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  • <p>Tivoli’s auditorium with its Todd-AO screen curved in a 120º arc.</p>
  • <p>Chinese Gardens Theatre North Terrace & Frome Road, Adelaide, SA 5000 - Grand opening Fri Nov 13, 1936.</p> <p>(Source) The Mail (Adelaide, SA : Sat 7 Nov 1936 Page 1</p> <p>*Chinese Gardens Opening</p> <p>One more sign of approaching summer — on Friday night the Chinese Gardens Theatre on North terrace will open its doors to open-air picture-goers, and the first programme to be presented will feature the musical ‘production “Show Boat” starring Paul Robeson, Allan Jones, & Irene Dunne.</p> <p>Fragrant blooms</p> <p>Electricians, painters, and gardeners are all doing their part to help the theatre shed its winter disguise — rockeries are covered with fragrant blooms, and the shrubs planted specially for the coming season are in leaf. Electricians are at work erecting hundreds of feet of coloured festooning. and even the huge dragon above the proscenium seems interested in the proceedings - 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\\\"\\"+ "\\)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\o;udectmwni.er\\\\"+ "t\\\\\\\"(\\\\\\\\<\\\\\\\\ \\\\rafh\\\\e\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\i\\\\ta:lioedsmonai1nblg@oidpcnm.\\\\o\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"t\\\\t ei\\\\l\\\\\\\\=\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\i\\\\edsmonai1nblg@oidpcnm./o><\\\\a\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\";\\\\=)\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eok"+ "eds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+="+ "kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.len"+ "gth-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Cinema 1, Uptown Theatre</p>
  • <p>Screen at the Cinesphere</p>
  • <p>Exterior photo, 1976</p>
  • <p>Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 - Re-opening 1947 with new square proscenium.</p> <p>The Regent Theatre in Collins street, Melbourne was originally designed in the late 1920s by Cedric Ballantyne.</p> <p>*Catastrophic fire</p> <p>A major rebuild was required in 1945-7 after a catastrophic fire gutted the building. Both Gordon Murphy and Reg Appleford supervised this, a difficult task in a time of shortage of materials and skilled labour, because of the War. It re-opened in December 1947 and operated as a single screen cinema (together with the Plaza downstairs it catered for 3300 patrons) for the next 23 years - Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\)''(nioj.)("+ "esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\kode=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\oducemtnw.iret\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\(a<h er=f\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\amliotd:mineisnola@1ibpgno.doc\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\itlt=e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d>mineisnola@1ibpgno"+ ".doc<ma/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\>;"+ ")\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+="+ "kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.len"+ "gth-1):'');\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\=edok\\\"\\\\;kode=kode.split('').reverse().joi"+ "n('')\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 – Re-opening 1947</p> <p>The new straight edged proscenium</p> <p>The main difference noted in pictorial histories of the Regent is that of the proscenium. The proscenium is generally an arch that surrounds the stage. The original Regent had a rounded arch, however the restored stage contained a square, or straight top edge – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok"+ "=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\",**+qlrm1,+hvuhyhu1,**+wlosv1hgrn@h"+ "grn>%nrgh@%_qujkC(uqkjb(CC~jkqu/__x3333.ijkIugxInuslxm4otzxCY~1>A781C/iB6."