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  • <p>Sign still carries the Commonwealth shield.</p>
  • <p>August 13th, 1970</p>
  • <p>Oldest aerial of the drive in that I could find.</p>
  • <p>Sundown Drive-In 205 Narrabundah Lane, Canberra, ACT - 3D 1984 - The Sundown Drive-in was originally converted for 3D by Greg Lynch Film Distributor’s in 1983 to cater for the presentation of Comin At Ya in 3D. The screen was coated in a newly invented metallic silver paint that wouldn’t oxidise.</p> <p>Image Source - The Canberra Times Fri 6 Jan 1984</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;\\\"')('injo).e"+ "(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\"\\\\;oked\\\"\\\\=;\\\\\\\\'):'1)h-gten.lde"+ "kot(rAha.cdekoh?gten.ldekoi<+(=xdeko)}(iAtarche.od+k1)i+t(rAha.cdeko+={x2)"+ "+=;i1)h-gten.ldeko<(;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\\\\\\;\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\x\\\\\\\\=edok}"+ ")c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok=c{)++i;htgnel"+ ".edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\,;A>2%pdf?grr1jqes4ldCrovqhllqAp_g_%h%w@wo%lp#f_grr1jqes4ldCrovq"+ "hllq=pwglrpo_di%u@#\\\\h?k+dw%uh1lqzpwfhgx=r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\e=od"+ "\\\"\\\\k;\\\\\\\\okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"="+ "edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>February 1977 aerial image.</p>
  • <p>1970 photo</p>
  • <p>Sundown Drive-In 205 Narrabundah Lane, Canberra, ACT</p> <p>Photo - The Canberra Page</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;\\\")''n(oi.j()"+ "seerev.r')('itpl.sdekoe=od;kk\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\document.write\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\\\\\f\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@ai1pbng.ood\\\\\\\\c\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\i\\\\\\\\lt=t\\\\\\\\e\\\"\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\m>niienslo@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.ehcrat"+ "Ak(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse("+ ").join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p> Courtesy of Nostalgic Drive-in Theater Newspaper Ads on Facebook.</p>
  • <p>Source: Boxoffice August 20, 1962</p>
  • <p>Grand opening ad April 27, 1950</p>
  • <p>November 23rd, 1984 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>Planned as a Jerry Lewis Twin Cinema to open in 1973 in Menand, the management opted for the Star Twin Cinema moniker. Its opening films on Mary 2, 1973 were Cabaret and The Getaway.</p>
  • <p>September 18th, 1964</p>
  • <p>July 26th, 1964</p> <p>did not open at the date advertised.</p>
  • <p>June 16th, 1978</p>
  • <p>September 7th, 1973 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>April 22nd, 1948 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>What appears to be all that remains of the screen.</p>
  • <p>Screen remnants in the distance standing in front of what appears to be the foundation of an old structure. Perhaps a ticket booth or small projector building?</p>
  • <p>The sign for the automotive restoration business at the location pays homage to the past.</p>
  • <p>State Newsreel Theatrette 49 Market Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 - 1940’s</p> <p>Photo: Statetheatre.com.au</p> <p>Photo shows the Street Commissionaire out the front of the State Theatrette during world war two. Leading up to and during the war, patrons were able to view the latest news via the theatrettes regular screenings of the Movietone news-reels - 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>Academy Twin Cinemas opened 17th January 1975 (Located on the front of the Perth Entertainment Centre (left hand side) Name changed to Lumiere Cinema in 1989.The Lumiere Cinema closed on 28th June 1996. It was briefly re-opened in 1997 as the Encore 1 & 2. The theatre then remained empty, and was demolished along with the Perth Entertainment Centre( which closed in 2006) on 11th May 2011.</p> <p>Photo - Perth Museum</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;\\\"xe=od}kc)e("+ "odrChamCro.fngriSt+=;x28=1c+0)c<f(;i-3i)t(eAodrCha.cdekoc=){++;ithnglee.od"+ "<k;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\"\\\\;,>**,=04wkqjohh1rg+nDwdufkh1rgBnwkqjohh1rg?n+l{.h"+ "@rg0n00u0,\\\\\\\\+lDwdufkh1rg.n4,l.w+uDkd1fghnr.@~{5,.@>l4,k0jwhq1oghnr?+"+ ">l@3+lru>i**{@%>*>=,4*k,j0hw1qgonhwru+kD1dgfnhkrjBhw1qgonhlr.?@+g{nh,r0000"+ "\\\\\\\\ul+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri"+ ">**@{_%,>**q+rl1m+,vhhuhy1u*,+*lwso1vghnrh@rg_n%_r_x>hgwfzplqh1%uw__+__?