Metro Crows Nest
360 Pacific Highway,
Crows Nest,
Sydney,
NSW
2065
360 Pacific Highway,
Crows Nest,
Sydney,
NSW
2065
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The Art Deco style Amusu Theatre became part of the MGM chain in the 1950’s and was renamed the Metro Crows Nest.
In early-1971, Metro sold the chain to Greater Union but, for some reason, the Crows Nest site was not part of the takeover.
After a short closure, it ran second
release product for some months, then closed for refurbishment, reopening in
December 1971 as part of the Dendy group with the Australian premiere of “The 12 Chairs”.
For several years it featured first release product, including a run of “Harold and Maude” before closing when the Dendy group ran into financial trouble.
The theater was later demolished and the land redeveloped.
Contributed by
Ron Jackson
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This is the Amusu Theatre, Maroubra, which closed in 1958. Mr.Jackson refers to the Sesqui Theatre, Crows Nest, opened in 1938 called so because this date was Sydney’s 150th (sesqui) anniversary. The Amusu was a B-grade cinema favoring action pics and teen audiences.
The Amusu Theatre was built run and owned by my Great Uncle and Grandfather Amos Edward Hinton and Arthur Stephen (Ash) Hennesey. If you have any information on the building or the history of this theatre could you please contact us ()
From the North Sydney municipal archives: Panels commissioned by Sydney County Council and mounted on George Street facade of the Queen Victoria Building for Australian Sesqui-centenary celebrations in 1938. The panels were designed by artist Edmund Harvey and the sculptors Neville Bunning and Morris Helsen. The panels were purchased for the newly refurbished Queens Picture Theatre, renamed the Sesqui Theatre at Crows Nest in 1938. The cinema was renamed the Metro and then the Dendy. In 1983 the cinema was demolished and the panels relocated to the Holroyd Centre.