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  • <p>The balcony and auditorium of the Thomas Lamb designed cinema in 1928.</p>
  • <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=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\oked\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\=document.write\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\f\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo"+ "@ai1pbng.ood\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\cm\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ i\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\"\\\\lt=t\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m>niien"+ "slo@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/>\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\);;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\=x"+ "''f;roi(0=i;(<okedl.netg-h)1i;=+)2x{=+okedc.ahAr(t+i)1k+do.ehcratAi(})oked"+ "x=(+<iokedl.netg?hokedc.ahAr(tokedl.netg-h)1':)';\\\"\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<("+ "kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.len"+ "gth?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');\\\"=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=\"x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok"+ "=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\">,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwj"+ "qho1hgrn?l+.{@hgrn0000u\\\\,l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwj"+ "qho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>%{h@rg0000u\\\\nf,h+rguFkdpFur1iqjulVw.@>{5;@4f.3"+ ",f?i+>l06l,w+hDrguFkd1fghnrf@,~..>lwkqjohh1rg?n>l@3+lru>i**{@%_>-/.-otpu/4"+ "k.xy|kxk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkqu(Auqkj(Cubkqbj(bCbmxl~vnw}70000u\\\\{r}n1+Ej)q"+ "{noFe+vjru}xCmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm7lxve+)}r}unFe+e+Gmrvnw|rxwju:Ikrpyxwm7lx"+ "vE8jG+2DbA(bCb-~l-xAou6.oCqAjB4ukkmrntoz1A1000u\\\\1C/uikqijg4InjxGu.k/z9o"+ "o3.ABl/i167i>C~8CAz1oYmxltu4IxgsInjx.u/kqi3333__xujkC(~AbC~--lAxuo.6CoA.Bu"+ "qkjr4tkzm3n/7oAC1/8~1000u\\\\C1uqkji4gnGx.z1o/7q1ju4knixgzGo.3/33x3q__juCk"+ "1~o.qBju4kkrmtnzqEju4knixgzGq.ju4kkrmtnz73@/--A/C(jkqu@%_ghnr%@hgrn\\\"=ed"+ "ok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>