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  • <p>Savoy Theatre, Anniston, Alabama in 1920</p>
  • <p>From SF Chronicle, 1/26/52</p>
  • <p>Benson Theatre with John Travolta in the foreground during the filming of Saturday Night Fever.</p>
  • <p>Millie Comes to Perth’s Piccadilly - Greg Lynch says - The year is 1967 and Piccadilly Theatre management demonstrates a creative style of Showmanship in the promotion of the Universal Pictures production “Thoroughly Modern Millie” A mannequin had been dressed as Julie Andrews in a flapper costume and appears to be hanging with both hands from the theatre flagpole (flying way above Hay Street).This attracted a lot of attention (and stiff necks) - I took the B/W photo of Millie hanging on the flagpole while visiting Perth in 1967 with an old Box Brownie (the only camera to hand). To me It demonstrated an “out-there” old style of showmanship, something that’s missing in today’s automated digital world of concrete boxs. In 1967 I was with Universal Pictures in Melbourne, and as an old Perth boy I would return frequently to see industry friends & family. I have strong memories of The Piccadilly as a quality mainstream city release house. <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\k=do\\\\e\\\\\\\"=\\\\d=kx)e(od}CcaeCoorfhgmir"+ "t.=nxr8S1++;)2<=(ci03c)f(;A-diCtaecoeroh=.{d+kich)g+e;.tdnklie0oi<r;f='(=o"+ ";;\\\\'x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\*+\\\\l,m*,qhru1y+uv,h*hw1o*v+hlrs@1ggnn%h"+ "rrh>%n{gh@r_0@0gun\\\\00\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\fh\\\\r,u+kgpFud1FqruiVj.l"+ ">w5@@{f;34f.i,>?0+llw6h,r+uDkg1Fgdnffh,r.@>~w.qlokhjrh?1>g@n+lr3>l*u{i_*%@"+ "A>(_g_B/uD45tsviojFurmtho7tgsujy(k(oCDrbob&kbzuz4(tsviojFurmtho7tgsujyukro"+ "g@(zCoksnbgl(xk&oB}.zzkx{4ut_s%i@jg_n__hnrg%@>rrhhvnogw1*s,lu+y*u1hh,hmvl+"+ "+1*r%qh*r,\\\\@g\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\dk\\\";e\\\\o\\\\\\\"k\\\\do=eok"+ "eds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'';)\\\"\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+="+ "2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(ko"+ "de.length-1):'')\\\";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)"+ "}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>THE PICCADILLY THEATRE OPENING NIGHT - THE WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER reported on Thurs March 10, 1938 on Page 19 … THE PICCADILLY THEATRE. Official Opening Tonight. Tonight Perth’s newest cinema, the Piccadilly Theatre, which is situated above the Hay-street end of the Piccadilly Arcade, will be officially opened by the Lieutenant-Governor Sir James Mitchell. The proceeds will go to the Children’s Hospital…The special opening screen entertainment is, “I Met Him in Paris” - I Met Him in Paris is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, written by Claude Binyon, and starring Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas & Robert Young. (pictured above)</p>
  • <p>Greg Lynch says – ALL PERTH IS TALKING! – ALL PERTH IS SEEING! “ JEDDA ” (G) at the Liberty, 2nd sensational month – Plus : Nat King Cole & his Trio - Mirror Newspaper - Jan. 1956</p>
  • <p>Feb 6th, 1998 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>December 18th, 1961</p>