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  • <p>November 25th, 1954</p>
  • <p>July 1st, 1948</p>
  • <p>June 5, 1956</p>
  • <p>1989</p>
  • <p>October 2nd, 1948</p>
  • <p>September 30th, 1948 - opening delayed</p>
  • <p>September 26th, 1948</p>
  • <p>the ramps are still there along with the foundation of the projectionist’s booth</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 11/24/51.</p>
  • <p>July 1st, 1966 reopening ad</p>
  • <p>July 1st, 1947 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>In 1978, Weisenburg Theatres auctioned off the Kaufman Pike and it closed in 1979. But following a $250,000 renovation, it was re-opening by Global Pictures Ltd. on June 6, 1981 showing “Texas Lightning,” “Graduation Day”, and “Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw”. The theater made it to its 35th anniversary on July 1, 1984. When it closed for the season at the end of 1984, it didn’t appear to re-open in 1985.</p>
  • <p>I found these on the back of clippings about JFK’s assassination that my Grandmother had kept.</p>
  • <p>June 12th, 1953</p>
  • <p>June 17th, 1962</p>
  • <p>The Daily News Newspaper (Perth, WA) Fri 31 Aug 1923 – Page 13</p> <p>LYRIC THEATRE, MAYLANDS. The Lyric Theatre Maylands will be OPENED TO NIGHT (Friday), August 31, at 7.50 p.m, by the Hon. A, Clydesdale, M.L.A., assisted by Mr. E. W. Hamer, Chairman of Perth Road Board. The initial screening will be the Universal ’s Jewell production of Booth Tarkington’s Masterpiece, “THE FLIRT,” with Travelogue and Comic Supports.Miss Violet Peet, Perth’s popular soprano, and Mr. Roy Glenister will also render vocal items.</p> <p>NOTICE.— Pending a further inspection of the circle by the authorities, this part of the house will not be opened, and those holding circle tickets will have the option of having similar seats on the ground floor with corresponding numbers, or, if so desired, their money will be returned. This also applies to Box Plan for Saturday Night Next, 1st. September, when the Metro-Million Dollar Production, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”, will be screened.</p> <p>*Signed by H. C. LEISTER, Manager, Lyric Theatre, Maylands. ‘Phone A5505. 31/8/23 – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;k\\\"do=e\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\document.write\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\f\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@"+ "ai1pbng.ood\\\\c\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "i\\\\lt=t\\\\e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\m>niiensl"+ "o@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">\\\\);\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\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-:)'';)\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eoked"+ "s.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=ko"+ "de.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.lengt"+ "h-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>The West Australian Newspaper (Perth, WA) Sat 1 Sep 1923 Page 12.</p> <p>A NEW PICTURE THEATRE FOR MAYLANDS. The Debut movie is The Universal Production “The Flirt”</p> <p>Friday Aug 31, 1923 at 7.50pm – What is probably the most modern and best appointed picture theatre in the suburban area was opened last night by Mr. A. Clydesdale. M.L.A., at Maylands. The new structure is known as the Lyric Theatre, and was built to the order of Mr. H. C. Leister, who has been a resident of Maylands for some years. In it brief address Mr. Clydesdale commented upon the progress of the district of May lands during the past 15 years and expressed the thought that it would continue to advance at an even greater rate in the near future. In America, said Mr. Clydesdale, any unusual occasion or cere mony of a similar nature to the one being performed would be opened by the entire audience singing ‘America.’ That custom had extended to Canada and the idea was worthy of adoption in Australia. He declared the theatre open. Mr. E. W. Hamer (chairman of the Perth Road Board) endorsed Mr. Clydesdale’s remarks and good wishes for the success of the* enterprise. Mr. H. C. Leister, the proprietor, thanked the speakers for their expressions of goodwill.</p> <p>Family fare</p> <p>The pictures that screen at The Lyric Theatre will be the result of the most careful selection, and special attention will be devoted to programmes for children on Saturday afternoon matinees. The initial programme comprised comedy, scenic and comedy drama, the star film being the Universal production ‘The Flirt.’ During the evening vocal items were pleasingly rendered by Miss Violet Peet and Mr. Roy Glenister – The Flirt was a 1922 silent movie & starred: George Nichols, Lydia Knott, Eileen Percy – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(txmnF+xtnme+Ftxmne+ee2FeeDeee+jeeEGx87vwlymrxIpukw:rjwx"+ "v|mneerGeeeeeee+eeeeeeeeeeeeeee+eeeeFueern)}ee}eee+eeeeeeeexee7vwlymrxIpuk"+ "w:rjwxv|mnxruCj}eerveeeeeee+eeeeFneeqoj{ee)Eeeee1}e+{n7rw\\u0000v}lnm~Dxe+"+ "eetxmnFtxmn7|yur}10027{n\\u007Fn{|n127sxrw1002De+F\\u000100oD{xr19FrD1Extn"+ "mu7wn}p6q2:rDF42;\\u0001_x3334F4xtnml7jqJ{1}4r2:t4mx7nql{j}Jr1b{66662xtnm"+ "\\u0001F14Erxtnmu7wn}pHqxtnml7jqJ{1}xtnmu7wn}p6q2:0C20D+D\\u0001F00Dox{1rF"+ "9DrE1txmn7unwp}q6:2Dr4F;2_x3334\\u00014Ftxmn7lqj{J}1r4:24txmn7lqj{J}1r2b{6"+ "666txmnF\\u000141rEtxmn7unwp}qHtxmn7lqj{J}1txmn7unwp}q6:2C002D(A~C--Alux.o"+ "C6AoBqujk4rktmznAo11/\\u0001iCqujk4ingxIujkGz.o/39Aol.iB6/i1C78>A~1CYzxotm"+ "4lxusIngxIujk.i/_x3333qujkC~%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduF"+ "rghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{\";x='';for"+ "(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fro"+ "mCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>The Lyric Maylands – HISTORY & TALKIES COME TO MAYLANDS</p> <p>Greg Lynch said – The Lyric Theatre Maylands was built in 1923 by Mr. H. C. Leister, who is recorded as the first exhibitor, followed by Tom Snooks. During the opening years the theatre traded well, however in 1929 the public stopped going to the pictures as the USA Wall Street crash led to a worldwide economic depression. At the height of the Great Depression, 32 per cent of the Australian workforce was unemployed, causing the economy to collapse. It took Australia almost a decade to recover from the Great Depression. It was in this environment that the Lyric management reduced screenings to one night a week (Sat), and in desperation introduced roller skating to operate Mon to Fri. This continued with moderate results until the handing over of the theatre to a Mr. R. Hatfield who announced in the “The Swan Express (Midland Junction, WA) Fri 1 Nov 1929” that he had taken over The Lyric theatre and was going to introduce TALKIES (Talking Pictures) to quote : “The Lyric Theatre is now being installed with the latest all-Australian invention “Australtone, which has proved itself at the Rosemount and other theatres as the equal of any Talkie device on the market. The projection booth was also to be updated with the installation of Simplex projectors”. Mr Hatfield would continuing running The Lyric Maylands until 1934.</p> <p>New Owner</p> <p>1934 – Twelve months after opening the Roxy Gardens, Maylands, H. R. (Herb.) Robinson & his sister Miss M. I. Robinson took over the Lyric Theatre, also located in Maylands. Both theatres were now run and owned by the Robinson’s. Simultaneous screenings at both Lyric and Roxy gave patrons the choice of either indoor or open-air entertainment. The Lyric in it’s heyday was a splendid building featuring red carpet and a grand staircase, while in the early 1950’s a wide screen was installed to replace the old square format. It is believed for reasons unknown that Herb didn’t install CinemaScope at either The Roxy Gardens or The Lyric theatre. This writer remembers Herb Robinson with great affection. My grandmother always said that our families were related, which was never proven, but it made for a good conversation at the Saturday matinees.</p> <p>Welcoming</p> <p>The Robinson’s were welcoming hosts in the old style by positioning themselves at the upstairs lounge door on Saturday nights to farewell the patrons as they left the show. In those days there seemed to be a greater sense of community. The Saturday afternoon matinee was always a wonderful experience as we journeyed through a “James FitzPatrick Travelogue”, a Superman serial, and perhaps a couple of Walt Disney or Tom & Jerry cartoons, and of course there were times when we followed the bouncing ball, usually to the tune of “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”. The sing-a-long was a special time. The most popular song of the era was without doubt the 1953 Patti Page hit single (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window ? – At times Herb or his manager would stand on the stage and conduct the kids with the words projected on the screen behind them. We really looked forward to this segment and would sing out on the top of our voices. The Lyric matinees often presented black and white movies featuring, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Dagwood & Blondie Bumstead, or even a Cisco Kid pot boiler. The Lyric theatre closed in June 1961. The Roxy Gardens and the Lyric theatre Maylands left a powerful impression on this writer which led to a lifetime of involvement in the Motion Picture / Cinema Industry. I mourn the passing of the great Picture Palaces and the Golden Era of cinema and I know that Maylands is a poorer place without them. – Greg Lynch ……<script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@*,+*lqmr,1h+uvyhuh,1**w+olvsh1rg@nghnr_>n%gr@h%___@{"+ "ghnru\\\\0000f,h+rguFkdpFur1iqjulVw.@>{5;@4f.3,f?i+>l06l,w+hDrguFkd1fghnrf"+ "@,~..>lwkqjohh1rg?n>l@3+lru>i**{@_>_____%~_kCuj3q33x3________i/k.ujxIngsIx"+ "u4ltmxoYz1CA~8>C7i16/iBl.Ao39o/z.kGujxIng4ijkquiCu\\\\00101/o1nAmzkt4rjkqu"+ "oB6AoCx.lu-AC-A~D(02C0:2q6p}nw7umntx}1{Jqj7lmntxqHp}nw7umntxrE41u\\\\0010n"+ "Fxm6t66{62b1rJ}j{lqn7xm4t:2r4}1{Jqj7lmntx4Fu\\\\00103433_x______2_F;r42D6:"+ "}qwpunn7xm1trE9DrF{1ox0DF0u\\\\0010+DD2+G8evjlEmxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwGvem+ee"+ "e+ene}F}u+r)eevlemxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwCv}mrxvuej+eoe{F)nEq1je+n}r{\\\\70u00"+ "w0v}lnm~+xnFxm(tkCuj_q_____%@_ghnr%___n>gr@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q"+ "**_,@%ghnr>%rnhgn@gr1hsvlo+w**1,huhyvu+h1,rmql*+,*;\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;k<do."+ "eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoAe(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo(e)"+ "ck}do=ex\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.c"+ "harAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>September 1st, 1961</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p>
  • <p>Here it is Summer 1993 all that is left of the FOX DRIVE-in a speaker pole..</p>
  • <p>may 5 1968…running adult features…</p>
  • <p>October 26th, 1939</p>