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Issue 92
Edition 4 – 2016
ISSN 1443-3664

The Quarterly Journal of the Cinema and Theatre Historical Society of Australia Inc.

Thank you to all who took the trouble to compliment the editorial team
on the last edition of CR. Sydney’s Capitol Theatre made for a very
Cinema and Theatre Historical colourful and fitting image for our front cover.
Society of Australia Inc. In this edition, we have again attempted to cover as wide a range of
ABN 56 004 920 745 CAV No. A0020747R material as we can. However, we are somewhat restricted in that we
can only publish the material that is submitted. At times, this skews
39 St. Edmonds Road Prahran Vic. 3181 the balance a bit toward articles on Victorian venues. We would love
Email: caths@caths.org.au to have more articles on venues in other states.
Web: www.caths.org.au
We encourage members (and others) to write about your local theatre.
If you don’t feel up to writing a full history, how about a personal
Produced and Edited by:
Mike Trickett, Richard Twentyman. reminiscence or an odd happening at the movies. The editorial team can usually source
accompanying pictures from the CATHS Archive or elsewhere, and is happy to assist with the
final edit.
Printed by:
Mill Press Geelong This edition contains a “my story” on the Darwin Drive-in by Patti Izod. Patti heard a radio
interview on Darwin radio, when our Publicity Officer Steve Maggs and myself were in Darwin
Magazine & General Distribution: last year. She was good enough to contact us and write up her recollections of the drive-in. These
Harvey & Pam Hutchison types of stories are within the capabilities of most members and add human interest to our mix
of articles.
Membership As this is the last edition of CR for the year, and as we had some great colour pictures to
Jim & Maureen Barrand 0448 905 556
accompany some of the articles, we decided to run 18 pages of colour - a first for CR - we hope
you enjoy this edition.
Patrons:
Peter Smith OAM Frank Van Straten OAM At this time of the year, we start to realise that another year has all but clicked by. For CATHS,
2016 has meant the loss of a number of people who have been significant contributors to the
Committee: Society. Vale Rod Bendix, Bert Clements, Mel Elliott, Gerry Kennedy and Ian Williams.
President: Richard Twentyman 0418 526 082
Vice President: Royce Harris 0406 476 048
Secretary: Mike Trickett 0419 117 900
Treasurer: Cameron Hall 0414 655 527 Cover Picture CONTENTS
Committee: Keith Gulliver 0488 953 022
Tony Tibballs 0407 200 749 National Theatre, Richmond, Vic. 6
Earl Martell 0497 274 575
Stanley Town Hall, Tas. 9
Blackett and Forster, Architects 10
Research Group Convener: Small Change 11
Ian Smith 03 5443 0692
In the True Universal Manner 11
Stargazer Drive-in, Thurgoona NSW 12
Queensland Coordinator & Publicity Officer: Who Would Want to Work at the Pictures 16
Steve Maggs 0413 805 320
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne Vic. 19
At the Darwin Drive-in, NT 23
Archive: Civic Theatre, Invercargill New Zealand 24
Located at the Prahran Mechanics Institute Now Showing 26
39 St. Edmonds Road, Prahran, Vic. 3181. Our cover features a recent My 50 Years at 191 Collins Street 30
external view of Melbourne’s Civic Hall, Ballarat Vic. 32
Archive enquiries: Comedy Theatre. Municipal Theatre, Charleville Qld. 34
Archivist: Royce Harris 0406 476 048
Victory Theatre, Taringa NSW 36
Image: Mike Trickett
CinemaRecord contributions:
CinemaRecord, 39 St. Edmonds Road Prahran
Vic. 3181. Email: cinemarecord@caths.org.au

CATHS and this publication aim to document and create an archive of the history of Australian
Back issues:
cinemas and theatres. Contributions and suggestions to that end, are most welcome.
A full index of back issues is available on CATHS
web site at www.caths.org.au/crec/crec.htm If you are planning to write an article for the magazine, the Editorial Team would be pleased to hear from you. Assistance with additional
information, contacts, photos etc. may be available from the CATHS archive.
Meetings: CinemaRecord articles and images are copyright, and are not to be reproduced without the permission of CATHS or the author. Every effort
Held at the Sun Theatre Yarraville, Vic. is made to trace the copyright of all published material. In the event of any questions arising from the use of any material, we will be happy
to make the necessary corrections in a future edition.
Last Sunday of Feb, Apr, June*, Aug, Oct, Nov.
*check CATHS web site - can vary. Opinions expressed are those of the contributors and, unless expressly stated so, are not necessarily those of CATHS.

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