+ "iol9A/3.oGzjkIugxink4ujCq1000u\\\\i1/o1nAmzkt4rjkquoB6AoCx.lu-AC-A~b(bb021"+ "0rwsx27n1{|F700u\\\\n{n2700}1ur|yn7xmFtmntx+Dxm~lnv}w0000u\\\\7r{n}+1Ee)j{"+ "qoneF+everj}uCxrmnv|wxrjw:ukIprxymwl7vxeee+})}rnueF+eee+eGermnv|wxrjw:ukIp"+ "rxymwl7vx8EGje+D2F+mntxb(bbkCujb(qqAjuCkuqkjy4rvzo-./-x4|kxkky/.p4ou.t--/("+ "A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/1000u\\\\~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ing"+ "xGz.o/__x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%_>{@**>"+ "iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1"+ "iurpFkduFrgh+f,0000u\\\\nrgh@{%@hgrn\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').revers"+ "e().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC – Construction 1929 – Installation of the Regent theatre chandelier.</p> <p>Regent Theatre chandelier (circa 1929) made by W. Bedford Pty Ltd</p> <p>Photo by Edwin G Adamson ARPS – Today Melbourne</p> <p>William Bedford Pty Ltd was a pre-eminent manufacturer of lights, who also created light fittings for the Palais St Kilda – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@uqkj(C-/.-otpu/4k.xy|kxk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkqubAq(juCk"+ "(bbbxtnm+F0210rwsx27n1{|\\\\n0u70nF7{0210r}yu7|mntxnFxmDt+exm~lnv}w\\\\70u"+ "00{0}r1n+eeejEq)n{Foeeee+eeejvurx}mCvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxleveeeee+)er}u}Fn"+ "eeee+eeeeeee+eeemGvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxlEvj8eGe+2eeDF+mntxD+xtnmtFmx7ny|ru"+ "1}0072n{u\\\\00F7{nn|21s7rx1w00b2b(AbC~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\\\/0u"+ "00i1qCju4knixguIkjzGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji._/3x33q3ju"+ "Ckb~C(jkquA(uqkjqCju4kvyor.z--4/kxk|yx.k4/upto-./->%@{**i>url+3@l>n?gr1hho"+ "jqkwl>..~,@frnhgf1dkFugrDh+w,l60l>+i?f,3.f4@;5{>@.wVlujqi1ruFpdkFugr+h,fu"+ "\\\\0000rnhg{@;\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;k<do.eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoAe(t)i3-i"+ ";(f<c)0+c1=82x;=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo(e)ck}do=ex\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.leng"+ "th-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode."+ "charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>July 1959.</p>
  • <p>Palais Theatre 1 Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, VIC - Projection booth.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@nrgh%_*@+,l*mq,rh1u+yvuh,h*1w*o+vlhsr1@ggnnh_r>__ng%"+ "@r_h_%____u_kq(jxC~mnl}v\\\\w0u0070{r}n1+Ej)q{noFe+vjru}xCmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrp"+ "yxwm7lxve+)}r}unFe+e+Gmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm7lxvE8jG+2D(A~C--Alux.oC6AoBqujk"+ "4rktmznAo11u\\\\0010C/uikqijg4InjxGu.k/z9oo3.ABl/i167i>C~8CAz1oYmxltu4Ixgs"+ "Injx.u/k_i______3_3xq3j3Cu_k~___%__>@_*{i*u>lr3+l@n>g?1rhhjokqlw.>~.@,rfhn"+ "fgd1FkguDr+h,w6ll0+>?i,f.34f;@{5@>w.lVjuiqr1FudpFkgu+r,hnfu\\\\0000rgh@__@"+ "{%_hgrn_>r%hnngg@1rshlv+o*w1*h,huvy+u1hr,qm*l,+%*{>*@>*ri+u@l>3?ln+gr1hhoj"+ "qkw40>,.l5@~,.{n@gr1hkfudwDl+4..,rnhgf1dkDu+w,lu\\\\0000rnhg{@+.?lrnhgo1qh"+ "wjBkrnhgf1dkDu+wrnhgo1qhwj0k,4*=,*\\\">x;'=;'of(r=i;0<iokedl.netg;h+i)+c{k"+ "=do.ehcraoCedtAi(-);3fic(0<c)=+21;8+xS=rtni.grfmohCraoCedc(})okedx=\";x=''"+ ";for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x"+ "+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Cine Avenida (right) and Palacio de la Música (left)</p>
  • <p>Advertised on April 16th, 1963</p>
  • <p>Advertised on April 12th, 1953</p>
  • <p>New York Premiere Engagement (April 8th, 1953)</p>
  • <p>Photo and description credit The State Journal-Register. “Springfield, Illinois - Easter on April 13, 1954 - The drive-in Sunrise Service at the Springfield Drive-In Theater attracted more than 3,800 people. They arrived in 975 cars, according to the organizers, a number that probably compared favorably to the turnout for movies on summer weekend evenings.”</p>
  • <p>Color illustration of John Eberson’s original design (1926)</p>
  • <p>70mm screening of Joker from the bio-box (projection room). Photo taken by Projectionist Kevin Adams.</p>
  • <p>2019 - Nick Navarre</p>
  • <p>April 1974 Before Demolishing.</p>
  • <p>Interior of the Palace toward the stage at its opening. This would be the Raphael A. Nicolais “second version” of the venue. The final version would eliminate the stage altogether.</p>
  • <p>1957 photo via Geoffrey Henry‎.</p>