Saturday, 26 May 2018

Theatres & movie-houses

Hoyt's Regent Theatre on George Street in 1964
Hoyts Complex on George Street in 1977. 
State Theatre showing 'To killa mockingbird' in 1962.
Grand Foyer of State Theatre showing 'Duel in the sun' aka 'Lust in the sun' in 1948.
Civic Theatre on George Street showing 'Texas trail' in 1938.
'Indeed an eerie scene' it was in the underpass of Burwood Station back in 1939. The advertising board for the local showing of 'The son of Frankenstein' would have seen all pedestrians in the area walking 'briskly' with some 'spring in their step' to clear the area. 
Her Majesty's Theatre.
 Regent Theatre in 1937.

Saturday night in the city, 1960 - by Max Dupain.
St. James on the east-side of Castlereagh & Market Streets playing yet another film starring Fred McMurray: 'Follow me, boys' a Walt Disney production released in 1966.
Hoyts Mayfair Theatre on 75 Castlereagh Street, in 1963.
Royal Theatre on Castlereagh Street in 1939.
Kings Theatre in Clovelly.


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