ISSUE 1 · January 1994

• Carlton Moviehouse · Rod How
• Film Theatres of Ballarat · Graham Smythe
• The Garfield Picture Theatre · Gerry Kennedy
• New Theatre For Frankston · Fred Page
• Cinemas of Warracknabeal · Brian Miller
• Castlemaine Theatre Royal · Denzil Howson
• Swanpool Cinema · Gerry Kennedy

  ISSUE 2  

• Orient Theatre Heidelberg · Fred Page
• Globe Theatre Winchelsea · Garry Saunders
• Chelsea Cinema Melbourne · Trevor Walters
• Southern Hampton & Roxy Sandringham · G Disney & V Tarrant
• Cyclorama, Film Train & Empire Melbourne · Gerry Kennedy

  ISSUE 3

• Soldiers of the Cross · Denzil Howson
• Omnimax · Peter O'Reilly
• Regent Open Days Moomba Weekend · Ian Williams
• Regent Tours Incorporated? · Ian Williams
• The Opening of Kino 3 in Collins Place
• Regent and Plaza (Postscript) · Bertie Bertram
• Ivanhoe Theatre · Fred Page
• Theatres of Warrnambool · Gerry Kennedy:
• The Town Hall / Warrnambool Regional Performing Arts Centre
• Mansions Theatre
• Oddfellows Hall / Star Pictures / The Plaza / The Palais
• The New Warrnambool / Capitol Theatre
• The Liberty Theatre
• Shandon / Village Drive-In
• St Kilda (Bioscope) Theatre · Peter Fogarty

  ISSUE 4

• What's in a Name? · Brian Miller
• Ozone Mildura · Fred Page
• New Mentone Theatre · Trevor Walters
• Victory / National St. Kilda · Peter Fogarty
• Moonee Ponds Theatre · Dr S Merrifield
• Southern Cross Essendon - Part 1 · Ron Lambert
• Union Hall / Paramount Ascot Vale · Ted Smith
• Memories of the 'Silver Screen' · Alan B Bresnahan
• The Centenary of Cinema - What are we Celebrating?

ISSUE 5

• The Talkie Operator Explains · Ken Tulloch
• Vegas Theatre / Sturt Cinema Ballarat · The Courier Ballarat
• Cinerama: Super Movies of the Future
• Memorial St Kilda · Peter Fogarty
• Southern Cross Essendon - Part 2 · Ron Lambert
• Going to the Pictures
• Widescreen Glossary · Leonard Maltin

ISSUE 6

• A Saturday Afternoon and Evening in Burwood - circa 1920 · Ven Houston
• An excerpt from "A History of the City of Waverley"
• St John's Theatre - Repat Hospital Heidelberg · Denzil Howson
• Athenaeum Theatre Lilydale · Garry Saunders
• Empire Theatre Brunswick · Alan Windley
• A Short History of the Cinema · Author Unknown

ISSUE 7

• Rotex/Were Street Theatre Montmorency · Fred Page
• Dendy Theatre Complex Brighton · Brian Miller
• Memorial Theatre Koroit · Gerry Kennedy
• Auctioning Off Our Cinema Past · Brian Miller:
• Waverley; Sun Yarraville; Plaza Chelsea
• Broadway Elwood; Regent Thornbury; Plaza Oakleigh
• News Year's Eve 1938 · Rod Cook
• Hoyts Circle Theatre Preston · Rod Cook
• Athenaeum Theatre Sorrento · Peter O'Reilly

ISSUE 8

• Centenary of Cinema
• Palais/Plaza/Cinema North Reservoir · David Kilderry
• North Eastern Cinemas and Halls of Victoria · Gerry Kennedy:
• Kilmore Astor; Seymour Regent; Seymour Sunset / Village Drive-In
• Nagambie Mechanics Institute
• Rushworth Shire Hall
• Kyabram Plaza / Numurkah: Town Hall; Melba Theatre
• Cobram: Melba Theatre; Kenric / Moonlight Drive-In
• Tocumwal (NSW) Pavilion Theatre
• Yarrawonga: The Grove Picture Gardens; Town Hall; Lakeside Drive-In
• Corowa (NSW): Memorial Hall; Rex Theatre
• Rutherglen Memorial Hall
• Albury (NSW) Regent / Cinema Centre
• Chiltern Star  /  Swanpool Cinema
• Wangaratta: Amphitheatre; His Majesty's Open Air; Plaza / His Majesty's; Village / Orana / City Hall
• Benalla: Regal; Drive-In

