Looking down to the Mezzanine from the Dress Circle Foyer.

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The simple, elegant style given to his theatres by Cedric Ballantyne is evident here. Ornamentation was rich, but restrained, unlike the gross over-decoration which in my opinion ruined many picture palaces (particularly in the United States) and even the relative coarseness of much of the ornamentation in such a fine theatre as the Sydney State. Having grown up with the Adelaide Regent, the epitome of Ballantyne at his finest, I always felt at home in the South Yarra Regent and the Victory.