State Newsreel Theatrette 49 Market Street, Sydney, NSW

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State Newsreel Theatrette 49 Market Street, Sydney, NSW - Photo from the Les Tod Collection.

A sliver of the eastern side of the magnificent State Theatre’s basement became the State Newsreel Theatrette in late-1931. Owners Greater Union saw the huge popularity of the “Fox Movietone” weekly newsreels, one with local content, one with international content. Using their feature production subsidiary, Cinesound, GU premiered the “Cinesound Review” - Contributed by Greg Lynch -