ISSUE 9

• Theatres - What's in a Name? · Elizabeth Kumm:
• 20 Bourke Street, Melbourne: Brennan's Amphitheatre / National
• Apollo / St James / Metro / Palace / Revival Centre / Metro
• North Eastern Cinemas and Halls (additional info) · Stan Gunn
• Regal Theatre Hartwell · Rod How
• The Development of Movies - From Silence to Sound · Fred Page
• West Side Story (Western Theatre West Brunswick) · Laurie Cunningham<
• The Great Blank Screen Mystery · S P Rocket
• Deluxe - Architecture Found (Hoyts Deluxe Melbourne) · Elisabeth Kumm
• Lyric/Capri Shepparton: Part 1 · G Kennedy, A Stroop & M Purden

ISSUE 10

• From The Family Album: Wolfe's Picture Co · Brian Miller
• Birth of the Modern Talkie · Ken Tulloch
• Sun Theatre Yarraville · Rod Cook
• From Mechanics Institute to Multiplex - Albury/Wodonga · Denzil Howson:
• Albury: The Mechanics Institute / Plaza / Civic; Theatre Royal / Royal Palais;
• Hoyts Regent / Village Cinema Centre
• Wodonga: The Melba Hall / Melba Cinema
• Brisbane Re-visited Diary · Brian Miller
• So You Think They Looked Similar! · Gerry Kennedy:
• Designed by architects: H Vivian Taylor; H. Vivian Taylor Soilleux and Overend

ISSUE 11

• Kyabram Plaza Theatre · M Purden & K Simmonds
• More Moving Than Ever: Number of screens 1956 compared with 1995
• The Family Album - continued · Brian Miller
• Radio Cinema Barcaldine · John Polianakis
• Oakleigh Drive-In · David Kilderry
• Home Theatrette: Tatty Theatre
• Brisbane Retrospective · Ian Hansen
• Melton Cinemas · Gerry Kennedy
• The Ghost That Won't Lie Down: Melbourne Regent Campaign · Ian Williams

ISSUE 12

• Satellite Cinemas · Fred Page
• Shepparton Lyric / Capri: Part 2 · Mike Purden:
• Walter McMillan Circuit; Star Theatre; First Open Air Theatre; Etc.
• Legion Hall; Paramount Palais / Astor; Lyric / Capri
• St Judes/Little/St. Martins Theatre · Fred Page
• The Continental Sound Film · Ken Tulloch
• Wangaratta Cinema Centre · Mike Purden
• Hoyts Windsor Theatre · Rod How
• Researching Theatre History · Les Tod
• Jim Walshe - Photophone Theatres · Mike Purden

ISSUE 13

• Melbourne's (and Australia's) Centenary of Film Projection ·Fred Page
• The Melbourne Regent WurliTzers · Julien Arnold
• Plaza Theatre Bendigo · Mike Purden
• Treading The Boards In Tassie · Denzil Howson
• From Hand Painting to the Technicolor Process · Ken Tulloch

ISSUE 14

• Tom and Jerry · Graeme Smythe
• The Projectionist's Alphabet · H Brinsley-Farjohn
• Star Newsreel Theatrette · Edward Lansdowne & Brian Miller
• From 'Kero-Diascope' to 'Kinematograph' · Denzil Howson
• Greater Union - Transformation 1976-86 · David Kilderry
• Rex/Roxy/Cinema Charlton · G Edwards & G Kennedy

ISSUE 15

• The Future of the Classic Cinema Elsternwick
• Theatres on the Net · Ian Williams
• Members On Tour - Sydney Theatres · Brian Miller
• Hobart Re-Visited · Ian Williams
• Yeppoon Film Theatre / Capricorn / Kavlon · Gerry Kennedy
• 'Movie Memories' · Cinepix - From My Scrap Book of Cuttings
• 3D Epitaph or Prologue?

