Metro Theatre Albert Street, Brisbane, Qld - Cover of Metro Souvenir Opening Program, 1937.

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Metro Theatre Albert Street, Brisbane, Qld - Cover of Metro Souvenir Opening Program, 1937.

Cover of Metro Souvenir Program, 1937. Courtesy National Library of Australia.

On opening night, MGM’s managing director in Australia, Mr Freeman, asserted, “In 200 years’ time the building will still be here and people will still see it.” He could not have predicted the coming revolution in entertainment technology that would see his, and most other Art Deco cinemas in Queensland, close their doors.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -