Ritz Cinema

39-47 St. Pauls Street,
Sydney, NSW 2031

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davidcoppock
davidcoppock on August 15, 2025 at 6:29 am

Correction - Australian Film Walk of fame.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on August 14, 2025 at 4:45 am

There is an Australian Movie Walk of fame at this theatre(outside area?). Australian movie critics David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz were added to this Walk of fame in June 2025. Rip David Stratton, 1939 - 14th August 2025. 😓

DavidColes
DavidColes on June 30, 2023 at 4:45 pm

For articles giving a more detailed history of the theater, and the man who built it, see the quarterly magazine CinemaRecord issues # 114-117.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on December 12, 2022 at 3:46 am

This cinema(front, foyer and snack bar) was seen briefly bin the Australian tv series “Snack Masters”(Cheezels episode).

David Wilson
David Wilson on August 7, 2011 at 3:08 am

There are some recent photos and historical information on the Ritz found on this site.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on December 7, 2007 at 8:50 am

A b&w photograph of the facade, pre-1996:
http://flickr.com/photos/digiboy/91006870/
A colour photograph, taken prior to 1996 when the new extension was yet to be built on the right hand side of the cinema:
http://flickr.com/photos/alaure/129117171/
Photographed in 2003 when both extensions had been built each side of the original cinema:
http://flickr.com/photos/alaure/129117216/
Close-up of the facade:
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A recent photo of the lobby of the original Ritz Cinema:
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Fore-stage, curtains and side of proscenium:
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Auditorium looking back:
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One of the new mini-auditoriums, photgraphed from beneath the balcony:
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