St. James Theatre
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Top: June 1961 view from Queen’s Square of the St James theater left, with statue of Queen Victoria and Greenway’s historic St James Church (after which the cinema was named) on the right. Signage on theater building frontage states: ‘BEN-HUR LAST DAYS’. Colorized photo by Allan Hedges courtesy City of Sydney Archives. Bottom: Comparison of 70mm MGM Camera 65 anamorphic print of “Ben-Hur” with the special 4-track mag/optical mono anamorphic 35mm print with ‘hard matte’ frame lines giving an aspect ratio of 2.55:1 used at the St James.
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