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  • <p>Pictured - The Loyalty Theatre, Rose Street, Upper Ferntree Gully (Vic) - Greg Lynch Says - A search of Public Building Files reveals a submission of application for building a theatre in Rose Street under the name Loyalty Pictures, dated 25/09/1939. Approval was granted that same year to the applicant C. Spalding..The Loyalty Theatre (clad in A/C sheeting) was built in 1939 with 376 seats by Charlie Spalding who was the owner / operator until 1950.</p>
  • <p>Greg Lynch says……The Ascot Theatre began as a public hall, opening 22 February 1919. The local Rivervale community and the prominent Newey family raised the funds to build it. Films were shown from the beginning mixed with public events. As time progressed the local committee running the hall ran into debt and the property was sold and used for a variety of purposes, including a billiard saloon..After World War 2. the hall reverted back for use as a cinema. In the main the theatre & gardens were operated by R. R. Perrie, who over the decades ran a circuit of theatres in the southern suburbs. This included Armadale Hall & Gardens, Gosnells Hall & Gardens, Queens Park Hall & Gardens and Bayswater Hall & Gardens . R. R. Perrie was a talented visionary and showman, with extensive management experience at the prestigious “Prince of Wales” (Perth City) 1934 and “Hoyts New Regent” (Perth City) 1935..The Ascot Theatre & Gardens closed in 1966…The building once known as The Ascot Theatre was demolished in the mid 2000s… <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%,**+qlrm1,+hvuhyhu1,**+wlosv1hgrn@hgrn>_%nrgh@_%__qujkC(A/--@"+ "/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxgni4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq____x3333/o.zGxgni4kjuq1/7"+ "1o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~\\u0001/8C1oA/73nzmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~Ab(-/.-otpu/4k"+ ".xy|kxk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkqub(bbAuqkjb(bbCAbbbbbbbb/b(bbbbbbDbbbb5gsBiuj4ut"+ "mvho7FgrutyoktosDjbbbbbbbbbbbbb(bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb(bbbbbbbbbb"+ "bbbbbbbbkCzrzobbbb&b(bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsbbbbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos@jzu"+ "orsgbbbbbbbbbbbbb(bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblCxk&nBgbbbbbbbbbbbbb(bbk.oz}xz4kt{sui"+ "b(bbjAbbbbuqkjqCju4kvyor.z--4/kxk|yx.k4/upto-./-Cb(bbjkqub(Ckjuq(AqujkCquj"+ "k4yvroz.--/4xk|kxyk./4puot.--/_%__>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1"+ "fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{_%@hgr"+ "n%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";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>
  • <p>CinemaScope comes to The Pioneer Open Air Theatre Tennant Creek, NT – Greg Lynch says – Fri 10 Sep, 1954 ( Page 6 ) Bill Burton receives a mention in “Tennant Creek Notes” quote: “Mr. Bill Burton arrived back from Adelaide on Thursday’s air craft and tells me he hasn’t been warm since he left Tennant Creek. Bill took an advanced course in Motion Picture Projection whilst away” end quote.. Yes it was time for the Pioneer to go Big Screen and Bill had traveled to Adelaide to learn about the installation of the modern miracle, CinemaScope. This meant the purchase of anamorphic lenses and the building of a new double size screen to project CinemaScope movies. Yes Big Screen movies had arrived in Tennant <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\x=edok})c(e"+ "doCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok=c{)++i;htgnel.edo"+ "k<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\>,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwjqho1hg"+ "rn?l+.{@hgrn0000u\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\,l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>"+ ",40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>%{h@rg0000u\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nf,h+rguFkdpFur1"+ "iqjulVw.@>{5;@4f.3,f?i+>l06l,w+hDrguFkd1fghnrf@,~..>lwkqjohh1rg?n>l@3+lru>"+ "i**{@%_>-/.-otpu/4k.xy|kxk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkqu(Auqkj(Cmblxv~wn7}{0000u\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\}r1nE+)j{qoneFv+rj}uCx{lnn7tm7vrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxlev)+r}u}Fn"+ "+e+elGn{tn77rmnv|wxrjw:ukIprxymwl7vx8EGj2+(DAbC~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA"+ "111000u\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/Ciuqkji4gnIxjuGk.z/o93oA.lBi/61i7C>8~AC1zYoxmtl4ux"+ "IsgnIxju.k/i3333__xuqkj~CC(jkqu@%_ghnr%@hgrn\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\=edok\\\"\\\\;"+ "kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reve"+ "rse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Vintage photograph of the auditorium at its 1924 opening.</p>
