Hoyts Esquire Theatre 238 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC – (Crowds milling to purchase tickets for Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs 1940’s Re-issue) – Previously known as Hoyts De Luxe Theatre.
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Hoyts Esquire Theatre 238 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC – (Crowds milling to purchase tickets for Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs 1940’s Re-issue) – Previously known as Hoyts De Luxe Theatre.
Hoyts De Luxe Theatre was built on the site of the St. George’s Hall which had become Hoyts Picture Theatre in 1912. The Hoyts De Luxe Theatre opened on 27th March 1915 and only showed films, and like many other Melbourne Cinemas had a Wurlitzer organ.
The theatre was re-named Hoyts Esquire Theatre from 1946. The cinema’s policy was changed in 1957 with the movie, “Around the World in 80 Days”, and among the other classic films screened were “South Pacific”, “Can Can”, “West Side Story”, “Tom Jones”, “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines” and “The Graduate”. It closed on 31st March 1976 and the interior was gutted with the façade covered over – Contributed by Greg Lynch –
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Walt Disney’s spectacularly successful first feature “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” premiered at the Melbourne Hoyts Plaza in 1938. It was revived on numerous occasions at various cinemas over the years. It screened at Hoyts Esquire for a season from 20th August, 1953 – which is when this photo was probably taken.