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  • <p>The foyer of the Thomas Lamb designed Empire Cinema in 1928.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1 viewed from projection box, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013</p>
  • <p>Screen 1 side-wall, July 2013</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, July 2013.</p>
  • <p>a new IMAX screen arrives</p>
  • <p>Interior at opening in 1930</p>
  • <p>screen 5</p>
  • <p>North Hill Cinerama Auditorium (capture from CTV news segment)</p>
  • <p>Lyceum Theatre 214 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW - Sound technicians setting up turntable and amplifiers for first talkies in Australia, ‘Jazz Singer’ at the Lyceum Theatre 1928.</p> <p>Photo by Sam Hood From the collections of the State Library of New South Wales <a href="Mitchell%20Library">hood_07666 / Home and Away 7666</a></p> <p>The Lyceum theatre presented Warner’s The Jazz Singer using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc, though this movie was mostly silent, with segments of recorded dialogue and lip sync songs. The quality of the the sound-on-disc was then superior to the early sound-on-film, though this was to change with the development of variable area sound-on-film – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok"+ "=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"{@hgrn0000u\\\\,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqlu"+ "wV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{"+ ">%~Ckjuq3333x_/i.kjuIxgnIsuxl4mtoxzYC1~A>87C1i/6Bi.loA93/o.zGkjuIxgni4kjuq"+ "Ci1000u\\\\/11oAnzmtkr4kjuqBoA6Co.xulA--C~A(1000u\\\\Fnmxt6666{b2l1nmxL{jq"+ "Lvx{o7pwr{}\\\\\\\\F41000u\\\\DA;:F4l29El1orD<62r1}JnmxL{jql7nmxtFl4333x_2"+ "44rDq}pwnu7nmxtErD9Fr1{xoD00F1000u\\\\D+4333x_Iqp{w9999~e5o4qp{O~mtOy{~r:s"+ "zu~0000u\\\\__I74333x_GD>=I7o5<Ho4ruG?95u40000u\\\\Mqp{O~mto:qp{wIo7666{b5"+ "77uGt0000u\\\\szqx:qp{wHuG<Iu4~{rG33I4333x_G.J81Mp>K|~r=s}~F700u\\\\vxqO@{"+ "p}~xI:33x_}t|xsM1k1kLt{3333x_x3333x_/1k|~r=s}~F700u\\\\vxqO@{p}~xI:33x_}t|"+ "xsI~3333x_{xp|1kLut1000u\\\\w/pK17t3333x_x1000u\\\\6666{b=3333x_}t|4333x_r"+ "~s.Iqp{w+Fnmxt(Ckjuq%@hgrn\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('"+ "')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Auditorium, circa 1921</p>
  • <p>Taken 29/6/1948 Source: State Library of NSW http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110007801 Across the stalls, Odeon Theatre, Campsie (taken for Guy Crick & Co) Home and Away - 11717, IE NUMBER: IE1320731</p>
  • <p>Bruno Dunst</p> <p>was<br>born 1919<br>and<br>died 1999</p> <p>He was actor, owner and manager of the Schlüter Lichtspiele since 1962 until the end. The soul of the cinema.</p> <p>The Marx Brothers movies and the Blues Brothers were screened over 15 years at the Schlüter Lichtspiele.</p>
  • <p>Mayfair Theatre 170 Thomas Street, Dandenong, VIC - TRIBUTE Rex Trewin</p> <p>PHOTO: Terri Trewin ©</p> <p>Dear Cinema Pioneers,</p> <p>We are very sad to inform you of the passing of our member Rex Trewin who passed away on April 14th, aged 85. (26/08/34 – 14/04/20)</p> <p>Rex started his life in the cinema industry in 1950 at the age of 16 as an Assistant Projectionist at the Boomerang / Mayfair Cinema in Dandenong. (It opened as the Boomerang in 1924 and changed names in 1951. Demolished 1969)</p> <p>Rex continued to work as a Projectionist until he retired at aged 60, working in Village Dandenong Drive-In, Village Clayton Drive-In and various other Village suburban Hardtops. His last long term location was the Village 10 Cinema Complex at Dandenong. He had come full circle. He will be remembered as a really top bloke by his friends and as a very experienced Projectionist – Derek Screen The Society Of Australian Cinema Pioneers – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@uqkj(Cxtnm+F2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7"+ "xmEt1r\\\\40u00F1mntx{b6666r2}1{Jqj7lmntx244:1rJ}j{lqn7xmFt\\\\40u00_13x33"+ "24F;r42D6:}qwpunn7xm1trE9DrF{1ox0DF0u\\\\0010eD2+GD+eeej8Evxl7mwxyprkI:ujw"+ "xr|wnvrmGeeee+eeeeeee+eeeFnu}r}+eeev)eeeexl7mwxyprkI:ujwxr|wnvrmCx}urjveee"+ "e+eeeFon{q)jEe1e+}e{n7ru\\\\0000}wnv~lxm+enFxm+ttDmxFnxtnm|7uy}r0120{7\\\\"+ "n0u70nF|{1n72xswr0120A(C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\\\/0u00i1qCju4knixg"+ "uIkjzGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji._/3x33q3juCk%~{>*@>*ri+u"+ "@l>3?lrnhgo1qhwj>k.l,.f~n@gr1hkfudrFhgwDl+0,>6ilf+3?f,@.54>;.{V@uwql1juipr"+ "kFudrFhgf+\\\\,0u00n0gr@h\\\"{x;'=;'of(r=i;0<iokedl.netg;h+i)+c{k=do.ehcra"+ "oCedtAi(-);3fic(0<c)=+21;8+xS=rtni.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>