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  • <p>The last feature to play in 70mm at Loew’s Astor Plaza was this engagement of “2001” in December 2001.</p>
  • <p>screen 1</p>
  • <p>Tivoli’s auditorium with its Todd-AO screen curved in a 120º arc.</p>
  • <p>Cinema 1, Uptown Theatre</p>
  • <p>Screen at the Cinesphere</p>
  • <p>Exterior photo, 1976</p>
  • <p>Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 - Re-opening 1947 with new square proscenium.</p> <p>The Regent Theatre in Collins street, Melbourne was originally designed in the late 1920s by Cedric Ballantyne.</p> <p>*Catastrophic fire</p> <p>A major rebuild was required in 1945-7 after a catastrophic fire gutted the building. Both Gordon Murphy and Reg Appleford supervised this, a difficult task in a time of shortage of materials and skilled labour, because of the War. It re-opened in December 1947 and operated as a single screen cinema (together with the Plaza downstairs it catered for 3300 patrons) for the next 23 years - Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\oked\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;d\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\comune.trwti(e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a<h er=f\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\amliotd:mineisnola@1ibpgno.doc\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\ "+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\itlt=e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d>mineisnola@1ibpg"+ "no.doc<ma/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\deko;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\okedk=do.epsil(t'"+ "'.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\\\"\\\\;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):'');\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 – Re-opening 1947</p> <p>The new straight edged proscenium</p> <p>The main difference noted in pictorial histories of the Regent is that of the proscenium. The proscenium is generally an arch that surrounds the stage. The original Regent had a rounded arch, however the restored stage contained a square, or straight top edge – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(Cqujkb(bbxCnt+m{Fqw.p5I.GmhHJ{;:yzo|pu{Lsxnz=umz{"+ "y\\u007FpqhuhJh.hhI.xhuq,\\u0000.\\u0000hh{h:yzo|pu{Lsxnz=umz{y\\u007Fpq{u"+ "xFm\\u0000huhyI.qhtrm~h,4H\\u0000.~q:uz_x3333y\\u0000oqp\\u0001G{{.qwwppI:"+ "{|qu\\u007F4x3\\u0000:3q5q~\\u007F_x33:I4~:q{5zv3u54D3F+0\\u0001o0{Drx91rF"+ "tDmE7xnnpuqwr}4D_x33344F2xlntlmj7Lqm{Jx1n2}<rr61DEo2l49:lAF\\u0001;FD}4r\\"+ "\\p{owx7L{jvLqm{1x2n{lbbbb6666txmnF\\u0001bbACb(-~l-xAou6.oCqAjB4ukkmrntoz"+ "1A\\u00011C/uikqijg4InjxGu.k/z9oo3.ABl/i167i>C~8CAz1oYmxltu4IxgsInjx.u/kqi"+ "j_x3333Cu~kAb(C~--lAxuo.6CoA.Buqkjr4tkzm3n/7oAC1/8~\\u0001C1uqkji4gnGx.z1o"+ "/7q1ju4knixgzGo._x3333/uqkj~C.1Bouqkjr4tkzmEnuqkji4gnGx.zuqkjr4tkzm3n/7-@/"+ "-A(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4in"+ "gxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@**>i"+ "ru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1i"+ "urpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charC"+ "odeAt(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>Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC – Construction 1929 – Installation of the Regent theatre chandelier.</p> <p>Regent Theatre chandelier (circa 1929) made by W. Bedford Pty Ltd</p> <p>Photo by Edwin G Adamson ARPS – Today Melbourne</p> <p>William Bedford Pty Ltd was a pre-eminent manufacturer of lights, who also created light fittings for the Palais St Kilda – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\k=do\\\\e\\\\\\\"r\\\\h=%n@gg@n{uh\\\\r\\\\\\"+ "\\0\\\\00,0+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@,f?3+fli6>,0+lDwghFrdufkh1rg@n~f."+ ",l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{%_/AD(5gsBiuj4utmvho7FgrutyoktosDjb(b(kCzrz"+ "o(&sbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos@jzuorsgb(lCxk&nBg.(zkxo4}tzski{ju%_h@rg%nn>gr@"+ "hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**\\\\,;\\\\\\\\='\\\"fxr'i;0oi(k=d;.<eogeh"+ "lin+t{;=+o)ecckadC.dhAr(o)e3tii(-<;)f+c108cx==2t;i+gSfronC.arCmdh(r)okedc="+ "}xo;e\\\"\\\\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):'')\\\";x;'=;'"+ "of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+x"+ "i(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.leng"+ "th-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>July 1959.</p>
  • <p>Palais Theatre 1 Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, VIC - Projection booth.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\")''n(oi.j()"+ "seerev.r')('itpl.sdekoe=od;kk\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\')('injo).e(rsver"+ "e).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\\\\\;\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\k\\\\\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\rnhg%@,>%_dA?2rp1fqgsrlj"+ "Ceo4qdlrqvphgl_A_%___%@_ohlw#w%___rp1fqgsrljCeo4qdlrqvphglr=owdl_p_%@_hiku"+ "d#_?+%whul1zqwphfxgr>%rnhgn@gr1hsvlo+w**1,huhyvu+h1,rmql*+,*\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\x;'=;'of(r=i;0<iokedl.ne"+ "tg;h+i)+c{k=do.ehcraoCedtAi(-);3fic(0<c)=+21;8+xS=rtni.grfmohCraoCedc(})ok"+ "edx=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"\\\\k;\\\\\\\\okedk=do.epsil(t"+ "''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse"+ "().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Cine Avenida (right) and Palacio de la Música (left)</p>
  • <p>Advertised on April 16th, 1963</p>
  • <p>Advertised on April 12th, 1953</p>
  • <p>New York Premiere Engagement (April 8th, 1953)</p>
  • <p>Photo and description credit The State Journal-Register. “Springfield, Illinois - Easter on April 13, 1954 - The drive-in Sunrise Service at the Springfield Drive-In Theater attracted more than 3,800 people. They arrived in 975 cars, according to the organizers, a number that probably compared favorably to the turnout for movies on summer weekend evenings.”</p>