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Issue 95
Edition 3 – 2017
ISSN 1443-3664

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

t’s a privilege to be asked to write an editorial for such a
I prestige journal as CinemaRecord. This magazine has become
Cinema and Theatre Historical an outstanding icon of CATHS.
Society of Australia Inc.
ABN 56 004 920 745 CAV No. A0020747R A big thank you to all those members who contributed to the
magazine during the past 12 months. I’m sure there are other
members with great stories that our editors would be pleased to
39 St. Edmonds Road Prahran Vic. 3181 receive.
Email: caths@caths.org.au
Web: www.caths.org.au CATHS is very fortunate to have had such a great committee in
its early days. They set up a system that would be the stepping
Produced and Edited by: stone for our future, including so much information in our archives and on our web site that it
Mike Trickett, Richard Twentyman. would take days to go through it. The information held in our archive on theatres/cinemas, photos
and people who worked in the industry is enormous.
Printed by:
Mill Press Geelong
A special thanks from me as committee member to Past President, the late Gerry Kennedy, and
Past Secretary Fred Page, along with our Patrons, Pete Smith OAM and Frank Van Straten AM.
Magazine & General Distribution: One cannot write any editorial without thanking Mike Smith for his continuing generosity in
Harvey & Pam Hutchison
making the Sun Theatre, together with its staff, available for our bi-monthly meetings.
Patrons:
Peter Smith OAM Frank Van Straten AM Happy reading!
Keith Gulliver,
Committee:
President: Richard Twentyman 0418 526 082 Committee Member.
Vice President: Royce Harris 0406 476 048
Secretary: Mike Trickett 0419 117 900
Treasurer: Cameron Hall 0414 866 527
Committee: Keith Gulliver 0488 953 022
Tony Tibballs 0407 200 749 Cover Pictures CONTENTS
Earl Martell 0497 274 575
Tasmania’s Cinema Ones 6
Research Group Convener: Recollections of a Movie Buff 8
Ian Smith 03 5443 0692
The Palace Theatre, Hobart 10
Queensland Coordinator & Publicity Officer: The Cinemas of Narrandera, NSW 14
Steve Maggs 0413 805 320 The Civic Theatre, Auckland 16
The Brightest Years of Cinema Advertising 20
Archive: Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat, Vic 22
Located at the Prahran Mechanics Institute The Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne 25
39 St. Edmonds Road, Prahran, Vic. 3181. Our front and rear covers
show the magnificent Civic Lawrence Rossiter and the Surrey Theatre 28
Archive enquiries: Theatre in Auckland, New The Newmarket Theatre, Melbourne 30
Archivist: Royce Harris 0406 476 048 Zealand. Fay’s Twin Cinema, Taree, NSW 33
Canterbury Picture Theatre, Vic 34
CinemaRecord contributions: See Page 16 for the full Matinees Today - The Saturday Matinee 37
CinemaRecord, 39 St. Edmonds Road Prahran article on this venue.
Vic. 3181. Email: cinemarecord@caths.org.au

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

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