I would say the Martin Avenue address is the owner’s address. The Majestic is definately located in Malanda, its listed in the Film Weekly-Motion Picture Directory 1951-52. There was a cinema in Mereeba called the Capitol Theatre (600 seats) listed in the same edition. By 1994, there was no cinema operating in Mereeba.
A 2004 photograph of the office block and shopping centre which contains the Metropol Biograf, seen here with its original name Palladium Biograf and viewed from the Radhuspladsen(Town Hall Square): http://flickr.com/photos/tpcom/36346786/
Three photographs I took in September 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2937735149/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2938590742/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2938594604/
Another vintage view from October 1955, when Associated British Cinemas took over:
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Here is a vintage postcard view from the early 1940’s:
http://www.postcardman.net/100442.jpg
Photographs of the Cinema Camera, taken in December 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1184854564/
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1183997419/
Interior-Foyer
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1184013797/
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1184846630/
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1184845670/
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1184844828/
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1184848954/
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1183985843/
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1184872752/
Auditorium
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/1184004275/
I would say the Martin Avenue address is the owner’s address. The Majestic is definately located in Malanda, its listed in the Film Weekly-Motion Picture Directory 1951-52. There was a cinema in Mereeba called the Capitol Theatre (600 seats) listed in the same edition. By 1994, there was no cinema operating in Mereeba.
A 2004 photograph of the office block and shopping centre which contains the Metropol Biograf, seen here with its original name Palladium Biograf and viewed from the Radhuspladsen(Town Hall Square):
http://flickr.com/photos/tpcom/36346786/
Four photographs of the Metropol Teatret that I took in September 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2929988712/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2929129555/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2929131273/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2929133193/
Three photographs that I took of the Listed building; Savoy Hotel, which used to house the Royal Biograf between 1906-1912:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2928760209/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2929618490/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2929620604/
Four photographs of the Hawaii Bio that I took in September 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2928745449/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2929613068/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2928751449/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2929615676/
Two photographs of the former Alexandra Teatret, which I took in September 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927934904/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927079429/
Two photographs I took of the ABCinema and Palace Hotel in September 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2926725825/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2926729855/
Three photographs of the Gloria Biograf that I took in September 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927450802/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927454180/
Foyer:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927456466/
Four photographs of the Vester Vov Vov that I took in September 2008:
Exterior:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2926465533/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2926466807/
Foyer:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927322282/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927323452/
Six photographs of the Posthus Teatret that I took in September 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927204098/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927223652/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2926352419/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927219168/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927225754/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2927227068/
Cafe seating outside the Vester Vov Vov:
http://flickr.com/photos/radical_adult/551245730/
Foyer in July 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/heybeans/2729049164/
Cinema sign:
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The Classic Cinema can be seen in the middle distance in this photograph taken possibly in the mid-1960’s:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheffdave/1917840151/
A set of demolition photographs, taken in July 1992 here:
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Three vintage photographs of the Trocadero Cinema here:
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A set of 11 vintage photographs of the Astoria Old Kent Road, from opening to demolition:
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A full view of the Oriente Theater, taken in September 2005:
http://flickr.com/photos/2rokbotoy/42205141/
The Oriente Theater can be seen on the right of this 2006 photograph:
http://flickr.com/photos/berniemack/339104939/
Another early postcard view of the Cinema House, when Barkers Pool was named Fargate:
http://flickr.com/photos/kevp/1968587356/
A vintage postcard of the Cinema House in its early days:
http://flickr.com/photos/kevp/1963684017/
Nine photographs I took of the Grand Teatret in September 2008:
Exterior
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904774105/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904778385/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904782671/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2905631710/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904789255/
Auditorium
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904796289/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904797623/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904799711/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2905645240/
Four photographs of the Dagmar Teatret I took in September 2008:
Exterior
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2905270612/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904428203/
Foyer
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2905274446/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2904433089/