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davidcoppock commented about Reading Cinemas Dubbo on Nov 19, 2016 at 11:40 am

Part of Dubbo Riverdale Shopping Centre.

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davidcoppock commented about Cooma Twin Cinema on Nov 19, 2016 at 7:49 am

Website – www.snowymovies.com.au .

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davidcoppock commented about Jindabyne Cinema on Nov 19, 2016 at 7:47 am

Address – 1 Kosciuszko road. Website – www.snowymovies.com.au .

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davidcoppock commented about United Cinemas El Dorado on Nov 18, 2016 at 1:51 pm

Opened as Stamford Picture Theatre in 1925. Reopened in 2016 as United Cinemas El Dorado(after being closed forba few years(?) for renovations).

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davidcoppock commented about Village Roadshow Theatrette on Nov 18, 2016 at 6:25 am

Village Roadshow Theatrette is part of the State Library of Victoria.

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davidcoppock commented about Kalaide Theatre on Nov 18, 2016 at 2:30 am

Where did the unusual name Kalaide come from?

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davidcoppock commented about A.M.P. Theatrette on Nov 17, 2016 at 2:18 pm

A.M.P. Theatrette opened in 1995. Also been known as Rialto Cinema, Rialtovision Theatrette(and possibly also A.M.P. Cinema?). May still be open and operating? Possibly inside the A.M.P. building(opening date of A.M.P. building unknown?).

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davidcoppock commented about Reading Cinemas Dunedin on Nov 17, 2016 at 10:07 am

I think this was the only cinema operated by hoyts in Dunedin?

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davidcoppock commented about Village Triple Drive-In on Nov 17, 2016 at 9:18 am

The Coburg drive-in is the last operating Drive-in operated by Village in Australia(and possibly the World?).

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davidcoppock commented about Village Triple Drive-In on Nov 17, 2016 at 9:13 am

Opening date(first time) was 25/11/1965.

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davidcoppock commented about Tawasentha Drive-In on Nov 16, 2016 at 8:33 am

Where did the unusual name come from and how you say the name of the drive-in?

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davidcoppock commented about Hoyts Victoria Gardens on Nov 15, 2016 at 7:33 am

Opening date was 5/4/2003.

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davidcoppock commented about Double D Drive-In on Nov 13, 2016 at 12:33 am

Interesting name! Does the d stand for anything?

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davidcoppock commented about Cinema 273 on Nov 13, 2016 at 12:25 am

Why the name 273?

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davidcoppock commented about Curzon Cinema & Arts on Nov 13, 2016 at 12:21 am

The Curzon Community Centre opened on 20/4/1912 with an appeal to raise money for survivors and relatives of those who died in the Sinking of the Titanic 5 days earlier in the Atlantic Ocean near Nova Scotia, Canada. Ammount of money raised unknown?

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davidcoppock commented about Duke of York's Picture House on Nov 13, 2016 at 12:08 am

The Duke of York’s Picture House, once a year shows the Eurovision Song Contest live on the big screen.

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davidcoppock commented about Hoyts Garden City on Nov 11, 2016 at 2:09 am

Hoyts is planning to add 3 more screens to Hoyts Gardens City in the future.

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davidcoppock commented about Big Barge Art Centre on Nov 9, 2016 at 10:11 am

The Barge was built in 1965. The Big Barge Art Centre is also a tourist centre.

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davidcoppock commented about Electric Cinema - Portobello on Nov 9, 2016 at 8:14 am

I think this theatre might have the Guinness World record for the World’s oldest cinema with most of the original fabric intact?

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davidcoppock commented about Kino Pionier on Nov 9, 2016 at 7:52 am

The theatre has discovered docoments that say the theatre opened in 1907.

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davidcoppock commented about Royal Theatre on Nov 9, 2016 at 7:03 am

Theatre Royal may have been demolished?

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davidcoppock commented about Salon Indien du Grand Cafe on Nov 8, 2016 at 7:30 am

The arch and plaque can be seen to the left of the Gap store in the Streetview photo.

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davidcoppock commented about State Theatre on Nov 8, 2016 at 3:07 am

I think this theatre has been classied the world’s oldest operating movie theatre by the Guinness Book of Records?

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davidcoppock commented about L'Ideal Cinema Jacques Tati on Nov 7, 2016 at 8:05 am

L'ideal Cinema Jacques Tati has it’s own page on Wikipedia, with photos of the original cinema building and current cinema building. Closing date was 4/2/1977. The cinema building was renovated in 1995 and 2012.

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davidcoppock commented about Salon Indien du Grand Cafe on Nov 7, 2016 at 3:34 am

There was other screenings of the silent shorts(unknown how long the screenings went for?), they have about 2500 people a day watching the silent shorts. Among the people watching the first screening was Georges Melies, magican, direcror of the theatre, and director of “A Trip to the Moon, and other movie shorts. There is a photo inside the Salon Indien du Grand Cafe via on of the external links on the Salon Indien du Grand Cafe page on Wikipedia. There is a photo of the external plaque on the website www.unjourdeplusaparisde.com/en/paris-insolite/premiere-seance . There is a new Grand cafe(Le Grand Cafe Capucines) at 4 Boulevard des Capucines, named in memory after the original Grand Cafe.