Metro Theatre 99 William Street, Perth, WA - John Fuhrmann Wurlitzer organist.
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Taken on: June 14, 2023
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In 1938 Hoyts took over management of the larger Perth Ambassador’s Theatre from Union Theatres Ltd,. the lease of the Regent was transferred to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and it was thereafter known as the Perth Metro. Under this management the theatre was refurbished both internally and externally in modern art deco style
John Fuhrmann was the MGM (Metro Theatre) organist from 1966 to 1973,
He specialising in music from Broadway shows and the roaring twenties on the WurliTzer pipe organ, which since the demolition of this grand theatre, now resides at the Karrinyup Community Centre. Before that, he played a grand electric organ at the long-gone Ambassador Theatre in Perth City, before moving to the pipe organ at the former Metro Theatre on William Street.
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