Opened with 6 screens on 6/12/1985 on screen 1 with “Spies like us”, screen 2 with “Rocky 4”, screen 3 with “Santa Claus the movie”, screen 4 with “Young Sherlock Holmes”, screen 5 with “Jewel of the nile” and screen 6 with “Out of Africa”.
Exhibitor was Wallis. When the drive-in opened, the suburb was known as Springbank(suburb name changed later to Panorama(mid 1960’s?)). The site is now divided into 35 house sites.
What were the family fun tokens seen above used for?
Opened with 6 screens on 6/12/1985 on screen 1 with “Spies like us”, screen 2 with “Rocky 4”, screen 3 with “Santa Claus the movie”, screen 4 with “Young Sherlock Holmes”, screen 5 with “Jewel of the nile” and screen 6 with “Out of Africa”.
Opened on 18/12/1998 on screen 1 with “The prince of Egypt” and on screen 2 with ‘A simple plan".
705 cars.
The orinigal was destroyed by fire in 1979.
The beauty shop is called Priceline.
Reopened as the Plaza Theatre on 3/10/1934.
Exhibitor was Wallis. When the drive-in opened, the suburb was known as Springbank(suburb name changed later to Panorama(mid 1960’s?)). The site is now divided into 35 house sites.
The outdoor cinema(1 screen) opened in 2018(next to the cinema building?).
4th screen opened in 2004. creen 1 - 120 seats, screen 2 - 180 seats, screen 3 - 144 seats, screen 4 -(number of seats unknown?).
Also opened with “Porky’s 2”.
Are the tickets golden here?
Has this theatre ever screened “Willy Wonka and the chocalate factory” or “Charlie and the chocolate factory”?
Opened on 24/8/1950 with a Bugs Bunny cartoon(Rebel Rabbit), a specialty(Celebration days), a novelty(Sun Valley fun), and “My wild Irish rose”.
Also opened with “Steel bayonets”.
Also opened with Pathe news, and a Our Gang comedy(“Aesops Fables”).
There was a Drive-in chapel on sunday mornings(9 am) in 1957, sponsored by tne Maple Avenue Baptist Church.
Opened on 10/7/1957 with “Abandon ship” and “Calypso heatwave”.
Whats GTX?
Opened in 1953. Closed in 1964. The site is now medical offices.
Opened on 29/3/1974 on screen 1 with “Magnum force” and “The getaway”, and on screen 2 with “Westworld” and “Soylent green”.
Why the name Wakea(sounds Hawaiian to me?).
Opened on 20/7/1951 with “Raton Pass”.
Opened on 1/7/1949 witn “The bride goes wild”.
Opened on 13/8/1969 on the north screen with “Mackenna’s gold” and “The Silencers”, and on the south screen with “Bullitt” and “Cool hand Luke”.