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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=\"x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok"+ "=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"{@hgrn0000u\\\\,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqlu"+ "wV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{"+ ">%~Ckjuq3333x_/i.kjuIxgnIsuxl4mtoxzYC1~A>87C1i/6Bi.loA93/o.zGkjuIxgni4kjuq"+ "Ci1000u\\\\/11oAnzmtkr4kjuqBoA6Co.xulA--C~A(2001wrxs721n|{nF700u\\\\n{7200"+ "1}ruy|7nmxtFnmxtD+txmnF+eD200C2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1}J{jql7nmxtHq}pwnu7nmxtEr1410"+ "00u\\\\Fnmxt6666{b2r1}J{jql7nmxt42:4r1}J{jql7nmxtF41000u\\\\4333x_2;F4rD2:"+ "6q}pwnu7nmxt1ErD9Fr1{xoD00F1000u\\\\Dee+e2DGee+eeeee8jvElxm7xwpykr:Ijuxw|r"+ "nwrvGmeeeeeeeeee+eeeeeeeeeeeeeee+eeeeenF}u}ree+eeeee)veeeeeeeelxm7xwpykr:I"+ "juxw|rnwrvCm}xruvjeeeeeeeeee+eeeeeoF{n)qEj1ee+eeeee}n{r70000u\\\\w}vnl~mxe"+ "e+eFnmxt+eDtxmnFtxmn7|yur}10027{nF700u\\\\n{|n127sxrw1002+Fnmxt(Ckjuq%@hgr"+ "n\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$
$<p>Amusu Theatre 17 Derowie Street, Manildra, NSW</p> <p>Mike Rogers writes - Movies were first shown in this city in 1910.By 1914 movies were shown in Fleeting’s Hall.Allan Tom was a theatre pioneer in this city.Still showing movies until his death at age 93 in 1995.There is even a original “love Seat' left in the theatre.35mm projection still with digital projection.AMUSU Theatre is quite a find.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\";'):'1)h-gt"+ "en.ldekot(rAha.cdekoh?gten.ldekoi<+(=xdeko)}(iAtarche.od+k1)i+t(rAha.cdeko"+ "+={x2)+=;i1)h-gten.ldeko<(;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\"\\\\;;)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArah"+ "c.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edok+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-h"+ "tgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"\\\\)'\\\\\\\\('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.o"+ "d=kdeko\\\"\\\\;k\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\oe\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\rx\\\\\\\\hgwfzplqh1%udwk+h?@#\\\\%udio_rpglpw"+ "q=llqhovCrlds4qe1jrr_g#flpo%@w%w%hg_p_qAllqhovCrlds4qe1jrr?gdf%p>2\\\\\\\\"+ "A,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\x'\\\\\\\\;;o=('=f;r<io0"+ "eilkndt.;e+g)hcik+d{.=horeoceatCid-A;(f)c30ic(=<2);++1S8rxn=.trimghfrooCea"+ "cC}do(e)xk=d\\\\\\\\=\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\\\od=k\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\"+ "\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>$

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