__"+ "#u_id_kh__@__%_______p__lw_=dlohrvgrpdq4leqjorCglfspq_1r__________%___ww_h"+ "#_lo__@__%_______________%_______A__lh_vgrpdq4leqjorCglfspq21Ar_?d__%___>@"+ "__,%_h_rg@n_%hgrn@%ghnr=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').revers"+ "e().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Academy Twin Cinemas opened 17th January 1975 (Located on the front of the Perth Entertainment Centre.</p> <p>Photo - Entrance - State Library of WA</p> <p>Located on the north side of Wellington Street opposite Millington Street. The Perth Entertainment Centre opened on 27th December 1974. The Academy Twin Cinemas opened (on the front of the Perth Entertainment Centre (left hand side on 17th January 1975 with “The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried”(Academy 1)and, “The Winners”(Academy 2). The Academy late shows(every Friday) began on 30th January 1975 with “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”.</p> <p>Name changed to Academy West End Alternative Cinemas in June 1986. Name changed to Lumiere Cinema in 1989. The Lumiere Cinema closed on 28th June 1996. It was briefly re-opened in 1997 as the Encore 1 & 2. The theatre then remained empty, and was demolished along with the Perth Entertainment Centre( which closed in 2006) on 11th May 2011. The site is proposed to become 2 apartments and 4 office towers.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(/--.toup4/.kyxk|kx4/--.zorvy4kjuqCkjuqAb(qujkCb(bbtxmnF"+ "+xtnme+F0210rwsx27n1{|\\u007Fn{n2700}1ur|yn7xmFtmntxeeDme+lxv~wn7}{\\u0000"+ "}r1ne+eeeeeejEq)n{Foeeeeeeeee+eeeeeejvurx}mCvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxleeveeeee"+ "eeeeee+)eer}u}Fneeeeeeeee+eeeeeeeeeeeeeee+eeeeeemGvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxlEv"+ "j8eeGeee+2eeeeDFe+mntxDe+xtnmtFmx7ny|ru1}0072n{n\\u007F|{1n72xswr0120+D\\u"+ "0001F00Dox{1rF9DrE1txmn7unwp}q6:2Dr4F;2_x3334\\u00014Ftxmn7lqj{J}1r4:24txm"+ "n7lqj{J}1r2bbbb{6666txmnF\\u000141rEtxmn7unwp}qHtxmn7lqj{J}1txmn7unwp}q6:2"+ "C002Db(bbA~C--Alux.oC6AoBqujk4rktmznAo11/\\u0001iCqujk4ingxIujkGz.o/39Aol."+ "iB6/i1C78>A~1CYzxotm4lxusIngxIujk.i/_x3333qujkC~b(Ckjuq(AqujkCqujk4yvroz.-"+ "-/4xk|kxyk./4puot.--/%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+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.fromCharCo"+ "de(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Academy Twin Cinemas opened 17th January 1975 (Located on the front of the Perth Entertainment Centre (left hand side)</p> <p>Photo - Lost Perth</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(txmnF+D200C2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1}J{jql7nmxtHq}pwnu7nmxtEr14\\"+ "u0001Fnmxtb{66662r1}J{jql7nmxt42:4r1}J{jql7nmxtF4\\u0001_x33342;F4rD2:6q}p"+ "wnu7nmxt1ErD9Fr1{xoD00F\\u0001De+2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7x"+ "mEt1r\\u00014nFxmb{6666tr2}1{Jqj7lmntx244:1rJ}j{lqn7xmFt\\u000142_x3334F;r"+ "42D6:}qwpunn7xm1trE9DrF{1ox0DF0D\\u0001\\u0001e+eeFnmxtb{66662l1nmxL{jqLvx"+ "{o7pwr{}\\\\F4\\u0001DA;:F4l29El1orD<62r1}JnmxL{jql7nmxtFl_x3334244rDq}pwn"+ "u7nmxtErD9Fr1{xoD00F\\u0001eeeee+ee5DJG;.ymoHp{{:szn|=umL{x\\u007FzquuzJyh"+ "ph.q.\\u0000I\\u0000x.uy,ohp{{:szn|=umL{x\\u007FzquuzFy\\u0000pu{yxhmr.~I,"+ "eeqHt4m\\u0000.~q:uz_x3333y\\u0000oqp\\u0001F{eeeee+eenmxtFe+eemntxe+Fnmxt"+ "+DtxmnFtxmn7|yur}10027{n\\u007Fn{|n127sxrw1002(A~C--Alux.oC6AoBqujk4rktmzn"+ "Ao11/\\u0001iCqujk4ingxIujkGz.o/39Aol.iB6/i1C78>A~1CYzxotm4lxusIngxIujk.i/"+ "_x3333qujkC~%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?"+ "3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{\";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" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Melrose Theatre 254 – 258 Murray Street, Perth, WA 6000 – 1913 original Poster.</p> <p>Poster image : Perth Museum</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%rnhg_%@uqkj(Cxtnm+F2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7xm"+ "Et1r\\u00014nFxmbt6{66261rJ}j{lqn7xm4t:2r4}1{Jqj7lmntx4F__\\u00013x3324F;r"+ "42D6:}qwpunn7xm1trE9DrF{1ox0DF0D\\u0001+eD2eGe+8evjlEmxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwG"+ "vemeeeee+eeeeeee+ne}F}uere+)eeveelemxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwCv}mrxvuejeeeee+oe{"+ "F)nEq1j+eeen}r{\\u00007}wnv~lxm+enFxm+ttDmxFnxtnm|7uy}r0120{7\\u007Fn{nn|2"+ "1s7rx1w00(2~A-CA-ul.xCoA6Bouqkjr4tkzmAn1o/1i\\u0001qCju4knixguIkjzGo.3/A9l"+ "oi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji.__/3x33q3juCk_%~{>*@>*ri+u@l>3?lrnhgo"+ "1qhwj>k.l,.f~n@gr1hkfudrFhgwDl+0,>6ilf+3?f,@.54>;.{V@uwql1juiprkFudrFhgf+"+ "\\u0000,rnhg{@%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.n"+ "rgh1fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>"+ "\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+"+ "=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>