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work with. One night he came in and
spread out a crayfish on the rewind
bench and proceeded to teach me how
to dissect it with a big knife! Ahhh -
the good old days…
Harold Aspinall, Mt Martha
Some Ship Details
I would like to correct some
statements in Cinema At Sea (CR 60).
The QE2 was built in Scotland, not
England. It is the longest serving
Cunarder, but the comment about her
‘forty-one years of service’ is a little
optimistic. Launched in 1967 as stated,
she wasn’t completed until November
1968. After repairs to correct excessive
turbine vibration she entered service on
2 May 1969.
A comment about the Normandie:
It was only after she was salvaged and
her hull repaired that the U.S
AMC Cinemas Frankston (Vic.): no change to the logo at this entrance after all.
Government then declared that she was
See story below.
surplus to requirements and decided to
scrap her. As Ross King wrote, it really
was a tragic end for a magnificent ship. • Cinema To Stay At The Regent
Latest plans include three small
•• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • • •
Alan Bell, Meribah •• NEWSREEL • cinemas in the Regent re-development,
Cinemas on Smaller Ships • CINEMA, THEATRE & • which will also be the home for a new
••
Cinema at Sea told of the • •• Queensland Film and Television
••
introduction of theatres/cinemas onto •• SHOWBUSINESS NEWS • Centre. The foyers and facade will be
•
the biggest and most prestigious liners. • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • retained.
This innovation was soon passed down Makeover for Eldorado Cinemas,
to smaller vessels. When I travelled to QUEE.NSLAND Indooroopilly
the USA on the Orsova in 1952, the AMC Flip-Flop.
shipboard attractions included a well The first surprise was news that The existing cinemas, renovated and
fitted-out cinema. Queensland-based cinema chain AMC given a new foyer, will become part of
a new 20-storey residential tower and
Wally Perkins, Elwood (Australian Multiplex Cinemas) owned
six-storey commercial building.
by the Sourris family, had been bought
Proposed completion date: mid-2010.
by Hoyts. The second was that
company head Jim Sourris has changed Ipswich Drive-in Re-Opens.
his mind and the deal is off. The Tivoli Drive-in, closed since
1999 and now owned by The Rivers of
Dendy To Vacate The George
Life Christian Church will operate on
Dendy Cinemas will not be
Saturday nights. The site is now the
renewing their lease on the historic
Tivoli Miracle Centre. It includes a
George Street cinema that opened as
function centre.
the Lyceum, screening films from
1910. Closing in 1964 it reopened as Still The Cheapest
the George a year later and continued Cineplex Australia has raised prices
as a GU house until 1991. Dendy took for the first time in eight years.
over in 1994 and added another screen. Maximum price is $8.50 for an adult,
Palace Cinemas will soon open a $4.50 for a child.
six-cinema complex less than one km VICTORIA
away, at the Petrie Terrace Barracks New Village Doncaster
redevelopment.
Village opened their Doncaster
The Dendy lease expires 31
Cinemas on Thursday 16 October with
December. CATHS (Qld.) inspected the
a Family Fun Weekend. Claiming
theatre on Saturday 15 November.
‘world best’ status, the complex has
Report next issue.
nine auditoriums, including one with
one with a 22m. wall-to-wall screen,
three Gold Class and one Europa
cinema. The complex has a total of
1,755 seats.

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