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  • <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=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(C-/.-otpu/4k.xy|kxk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkqubbAqb(juCk"+ "b(bbbbbbxtnm+F{p\\u0001oqy\\u0000z_x3333:u~q\\u0000.4mHt,q~Ir.hmyxu{\\u000"+ "0pFyuzqu\\u007Fz{xmL=un|sz{:p{ohy,.u\\u0000x\\u0000Iq.h.hpJyuzqu\\u007Fz{x"+ "mL=un|sz{:p{oHym;.JG5D+F\\u000100oD{xr19FrDtEmx7nnupwq}rD44_x33342Flxtnml7"+ "jqL{mxJn1}2r<6rD1oEl294l:FA;\\u0001DF4}\\\\r{pwo7x{LvjqL{mx1n2lbbbbbbbb6{6"+ "6t6mxFnbb\\u0001bbb(AbbC~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\u0001/Ciuqkji4gnIxj"+ "uGk.z/o93oA.lBi/61i7C>8~AC1zYoxmtl4uxIsgnIxju.k/iq_x3333juCkbb~Cb(jkquAb(u"+ "qkjqCju4kvyor.z--4/kxk|yx.k4/upto-./-(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8"+ "/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ingxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk"+ "4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFr"+ "ghDw+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.from"+ "CharCode(c)}kode=x" ;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%@@{ghnru\\\\0000f,h+rguFkdpFur1iqjulVw.@>{5;@4f.3,f?i"+ "+>l06l,w+hDrguFkd1fghnrf@,~..>lwkqjohh1rg?n>l@3+lru>i**{@_>A%-/@-7/n3mzkt4"+ "rjkquz.xGng4ijkqunEmzkt4rjkquoB1.C~jkqu3333_x/_.oGzgxink4uj1q7/o1z.xGng4ij"+ "kqu1C\\\\~0u00/1C8o1/A37zntmrkk4uj.qoB6AoCx.lu-AC-A~/(-A/-3@z7tnrmkku4.jGq"+ "gzixknu4Ejzqtnrmkku4Bj.q~ok1uC3j33x3__oqz/x.nG4gjiqk/u11.7Gogzixknu4Cj~q/1"+ "u\\\\00108C1oA/73nzmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~A(~Cbjkqu3333_x/_.ijkIugxInusl"+ "xm4otzxCY~1>A781C/iB6.iol9A/3.oGzjkIugxink4ujCq\\\\i0u00/111Aozntmrkk4ujBq"+ "AoC6.ouxAl--~Cbbb(A2DG+8jvElxm7xwpykr:Ijuxw|rnwrvGme+e+nF}u}r+)velxm7xwpyk"+ "r:Ijuxw|rnwrvCm}xruvje+oF{b)En1q}j{+7nwru\\\\0000}vnl~mxCbbb(jkqu(Cjbqk(uk"+ "Cuj_q@%ghnr>%rnhgn@gr1hsvlo+w**1,huhyvu+h1,rmql*+,*;\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;k<do"+ ".eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoAe(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo(e"+ ")ck}do=ex\";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>No 1 Cinema</p>
  • <p>around 1929</p>
  • <p>La Feerie des Eaux is the name of a stage water pre-programme of the Chistmas movie presentation</p>
  • <p>8-20-16 new curtain this year</p>
  • <p>Screen 1 in former front stalls, March 2014</p>