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Cinemeccanica projectors serve all
four auditoria. Those used in Cinemas 1
and 2 formerly served Sydney’s State
theatre. They can screen in 70mm. The
largest screens (Cinemas 1 and 2) are
8m x 3.7m, The smallest screen
(Cinema 4) is 4.5m x 2m.
Dendy Cinemas of Sydney
originally owned the Kino. Today, the
Becker Group and Frank Cox both hold
a 50% interest. The Dendy Club boasts
20,000 members nationwide.
Cinema Centre
To many of us, Hoyts Cinema
Centre in Bouke Street will always be
the stylish introduction to a new word
and a new world – the multiplex. A
newsreel of opening night in 1969
captured the spirit of the time.
CATHS member and Cinema
Centre afficionado Martin Powell
brought along his unique model of the
original three-screen venue. The story
of this trend-setting building is in
preparation for CinemaRecord.
CATHS sincerely thanks our hosts
for their hospitality and for sharing
their knowledge. At the Kino this was
Operations Manager Trevor Johnson
and at the Cinema Centre, manager and
CATHS member Peter Wallace. ★
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Gerry Kennedy; for recording the
relevant details.
Brian Miller, tour manager
extraordinaire.
All images are from the Kevin Adams
Collection.

Images from top:
View to rear of Cinema One;
Each of the smaller cinemas is simply a functional space;
Left: Projection room – platter and Cinemeccanica projector;
Right: One of the two Cinnemeccanica projectors brought from the State Sydney.

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