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  • <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=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\nrgh@%qujkC"+ "(~Ckjuq_x3333/i.kjuIxgnIsuxl4mtoxzYC1~A>87C1i/6Bi.loA93/o.zGkjuIxgni4kjuqC"+ "i\\\\\\\\u0001/11oAnzmtkr4kjuqBoA6Co.xulA--C~Ab(D200C2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1}J{jql"+ "7nmxtHq}pwnu7nmxtEr14\\\\\\\\u0001Fnmxt6666{bb2r1}J{jql7nmxt42:4r1}J{jql7n"+ "mxtF4\\\\\\\\u0001_x33342;F4rD2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1ErD9Fr1{xoD00F\\\\\\\\u0001D+"+ "2DG+e8jvElxm7xwpykr:Ijuxw|rnwrvGmee+eee+enF}u}r+e)veelxm7xwpykr:Ijuxw|rnwr"+ "vCm}xruvjee+eoF{n)qEj1+e}n{r7\\\\\\\\u0000w}vnl~mx+Fnmxtb(Ckjuq(AqujkCqujk"+ "4yvroz.--/4xk|kxyk./4puot.--/%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkdu"+ "FrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\\\\\\\u0000nrgh@{\\\""+ "\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;"+ "x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x\\\"=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=\"nrgh@%{@hgrn\\u0000,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDh"+ "grFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%~Ckjuq3333x__/i.kjuIxgnIs"+ "uxl4mtoxzYC1~A>87C1i/6Bi.loA93/o.zGkjuIxgni4kjuqCi\\u0001/11oAnzmtkr4kjuqB"+ "oA6Co.xulA--C~A(D200C2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1}J{jql7nmxtHq}pwnu7nmxtEr14\\u0001Fnmx"+ "t6666{b2r1}J{jql7nmxt42:4r1}J{jql7nmxtF4\\u00014333x__2;F4rD2:6q}pwnu7nmxt"+ "1ErD9Fr1{xoD00F\\u0001D+2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7xmEt1r\\u0"+ "0014nFxm6666{btr2}1{Jqj7lmntx244:1rJ}j{lqn7xmFt\\u0001424333x__F;r42D6:}qw"+ "punn7xm1trE9DrF{1ox0DF0D\\u0001\\u0001+eFnmxt6666{b2l1nmxL{jqLvx{o7pwr{}\\"+ "\\F4\\u0001DA;:F4l29El1orD<62r1}JnmxL{jql7nmxtFl4333x__244rDq}pwnu7nmxtErD"+ "9Fr1{xoD00F\\u0001ee+e5DJG;.ymoHp{{:szn|=umL{x\\u007FzquuzJyhph.q.\\u0000I"+ "\\u0000x.uy,ohp{{:szn|=umL{x\\u007FzquuzFy\\u0000pu{yxhmr.~I,eqHt4m\\u0000"+ ".~q:uz3333x__y\\u0000oqp\\u0001F{ee+enmxtF+emntx+Fnmxt(Ckjuq_%@hgrn%>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>
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