+);=1ih)g-et.ndlke<o;(=i(0oi;r'fx'\\\\=\\\\\\\";\\\\);\\"+ "\"\\\\\\\\\\\\/>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\am<cod.ongpbi1@alonsienim>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\d\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=tlt\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\ i\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\cm\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\od.ongpbi1@alonsienim:dtoilm\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\f\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=re h<a(\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\teri.wntmecudo\\\\=\\\\\\\"d\\\\ke\\\\o=\\\"deko"+ ";\\\"okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-"+ "1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.cha"+ "rAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;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=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\r=hn%g*@+,l*mq,rh1u+yvuh,h*1w*o+vlhsr1@ggnnh_r"+ "n>g%@r%h__n_gr_h__%___@_g@n{,hur\\\\\\\\0000+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@"+ ",f?3+fli6>,0+lDwghFrdufkh1rg@n~f.,l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{_____%____"+ "______/AD(5gsBiuj4utmvho7FgrutyoktosDjb(b(kCzrzo(&sbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos"+ "@jzuorsgb(lCxk&nBg.(zkxo4}tzski{ju_____%__________h@rg_____%__nn>gr@hrnhgv"+ "1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**,_%__>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@n"+ "rgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l,\\\\u0\\\\00r0hn{g+@?.rlhnogq1whBjrkhnfgd1Dk"+ "+urwhnogq1wh0j,k*4,=_*@>g%nh>rr%hnngg@1rshlv+o*w1*h,huvy+u1hr,qm*l,+;*\\\""+ "\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x"+ "+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=\\\"xx;'=;'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.ee"+ "lgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+k"+ "ode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>No 1 Cinema</p>
  • <p>around 1929</p>
  • <p>La Feerie des Eaux is the name of a stage water pre-programme of the Chistmas movie presentation</p>
  • <p>8-20-16 new curtain this year</p>
  • <p>Screen 1 in former front stalls, March 2014</p>