Plaza Theatre, Hay Street Mall, Perth, WA - 1938 - INTERIOR

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PHOTO – The Plaza Theatre interior, Hay Street Mall, Perth, WA, 1938 – Photo courtesy of Roy Mudge

Hoyts' “Plaza Theatre” opened on 16th September 1937 with a capacity of 1,314. The Plaza exterior presented a stylized skyscraper facade, with classic black & chrome (New York Art Deco Style), Foyer & Stairway decorations. After the closing of “The Ambassadors” “The Plaza” became the Hoyts Flagship in West Australia. August 1965 & “The Plaza” is renamed “The Paris Cinema”. Hoyts ultimately relinquished their lease to the Ace Theatre group, and then with the advent of multi-screen complexes, “The Paris Cinema” was shut down in 1984. During the period the Ace Theatre group ran the theatre, the highest grossing film to that point of operation was “COMIN AT YA” presented in Wide Screen 3D and Dolby Stereo. “COMIN AT YA” was proudly supplied and distributed by this writer – (GLFD – Good Memories of The PLAZA / PARIS – Contributed by Greg Lynch –