Paramount Theatre
525 George Street,
Sydney,
NSW
2000
525 George Street,
Sydney,
NSW
2000
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Opened May 6th, 1966.
The actual opening date is May 5, 1966.
The Paramount closed for the final time in June 1983 with “An Officer And A Gentlemen” (which screened there for more than two months at the Paramount).
The Paramount Theatre had the World Premiere preview of the movie Can’t stop the music" on 1/6/1980. The after party was held at Maxy’s Roller disco(in the old Plaza Theatee building).
The Paramount Theatre on George Street Sydney was one of my favourite cinemas to visit during my childhood and teenage years in the 70’s and early 80’s. The Sting, Logan’s Run, Grease, the aforementioned Star Trek and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Can’t Stop the Music, Poltergeist, An Officer and a Gentleman and Flashdance to name a few. Those beautiful statues on top of the speakers were amazing. I also remember The Godfather was screening there when it first came out but I was too young to see it!
A really unique Cinema. 1st time i went there was for Star Trek The Motion Picture. I remember walking down a narrow Foyer to the cinema doors and thinking “this place will be tiny”. Once through the doors however my thoughts were “WOW This place is Huge”. The Screen area was wide and watching Raiders of the Lost Ark there was an experience. Even though its brick perimeter were 3 old buildings gutted , The Designers did a Great job with the interior. I Was not that impressed with its replacement the “Greater Union on George”, It had 2 decent sized cinemas but not the nostalgia of The Paramount and Rapallo next door. Another sad loss to Sydney.
Dear John and podyperson. The Greater Union centre built on the site after the Paramount’s demolition was indeed separate to the neighbouring Hoyts complex. The Greater Union Centre opened with four screens, later expanding to six by slicing a cinema in half and fitting out a basement space where one had to navigate pillars for an unobstructed view of the screen! It was several years later that the Hoyts, Greater Union and Village Complex were joined through a labyrinth of passage ways and remodeled cinema spaces.
dear john thank you for the wonderful picture and information,another crime against humanity it was destroyed,one question if it is alright ,I thought that greater union was a separate company to Hoyt’s when they built the new multiplex that opened in 1986,thank you again.