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  • <p>Neptune’s Daughter was a 1914 American silent fantasy film featuring the first collaboration between the famous Australian swimmer/actress Annette Kellerman and director Herbert Brenon. It was based on Kellerman’s idea of “a water fantasy movie with beautiful mermaids in King Neptune’s garden together with a good love story.” It was filmed by Universal on Bermuda in January and February, cost approximately $50,000, and grossed one million dollars at the box office. One reel of film footage is currently held in two archives, Screensound Australia and Gosfilmofond of Russia.</p>
  • <p>November 8, 1951</p>
  • <p>The York Theatre roof sign can be seen above and behind the streetcar.</p>
  • <p>The Regal Theater was constructed in 1931.This Mombasa landmark was made famous on 18 October 1955 when La Scala De Milano performed Puccini’s Madame Butterfly on route to South Africa from Genoa. At this time East African airways and railways had to arrange special flights and trains so that people could attend this Black tie and champagne affair. Puccini’s Madame Butterfly was performed over four nights it was the only theater that could handle this Red carpet affair. This 900 seater gem was equipped with all the modern amenities of the day An Orchestra pit, trap doors, dressing rooms, special lighting and backdrops etc.This elegant theater was designed by William Miller Robertson. Many world famous acts performed there Including the Great Houdini and Van Shipley.Mr Shipley blew the socks of the audience with his 8 string golden guitar and the Regal Theatre sound system. The first performance ever on the Regal stage was “The king of jazz”. The Regal Theater was the most ambitious project by Valli-Hasham and Company. It burned down in 1985.All that remains of this Mombasa landmark is a lot of great memories and priceless antique tiles that are at Sadiq Ghalia’s Mansion in Mombasa. The book “A Regal Romance “by Ameer Janmohamed was written about this great era.</p>
  • <p>The Unique Theater damaged in the 1906 earthquake.</p>
  • <p>An aerial view of the Starlite Drive-In on the corner of Norwell Drive and Departure Bay Road in the Departure Bay area of Nanaimo, taken circa 1966-67. The southern end of Long Lake is to the north of the drive-in, while construction of the then-new Wellington Secondary School (which took place around the time this photo was taken) is in its early stages on the right of the photo. The drive-in operated only a few more years after the photo was taken, as it closed after the 1973 season and its site was redeveloped for retail, residential and institutional use.</p>
  • <p>Photo credit: Braelyn Hill</p>
  • <p>Map showing location of the Jurong Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>March 2011</p>
  • <p>March 2011</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p>