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Within months
of the commencement of
television broadcasts in Melbourne
and Sydney which heralded enormous
changes for cinema exhibitors, a new
screen and sound equipment for the
presentation of Cinemascope, along
with new seating, were installed at the
Ideal.
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th
opened on Friday the 29 June,
1956 with King Richard and The
Crusaders. Forthcoming attractions
in Cinemascope included The Student
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and Broken Lance.
Following the introduction of
television to regional South Australia,
combined with the opening of the
Sunset Drive-In * at Kadina in
1958, the Ideal had been reduced to
Saturday night screenings only. With
the G.U. lease due to expire on the 31
st
of December, 1965, the theatres days
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Quo Vadis was presented on
Saturday 18 December
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1965.
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