  • <p>Millie Comes to Perth’s Piccadilly - Greg Lynch says - The year is 1967 and Piccadilly Theatre management demonstrates a creative style of Showmanship in the promotion of the Universal Pictures production “Thoroughly Modern Millie” A mannequin had been dressed as Julie Andrews in a flapper costume and appears to be hanging with both hands from the theatre flagpole (flying way above Hay Street).This attracted a lot of attention (and stiff necks) - I took the B/W photo of Millie hanging on the flagpole while visiting Perth in 1967 with an old Box Brownie (the only camera to hand). To me It demonstrated an “out-there” old style of showmanship, something that’s missing in today’s automated digital world of concrete boxs. In 1967 I was with Universal Pictures in Melbourne, and as an old Perth boy I would return frequently to see industry friends & family. I have strong memories of The Piccadilly as a quality mainstream city release house. <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@uqkj(Cxtnm+F{wqp.I5G.hmJH;{y:ozp|{usLnx=zmu{u\\\\00F"+ "7qzuyJp.hhh.hhhqI\\\\x0u00u0u\\\\0000h,h.yho{p:{zs|nu=Lmx{z\\\\u0u70zFyqpu"+ "{Fu\\\\0000uxym.hhhrI~q,tHm.hq4u\\\\0000~ux_3333\\\\:0u00z0yqu\\\\0010{o.p"+ "wGp{Iq{wqp\\\\:0u70|Fuxu\\\\00003453~:_q3x:3qI\\\\~0u70qF54v:u{4z33+5\\\\D"+ "0u00F100oD{xr19FrDtEmx7nnupwq}rD44_23x33l4tFmx7nql{jxLnm}Jr162D<orl19El2F4"+ ";:DAu\\\\0010F4\\\\\\\\{}wr7p{ovxqL{jxLnml1b26{66t6mxFnu\\\\0010A(C~--lAxu"+ "o.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\\\/0u00i1qCju4knixguIkjzGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCx"+ "zto4mxlsunIxguIkji._/3x33q3juCk%~{>*@>*ri+u@l>3?lrnhgo1qhwj>k.l,.f~n@gr1hk"+ "fudrFhgwDl+0,>6ilf+3?f,@.54>;.{V@uwql1juiprkFudrFhgf+\\\\,0u00n0gr@h\\\"{x"+ ";'=;'of(r=i;0<iokedl.netg;h+i)+c{k=do.ehcraoCedtAi(-);3fic(0<c)=+21;8+xS=r"+ "tni.grfmohCraoCedc(})okedx=\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode"+ ".charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-"+ "1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>PYGMALION was a monster hit for the Piccadilly, as it was for theatres across Australia. After its initial season at the Piccadilly, it enjoyed several return seasons ‘by popular demand’ at other theatres in Perth’s CBD.</p>
  • <p>THE PICCADILLY THEATRE OPENING NIGHT - THE WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER reported on Thurs March 10, 1938 on Page 19 … THE PICCADILLY THEATRE. Official Opening Tonight. Tonight Perth’s newest cinema, the Piccadilly Theatre, which is situated above the Hay-street end of the Piccadilly Arcade, will be officially opened by the Lieutenant-Governor Sir James Mitchell. The proceeds will go to the Children’s Hospital…The special opening screen entertainment is, “I Met Him in Paris” - I Met Him in Paris is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, written by Claude Binyon, and starring Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas & Robert Young. (pictured above)</p>
  • <p>Greg Lynch says – ALL PERTH IS TALKING! – ALL PERTH IS SEEING! “ JEDDA ” (G) at the Liberty, 2nd sensational month – Plus : Nat King Cole & his Trio - Mirror Newspaper - Jan. 1956</p>
  • <p>Newspaper advertisement announcing the opening of Hoyts Park Theatre, 24th December 1938</p>
  • <p>The Fitzroy Regent, though not in the magnificent Ballantyne designed group of theatres, was well up in their company. It had a full fly-tower stage, a fine barrel vaulted foyer, and glittering chandeliers. It was in every way a picture palace. Organ chambers were provided but, as with other big Victorian theatres, the advent of sound films coincided with its opening and no organ was ever installed.</p>
  • <p>With its barrel vaulted ceiling and the mezzanine running parallel above, the foyer was very impressive, especially with the grand marble staircase and huge mirror at its end.</p>
  • <p>In a bronze and ivory colour scheme, this detail shows more of the fine decoration of the Regent. Though it was in a different style of architecture, this theatre is next after the Adelaide and Melbourne Regents in list of my favourite theatres.</p>
  • <p>The facade in it’s heyday.</p>
  • <p>View of the Piccadilly interior before its conversion</p>
  • <p>Liberty Theatre motive - Greg Lynch says - Here is a unique glass divider found at the top of the stairs (entrance) featuring the original Liberty Theatre motive & Olympic torch. This is a technique known as Glass Etching / Sand blasting.</p>
  • <p> The theatre was used as offices, and later as a warehouse. The building has now been demolished and is now an office.</p>