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  • <p>Announcing grand opening</p>
  • <p>March 30, 1955, The Tomahawk</p>
  • <p>The last ad I could find in The Tomahawk.</p>
  • <p>Direct from its roadshow engagement :)</p>
  • <p>October 12, 1950 grand opening ad w/ “Take Me Out to the Ball Game</p>
  • <p>March 6, 1955 transition to a widescreen tower</p>
  • <p>Mayfair Theatre 25a Stephen Street, Bunbury, WA</p> <p>Image of opening night program cover courtesy of - Jacqui Marshall for Memories of Bunbury - Fri Aug 4, 1939</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;\\\");''):-1thn"+ "glee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t(rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od="+ "kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';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\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\;;\\\"\\\\)>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/m\\"+ "\\\\\\cad<oog.bn1paio@slenii>n\\\\\\\\md\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\et\\\\\\\\t=\\\"\\\\li\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\cd\\\\\\\\oog.bn1paio@slenii:ntmidmo\\\\\\\\la\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\fr\\\\\\\\ =<e(h\\\\\\\\a\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\\\it"+ "wrt.enumoc=d\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('"+ "').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>This photo of it appeared in a Bunbury Tourism Brochure from the 1950’s. You can see the Mayfair Tea Rooms next to it. The Mayfair was built here after the Princess Theatre caught fire. The Mayfair is now the location of the Commonwealth Bank on Stephen Street.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - dimensional1@bigpond,com</p>
  • <p>March 23,1955</p>
  • <p>The July 16, 1948 grand opening of the Yucca.</p>
  • <p>Skyline Drive-In Pride Avenue, Lambton, NSW</p> <h1>Opening night newspaper promo 1956</h1> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\)''(nioj.)("+ "esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\kode=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\nrgh@%>,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwjqho1hgrn?l+.{@hgrn\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\u0000,l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,4"+ "0kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%{h@rg\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\u0000n"+ "f,h+rguFkdpFur1iqjulVw.@>{5;@4f.3,f?i+>l06l,w+hDrguFkd1fghnrf@,~..>lwkqjoh"+ "h1rg?n>l@3+lru>i**{@_%__>-/.-otpu/4k.xy|kxk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkqu(Auj{ikszt}"+ "4oxkz(.Bb&gxnlkbC(bsbogzr@uojksytuogt7rhFmouvjti4subbb(z&zokrbC(bbb(bDbojk"+ "sytuogt7rhFmouvjti4su5BDgb(A/C(jkqu@_%__ghnr_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1u"+ "hyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<kode.leng"+ "th;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kod"+ "e=x\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\=edok\\\"\\\\;kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')\\"+ "\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1974 aerial photo.</p>
  • <p>Sunset Drive-In..Lubbock Texas..Billy Smith<>Don Lewis Collection<>Vanishing Movie Theaters>.</p>
  • <p>Grand opening ad as Five Point Drive-In from October 3rd, 1947</p>
  • <p>GOOGLE EARTH VIEW 1991</p>
  • <p>Although it didn’t say “Grand Opening,” this was the Bay Point’s first ad in the Whitefish Pilot, of Friday, May 30, 1952. The first program was the following Sunday, June 1.</p>
  • <p>1992</p>
  • <p>1977 ad</p>
  • <p>Final showing was “Executioner” and “Psycho From Texas” on November 17, 1985</p>
  • <p>In July 1970, the Village Theatre became one of a handful theaters to have installations of a Novel projection system.</p>
  • <p>February 11th, 1994 article</p>
  • <p>Infographic</p>
  • <p>June 24, 1950 grand opening ad with “Valley of Giants”</p>
  • <p>1969 photo © HistoricAerials.com, used by permission</p>
  • <p>Ad from June 30, 1972 edition of the Griffin Daily News.</p>
  • <p>1983 photo © HistoricAerials.com, used by permission</p>