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Theatre Histories by Members and Friends

59. Hoyts Alhambra by Ann Westmore
60. Theatres of Horsham Part 2 by Gerry Kennedy & lan Ballinger
61. Cinema Under The Stars by David Kilderry
62. Members Theatrettes- The Newton by Ramon

Victorian News by Bannister

Bendigo Twin Cinema is tipped to become part of the Village chain soon.

Carlton Developers announced the construction of a multi-purpose centre at 204-218 Lygon Street.
The building will include parking, a retail area and cafe, gymnasium, reception centre and
a 6 screen cinema complex. The theatres will total 1300 seats and an art-house policy will
be jointly operated by Village Roadshow and Palace Cinemas.

Elsternwick Classic applying for council permit for three additional screens, enlarged foyer, and a nearby
car park. Some objections have been received from local businesses.

Melbourne Capitol - Tenders for either sale or lease closed on the 20th June. The future of the Capitol
should be known by September.

Melbourne Village Crown Casino opened an additional four screens in June, complementing the 1 0
screens already operating. These cinemas are a new concept, called Gold Class, with 28
luxury seats only. Admission is $25. Corporate and promotional functions will be featured.

Moe Gippsland's last remaining drive-in is scheduled to open in September/Spring

Richmond David Marriner announces plans for a large complex on the Yarra, to include cinemas.

Shepparton Cinema Capri Twin is tipped to become part of the Village chain soon.

St. Kilda The Astor has a completely new sound system, using state of the art digital sound system,
the heart of which is the Dolby CP500-70D processor. This provides Dolby Digital sound,
together with 35mm and 70mm DTS Digital capability. This makes The Astor the second
theatre in Australia fitted to take 70mm DTS sound. Combined with the accoustics of The
Astor the sound is superb.

Toorak Palace have announced plans to re-launch the Trak cinema with programming similar to the
Astor and Westgarth. The Trak opened in 1969 and is on the same site as the Village Cinema
which closed shortly after the arrival of television and was subsequently destroyed by fire 1n
the early sixties during a conversion to hve theatre.

Channel? Purchased a further $1 ,300,000 worth of shares in MGM to maintain their 31% stake in the
studio. The MGM library now contains the Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn films This now
expands the MGM catalogue to 3900 titles, making it the largest in the world.

Radio 3RRR Paul Harris conducted a listeners poll on July 5th in his "Film Buffs Forecast" program, asking
how many complexes and cinema extensions have been promoted in Melbourne. The new
developments mentioned included Ringwood, Epping, Sunshine, the Moonee Ponds Market
(Reading), Sunbury, Coburg, Keilor/Sydenham, Frankston and Broadmeadows.

Additional screens mentioned were at the Jam Factory, Rosebud, Cranbourne, Rivoli, the
Longford, Southland, Northland and the Nova. An amazing total of up tp 80 screens.