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$<p>The Colosseum Theatre was opened by General Smuts in October 1933 and became the flagship of African Consolidated Theatres.</p> <h1>PHOTO - “QUEEN IS CROWNED” points to the historic screening of A Queen Is Crowned, the premier 1953 feature-length Technicolor documentary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. As the premier theatrical venue in the city, the Colosseum hosted the high-profile South African cinematic runs for major global events of that era,</h1> <p>The Colosseum occupied an entire city block with a west and east wing containing offices. The theatre had a distinct Egyptian motif on the façade. Inside the auditorium, designed by interior designer William Timlin in a “castellated” style with turrets and fairy dragons, the stage opening had a large rouged festoon curtain made from crushed velvet material adorning the proscenium arch in later years.</p> <p>The theatre could accommodate fully-fledged stage shows as well as movie presentations. A distinct feature was the ceiling of the large auditorium which contained hundreds of tiny concealed lights giving the effect of looking up at a night sky with stars twinkling.</p> <h1>Closed in 1985, it was demolished and an office block named Colosseum was built on the site.</h1> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%{@hgrn\\u0000,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDh"+ "grFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%~Ckjuq3333x__/i.kjuIxgnIs"+ "uxl4mtoxzYC1~A>87C1i/6Bi.loA93/o.zGkjuIxgni4kjuqCi\\u0001/11oAnzmtkr4kjuqB"+ "oA6Co.xulA--C~A(D200C2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1}J{jql7nmxtHq}pwnu7nmxtEr14\\u0001Fnmx"+ "t6666{b2r1}J{jql7nmxt42:4r1}J{jql7nmxtF4\\u00014333x__2;F4rD2:6q}pwnu7nmxt"+ "1ErD9Fr1{xoD00F\\u0001D+D02C0:2q6p}nw7umntx}1{Jqj7lmntxqHp}nw7umntxrE41F\\"+ "u0001mntx26666{b1rJ}j{lqn7xm4t:2r4}1{Jqj7lmntx4F4333x__\\u0001;24FDr:2q6p}"+ "nw7umntxE1DrF91rx{Do00\\u0001F+eDD2+eG8eevjlEmxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwGveem+eee"+ "eeee+eeenee}F}u+er)eeeevleemxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwCv}mrxvueej+eeeoee{F)bnEq1j"+ "ee+en}r{\\u00007}wnv~lxmF+emntx+Fnmxt(Ckjuq_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uh"+ "yhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;"+ "if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$
$<p>Amusu Theatre 17 Derowie Street, Manildra, NSW</p> <p>Mike Rogers writes - Movies were first shown in this city in 1910.By 1914 movies were shown in Fleeting’s Hall.Allan Tom was a theatre pioneer in this city.Still showing movies until his death at age 93 in 1995.There is even a original “love Seat' left in the theatre.35mm projection still with digital projection.AMUSU Theatre is quite a find.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\'=()i'jn)oe.r(vsre)e'.t'l(siepo.=ddkke\\\\o;\\"+ "\\\\\\kd\\\"=o\\\\e\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\hn%gg@frpxqh1wuzwl%hd_k+h?"+ "#\\\\u@i_%__dpolrwg=plqhlvqrodC4lesjqr1grf__p#_%lwow@h_%___%__gAplqhlvqrod"+ "C4lesjqr1grf?pd2_%A>,%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw"+ "+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l\\\\\\\\\\\\,\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\\\\\0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1oh"+ "qjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\;\\\"\\\\\\\\x='';"+ "for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String."+ "fromCharCode(c)}kode=\\\\\\\\=x\\\"\\\\edok\\\\;o\\\"ekkdd=.opeis(l't.'e)e"+ "rsv(r.eo)nj'i)(\\\"'x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi("+ "1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\""+ ";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}k"+ "ode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$

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