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‘Remember me to all who would remember me.’ - A TRIBUTE to Max Schultz, Picture Show Man.

Max grew up as an only child in the small but prosperous Wimmera town of Nhill, located halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide, where he attended the local primary school. His parents, Herbert (Herbie) and Lucy, lived on the Schultz family farm at first, but after that was sold they took on various business interests in Nhill, including the Theatre Royal which had been built some decades earlier.

In January 1924, seven years before Max was born in 1931, the citizens of Nhill flocked to the grand opening night of the renamed HV Schultz Royal Pictures. Three years later, Herbie built a new theatre next door to the old one, in the popular Art Deco style, and this opened in May 1927.

The venue accommodated dancing and other entertainment, and even roller-skating when the seats were moved back. Max’s early childhood was spent riding around on his bike with a bucket of clag paste and a bunch of posters, which he pasted around the town to advertise the latest pictures.

It was a happy childhood, and by the time Max came to GGS in 1946 – the same year in which his father sold the theatre – a love of the performing arts had already been cemented. - Notes by by Geelong Grammar School.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -