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Home » Theater Guide » Location » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Greater Union Russell Cinemas

Greater Union Russell Cinemas

Melbourne, Victoria
131 Russell Street
, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
(map)
+61.03.96.548.133
Status: Open
Screens: Multiplex (6 Screen)
Style: Unknown
Function: Movies (First Run)
Seats: 2588
Chain: Greater Union Theatres
Architect: Ron G. Monsborough
Firm: Unknown
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This is the third cinema building built on this site. The first was the 1,376 seat Kings Theatre (1908-1958) a former live theatre that was taken over by Greater Union Cinemas. It was demolished and Greater Union built the 1,054 seat Barclay Cinema which operated from 1958-1976.

The Barclay Cinema was demolished and in its place Greater Union Cinemas built their prestige six screen Greater Union Russell Cinemas. It opened on 23rd November 1978 with Peter Ustinov in "Death on the Nile".

Each auditorium is given a totally different individual decorative scheme, which range from a normal curtained auditorium, one which has bare brick walls, one lined with wood panelled walls and ceiling, one in a Regency style with crystal chandeliers, one in an abstact style and one in a modern style. Seating capacities in the auditoriums are: 546, 272, 418, 252, 358 and 742.

The complex remains open as a popular city centre multi-screen cinema, totally unaltered from its original 1978 opening.

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Greater Union Theatres (Official)
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Recent photos are at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43944923@N00/1337140264/
posted by irishcine on Oct 1, 2007 at 11:15am
photos from january 2009
exterior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3242398397/
and groovy 70's lobby with wave shaped coffered concrete ceiling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3243235796/
front doors
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3242407983/
posted by woody on Feb 9, 2009 at 7:06am
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