ISSUE 16

• Ararat - Stawell - Horsham Report · Wally Perkins
• The Theatres of Horsham - Part 1 · Gerry Kennedy & Ian Ballinger:
• Mechanics Institute Hall; Star Cinematographe; Town Hall / Picture Hall Victoria Buildings;
• Soldiers Pictures; Horsham Theatre; Garden Pictures; Twentieth Century Theatre
• The Australian Connection: Australian Actors · Denzil Howson
• Home Theatrette: The Crest
• Camden Theatre, South Caulfield · Gerry Kennedy, Ian Hansen & Brian Miller
• Central Hall / New Central Theatre / Grosvenor Theatre, Melbourne · John Holloway
• The Internet · Martin Powell

ISSUE 17

• Hoyts Alhambra · Ann Westmore
• Prahran Mechanics Institute
• Theatres of Horsham - Part 2: Gerry Kennedy & Ian Ballinger:
• The Horsham Theatre / St James / The Bowman Theatre / Horsham Entertainment Centre / Centre Cinemas
• The Twentieth Century Theatre; The New Horsham Town Hall; Mota Vu Drive-In Theatre
• Cinema Under The Stars: Drive-Ins · David Kilderry
• Hamlet on the BIG Screen · Ralphe Neill
• James Stewart
• Lamarr's Legacy: Hedy Lamarr
• VALE - A Lovable Genius: Gem; Kleesound; Son · Denzil Howson

ISSUE 18

• Picture Show Man Cinema, Merimbula · Gerry Kennedy
• Lyric Theatre Bendigo · Michael Purden
• Central Hall Fitzroy · Melb Diocesan Historical Commission
• IMAX - The Big Picture
• Top 10 Dubious Cinematic Definitions ·
• The Silent Sufferer: Emil Jennings · Denzil Howson
• Flickers at the Town Hall: Castlemaine · Denzil Howson
• Super 8 at the Carlton · Graham Smythe
• Collingwood, Richmond, Northcote · James Foreman:
• Thornbury Picture Theatre; The Lyric; The Regent; Plaza;
• The Planet; The Austral; The Star; The Crown; Fairfield Park
• Talkies at the Coburg Town Hall, 13 June 1930

ISSUE 19

• Movies at the Regent - after 27 years! · Graham Smythe
• Midland / Astor / Ararat Entertainment Centre · Gerry Kennedy
• An Empire Strikes Back - With a Vengeance: Empire Theatre, Toowoomba Queensland · Denzil Howson
• Projector Collector · Allan Osborne
• Epping Multiplex 10 - Anderson Family Cinema
• Hoyts Windsor Theatre · Brian Hunt & Trevor Walters
• Home Theatrette: The Roxy
• St Georges, Yarraville · Denise McGuire

ISSUE 20

• Seymour: Regent Theatre; Town Hall Cinema
• Nagambie: Mechanics Institute Hall
• Mooroopna: West Side Performing Arts Centre
• Numurkah: Mechanics Institute Hall; The Melba Pictures; Town Hall.
• Cobram: Melba Twin Cinemas / Yarrawonga: Town Hall; Drive-In
• Corowa: Rex Theatre / Rutherglen: Soldiers Memorial Hall; Town Hall
• The Theatres of Box Hill · Gerry Kennedy:
• Rialto / Recreation Hall; Regent / Lyric / Box Hill Theatre / Hall
• Eastern Theatres / Box Hill Amusements / IMAX -  Noel Kerr
• Salvation Army Limelight Department · Peter Wolfenden
• The New Melbourne IMAX Theatre · Noel Kerr
• The Film Prayer
• Cinerama Returns: New Neon Movie Theatre,  Ohio  Trevor Walters

ISSUE 21 · September 1998

• Home Theatrette: The Bijou
• Woomelang Theatres & Cinemas · Gerry Kennedy:
• Woomelang Motion Picture Co-op; RSL Clubroom
• Ken Lemmon - Projectionist · Brian Hunt & T. Walters
• Confessions of an Assistant Operator · Greg Lynch
• Nhill Cinemas · Gerry Kennedy:
• The Theatre Royal; Royal Picture Theatre / Regent / Memorial / Memorial Community Centre
• Early Daylesford Newsreel Unearthed

ISSUE 22 · November 1998

• The Prince George Theatre, Brighton · Roger Seccombe
• The Way They Were · John Holloway
• Profile of CATHS Patron: Pete Smith
• Film Fables, Fact and Fiction · Keith McDonald, Assistant Projectionist

ISSUE 24 · June 1999

• In the Sticks: Early cinema in Melbourne's outer suburbs · Roger Seccombe
• The Chelsea Theatre, Flinders Street, Melbourne · Trevor Walters
• 'Ring of Fire' Engulfs Roxy (home cinema) · Trevor Walters
• The Lyceum Theatre, Bourke Street Melbourne · Trevor Walters
• Val Morgan Cinema Advertising
• Warning given to NZ cinema builders · Karyn Scherer
• Speech given at NZ New Empire opening, Feb 1998

