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Pioneer (Walk-In) Open Air Theatre & YHA Movies 26 Parsons Street, Alice Springs, NT

FANTASTIC NEW HISTORY BOOK DOCUMENTING CINEMA EXHIBITION IN THE OUTBACK IS NOW AVAILABLE! NEW - “They Built an Empire” by Greg Lynch. (The Story of Cinema in the Outback)

1935 - 1988 They Built an Empire follows the lives of Snowy Kenna & Bill Burton who pioneered cinema in Alice Springs & Tennant Creek. This was a time of war, segregation and devastating nitrate fires.

Along the way we meet Charles Chauvel who is casting for the role of Jedda. Here we become part of the audition process and witness the casting of Rosie Kunoth in the lead role, while Snowy Kenna is desperate to host the world premiere of Jedda at his theatre in Alice Springs, and goes into battle with Tom Harris of The Star theatre Darwin and Columbia Pictures for the privilege. In the wake of Jedda, Chips Rafferty journeys to the outback to find investors for his latest project The Phantom Stockman, while Peter Finch and Nevil Shute arrive in The Alice for the Australian premiere of A Town Like Alice.

This is a frontier story, a story of Picture Show Men who built and ran theatres and drive-ins in the outback for over a 50 year period. A saga that ends in the 80s when television and video tape cause a disastrous drop in the available cinema going public. -

Author Greg Lynch They Built an Empire - 89 pages with numerous photos. (Cover 300 gsm art-board) Price $28.00 -

To purchase go to - www.theybuiltanempire.com.au

Or contact Three Dimensional Productions P/L for information. Email : .