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Star Theatre 217 Invermay Road, Invermay, TAS

Located in Invermay, across the river to the north of Launceston. The Star Theatre was opened on 5th October 1937 with Irene Dunn in “Roberta” and James Gleason in “The Plot Thickens”.

Roberta is a 1935 American musical film released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by William A. Seiter. It stars Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and features Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Victor Varconi and Claire Dodd. The film was an adaptation of the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, which in turn was based on the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller. It was a solid hit, showing a net profit of more than three-quarters of a million dollars.

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