ISSUE 23 · March 1999

• Frank Van Straten Receives Australia Day Honour
• Tumut Montreal Theatre · Les Tod
• Ode to an Usherette · Anonymous
• Murrumbeena Public Hall / Argosy / Capri / Rex · Ken Tulloch
• Collecting Still Pictures: Single Frames, etc. · Peter Wolfenden
• Advert: MGS Infa Set / Sun Theatre

ISSUE 25 · August 1999

• The Mechanics' Institutes · Catherine Milward-Bason:
• Apollo Bay; Ballarat; Camperdown; Freeburgh; Lilydale; St Arnaud.
• Film Fables, Fact and Fiction: Projectors · Peter Wolfenden
•  Australia's Film Production & Exhibition Industry · P Wolfenden
• Does Anybody Want To See a Film?: Low Attendances · Rod Cook
• Along Film Row (from The Australian Exhibitor Sept 1966)
• Cleopatra / Paris Theatre · Trevor Walters
•  After The Applause Has Ended? Film Greats Remembered  
• Loyalty Theatre, Upper Ferntree Gully · Julie Ross
• More Movie Cliches
• Picture Theatres in the Westernport District · Bruce Bennett

ISSUE 26 · November 1999

• Another Opening - Another Show! Capitol 75th Anniversary · Ian Williams
• The Cowboy Code · Gene Autry
• Hoyts New Glenhuntly · Gerry Kennedy & Brian Miller
• The Recollections of a War-Time Lolly-Boy · Brian Miller
• Recollections of Matinees at the New Glenhuntly · Gerry Kennedy
• The Case of the Vanishing Eccentrics · Denzil Howson
• The Astor - A Survivor · Ian Hanson & George Florence
• Carnegie Theatre · Ken Tulloch
• Carnegie Theatre Memories · Noel Kerr
• David Silverman in Australia: Animation Artist · Noel Kerr

ISSUE 27 · February 2000

• O'Halloran Theatres · Gerry Kennedy:
• Balranald Theatre Royal; Swan Hill Town Hall; Deniliquin (NSW); Nyah West; Warracknabeal;
• Dimboola; Nhill; Maryborough Paramount; Lake Boga; Regent Theatre Circuit
• Drive-In Theatres: Swan Line at Beverford and Park Line at Kerang
• Film Theatres of Gilgandra NSW · Gerry Kennedy:
• Coronation Hall; first Australian Hall; Crystal Palace Hall, & Open Air;
• second Australian Hall & Australian Pictures (Open Air); Western Monarch Theatre & Open Air
• Home Theatrette: Bijou Rebuilding
• Hollywood Actress: Hedy Lamarr
• Recollections of a Movie Buff · Don Flowers
• Arena Or Theatre: The business of live musicals · BRW/Cameron Hall
• CATHS Patron: Philip Brady · Denzil Howson

ISSUE 28 · May 2000

• Bendigo & Districts Tour · Brian Miller:
• Daylesford: Town Hall; Rex; Castlemaine: Theatre Royal;
• Maldon: Royal Theatre; Eaglehawk: Town Hall/Star Cinema
• Bendigo: Capital Theatre - Regional Arts Centre; Cinemas;
• Lyric Theatre; Plaza Theatre; The Royal Princess
• The Bryson Cinema, Melbourne · Gerry Kennedy
• Cohuna Theatres · Alan Windley:
• The Cinema At Home · Roger Seccombe
• Hoyts Cinema Theatre Richmond: Memories · Ian Baker
• Glen Pictures, Rutherglen · Barry Deas
• Lorne Theatre · Gerry Kennedy
• Home Theatrette: Grosvenor
• Funny by George: The George Wallace Story · Don Percy:

ISSUE 29 · August 2000

• Victoria: Plaza Bendigo; Charlton Cinema; Star Cinema Portland
• New South Wales: Silver City Cinema Broken Hill
• South Australia: Peterborough Capitol Theatre; Hawker Institute Hall;
• Adelaide - Greater Union; Metro; Regent; Her Majesty's (Princess/Tivoli);
• Nova; IMAX; Wallis Cinemas; Academy Cinema City; Town Hall
• Kangaroo Island Kingscote Council Hall; Victor Harbour Victa Cinema
• Mount Gambier Odeon; Murray Bridge Lyric/Ozone
• Hansen's Travelling Picture Show in Castlemaine
• Civic Cinema/Civic Theatre Goondiwindi, Queensland · Gerry Kennedy
• Prince Regent Theatre Sale · Gerry Kennedy
• Regent Cinema Te Awamutu, New Zealand

