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davidcoppock commented about Village Triple Drive-In on Nov 17, 2016 at 8:13 am

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

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davidcoppock commented about Tawasentha Drive-In on Nov 16, 2016 at 7:33 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 6:33 am

Opening date was 5/4/2003.

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davidcoppock commented about Double D Drive-In on Nov 12, 2016 at 11:33 pm

Interesting name! Does the d stand for anything?

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davidcoppock commented about Cinema 273 on Nov 12, 2016 at 11:25 pm

Why the name 273?

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davidcoppock commented about Curzon Cinema & Arts on Nov 12, 2016 at 11:21 pm

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 12, 2016 at 11:08 pm

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 1:09 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 9:11 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 7:14 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 6:52 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 6:03 am

Theatre Royal may have been demolished?

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davidcoppock commented about Salon Indien du Grand Cafe on Nov 8, 2016 at 6:30 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 2:07 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 7:05 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 2:34 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.

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davidcoppock commented about 31 West Drive-In on Nov 5, 2016 at 5:45 am

That’s a lower than normal marquee.

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davidcoppock commented about Lincoln Cinema on Nov 4, 2016 at 12:07 pm

Also called Youthoria Cinema. Website is www.youthoria.com.au .

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davidcoppock commented about Old Daisy Theatre on Nov 4, 2016 at 11:09 am

A row of chairs from the Daisy Theatre was brought on an episode of American Pickers(episode – Alien vs. picker) from a guy named Prince Mongo.

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davidcoppock commented about Martin Theatre on Nov 4, 2016 at 8:37 am

Martin Theatre opened in 1941. Martin theatre was hit by lightning and caught fire in the summer of 1981, and the interior burnt down. The front and side(and back?) walls, and theatre sign(marquee?) are still there. The remains of the theatre were seen brielly on an episode of American Pickers(episode – Sweet Homes Alabama). The theatre has been reopened as an outdoor theatre showing movies and concerts and live productions with canvas sheets over the top where the roof and ceiling used to be.

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davidcoppock commented about Camden Drive-In on Nov 3, 2016 at 11:36 am

There is footage of Camden Drive-in on Youtube(drive-in blues, towards the end). I think a little of the footage was used on a episode of American Pickers, and a still picture/photo as well(i forget which episode?).

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davidcoppock commented about Hoyts Southlands 8 on Nov 2, 2016 at 4:53 am

It is believed that Hoyts operated it’s Southlands complex in parthership with Ace Cinemas. Despite Southlands Shopping Centre signage stating this, the parthership never existed.

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davidcoppock commented about Madawaska Drive-In on Nov 1, 2016 at 4:34 am

Where did the unusual drive-in name come from?

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davidcoppock commented about J-H Drive-In on Oct 30, 2016 at 3:44 am

Why was it called J-H?

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davidcoppock commented about Piccadilly Cinema Centre on Oct 30, 2016 at 3:11 am

The Piccadilly Theatre opened on 10/3/1938 opened by His Excellency Lieut. Governer Sir James Mitchell K.C.M.G. (at 8pm) showing “Paramount Airmail News from Overseas”, “Turn off the Moon”, and “I met him in Paris”.