According to an advertisement published by the South China Morning Post on 24th February,1964:—
French Film Festival/Sponsored by/French Government Trade Commissiones and Unifrance Film/at Queen’s Tonight/at 9.45 pm/Gala Premiere/“A Cause.A Cause D'une Femme”/The star Miss Mylene Demongest and the film’s director,Mr.J.M. Deville will make personal appearances on the stage.
Before it closed its door forever on 1st April,1981,the theatre detoriated rapidly and no longer was the elegant old lady as it was in the 1960s. Either the sound system or the screen was not of the highest standard of the 1980s since the management of the theatre would not upgrade its apparatus since the theatre was pending demolition in late 1970s.Although 1 was clientele of this theatre in the 1960s and early 1970s,I had to say good-bye to the theatre after a rat was seen running under my seat when I was watching a c-grade Japanese language film.
The last film to be shown before the outbreak of the war on 8th December,1941 was “ç´è²å¼•é³³”.[i can’t find the original English name of this film.]
The exterior of this theatre building is so beautiful that I applaud those living in the States to have many classical theatre buildings to be preserved for theatre researchers like us to do research.
Raymond Lo/2nd June,2005
Congratulation to the citizen of Melbourne to save and restore this splendour theatre from a lonely cinema researcher in Hong kong.
Raymond Lo/30th May,2005
The grand old lady can be restored to its original usage is admired by cinema reseacher like me in Hong Kong.Hong Kong don’t have any old theatre remains nowadays.
What a good news!
Congratulation!
Raymond Lo/29th May,2005
I hope I can go to this theatre and see a performance.
It’s glad to learn that the beautiful theatre can be renovated and open to business.
Does the 70mm projectors different to the normal 35 mm projectors?
Another gem in New York is restored to its original usage.
I support all the efforts to preserve and renovate this beautiful theatre.
A lonely theatre/cinema researcher living in Hong Kong.
So beautiful!
Supplement 6:—
[New]Queen’s
According to an advertisement published by the South China Morning Post on 24th February,1964:—
French Film Festival/Sponsored by/French Government Trade Commissiones and Unifrance Film/at Queen’s Tonight/at 9.45 pm/Gala Premiere/“A Cause.A Cause D'une Femme”/The star Miss Mylene Demongest and the film’s director,Mr.J.M. Deville will make personal appearances on the stage.
Raymond Lo/13th June,2005
It’s quite sad to learn that such beautiful theatre had been demolished to make way for a parking lot.
What a tragic news !
Raymond Lo/12th June,2005
Just the fact that the theatre have not been demolished and is waiting for restoration is a good news .
Supplement 6:—
Before it closed its door forever on 1st April,1981,the theatre detoriated rapidly and no longer was the elegant old lady as it was in the 1960s. Either the sound system or the screen was not of the highest standard of the 1980s since the management of the theatre would not upgrade its apparatus since the theatre was pending demolition in late 1970s.Although 1 was clientele of this theatre in the 1960s and early 1970s,I had to say good-bye to the theatre after a rat was seen running under my seat when I was watching a c-grade Japanese language film.
Supplement 7:—
The last film to be shown before the outbreak of the war on 8th December,1941 was “éµç¾…æ¼¢”.I can’t find the original English name of this film.
Supplement 5:—
The last film to be shown before the outbreak of the war on 8th December,1941 was “錢羅漢”.I can’t find the original English name of this film.
Supplement 5:—
The last film to be shown before the outbreak of the war on 8th December,1941 was “ç´è²å¼•é³³”.[i can’t find the original English name of this film.]
What a good news to know from this web site!
Salute to those who try hard to restore this theatre!
What a well restored beautiful Art Deco Theatre.
Hong Kong don’t have such beautiful theatre remains.
I think I had visited the lobby of this cinema during my trip to Adelaide in May 1998 .
Raymond Lo/5th June,2005
So beautiful !!!
I cannot believe that such beautiful theatre can be demolished.
Raymond Lo/4th June,2005
The exterior of this theatre building is so beautiful that I applaud those living in the States to have many classical theatre buildings to be preserved for theatre researchers like us to do research.
Raymond Lo/2nd June,2005
Correction 3:—
21th December,1967 should be 21st December,1967.
Sorry.
Correction 2:—
1th April,1981 should be 1st April,1981.
Sorry.
Raymond Lo/1st June,2005.
Correction:—
17th July,1947 should be 17th July,1948.
Sorry.
Raymond Lo/1st June,2005.
Congratulation to the citizen of Melbourne to save and restore this splendour theatre from a lonely cinema researcher in Hong kong.
Raymond Lo/30th May,2005
The grand old lady can be restored to its original usage is admired by cinema reseacher like me in Hong Kong.Hong Kong don’t have any old theatre remains nowadays.
What a good news!
Congratulation!
Raymond Lo/29th May,2005
Supplement 4:—
According to an advertisement published by the China Mail on 13th August,1932:—
“The Champ"
Showing today at 2.30ã€5.10ã€7.15 and 9.20
also
The first series of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Flit"
$500.00 Voice Guessing Contest
Raymond Lo/28th May,2005