ISSUE 30 · December 2000

• Capitol Theatre Melbourne · Rod Cook
• A Future Movie Mogul - Brendan Hawking · Gerry Kennedy
• Bercy Cinema Melbourne · John Holloway
• TOSA Plays At The Regent
• Soldiers Of The Cross - Centenary · Colin J Daniels
• The Edison Home Kinetoscope · Mike Trickett
• Royal Princess Theatre Bendigo · Fred Page
• Disaster At The Regent · Noel Kerr
• Manly At The Movies · Ian Hanson
• Saga In South Queensland / Warwick Theatres · Denzil Howson:
• Killarney: Penn's Pictures; Paget's Pictures; Royal Hall; Charles Chauvel
• Warwick:  His Majesty's; King's Theatre; Warwick Town Hall;

ISSUE 31 · March 2001

• The Albert Park Trio: Dux Theatre; Kinema Theatre; Park Theatre
• Film Switching · Fred Page
• Rushworth Shire Hall · Gerry Kennedy
• Producers and Cinemas Stroll Up a Bland Alley · Lynden Barber
• Montrose Public Hall Reflections · Noel Kerr
• Paramount On Parade Revue: Letter from David O Selznick, 1929
• Theatre Royal Christchurch New Zealand · Fred Page
• A Day at the Theatre in 1952 · Noel Kerr
• Hammers and Film Spools · Rod Cook
• The Star Cinema Mansfield · Don Flowers
• Perspecta Sound · Mike Trickett
• Arthur Pyers - The Man Who Kept The Cinemas Going · Ken Tulloch
• The Theatre Organ · Ken Tulloch

ISSUE 32 · Autumn 2001

• The Westgarth Theatre. The Westgarth celebrates 80 years
• Picture Gallery: Palais Theatre, St Kilda
• Letters: 'Of Seats & Mice & Vagrants' by Kevin Brandum.
• CATHS Central Victoria branch · Fred Page
• Westgarth, West Preston Rivoli and Northcote Theatre Tour
• North Eastern Tour · Gerry Kennedy:
• Healesville Cinema; Alexandra Shire Hall; Mansfield Cinema.
• Swanpool Cinema; Euroa Civic Theatre; Benalla Town Hall
• Strathis (Stan) Raftopoulis MBE - A Movie Mogul · Gerry Kennedy:
• Cosmopolitan Pictures; Greek cinemas in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide
• The Westgarth Picture Theatre · Cameron Hall:

ISSUE 33 · Winter 2001

• Front Cover Pic: Front of the Odeon Theatre and Times Theatrette
• Corrections re Westgarth Theatre article - CR#31
• Charlton Cinema; Longford Finale; Dromana Drive In;  US $1 flicks;
• Frankston multiplexes; New Anderson cinemas; Sun multiplex plans
• Ararat Astor; Stawell Town Hall; Horsham Cinema Centre; Warracknabeal
• Former Dal-Monte Warracknabeal; Murtoa Mechanics Hall Theatre
• The Melba, Times, Liberty and Odeon Theatres · Fred Page
• The Auditorium - Birth of a Showcase · Fred Page
• Lola - An Australian icon - the historic Theatre Royal in Castlemaine
• Reviews - cinema and theatre heritage resources

ISSUE 36 · Edition 2 - 2002

• Facade of the Regent Theatre, South Yarra in 1937
• Mildura Ozone · Gerry Kennedy
• Richmond Theatre vs Richmond Cinema · Ron Lambert  
• The Rejuvenation of Her Majesty's Theatre: Frank Van Straten ·
• Final Fade-out For South Coast Drive-in · Ross King
• Lolly Boy Days (Palais Theatre St Kilda) · Robert Rogers
• Echuca's Paramount Theatres · Fred Page
• Confessions of a Poster Collector · Kevin Brandum
• Personal memories & reminiscences of Australian theatres
• Riddle of the Regal: re the closing date of the Essendon Regal
• Picture Gallery: Hoyts New Malvern, Earls Court St Kilda.

ISSUE 35 · Edition 1 - 2002

•  Facade of the Regent Theatre, Little Malop Street, Geelong
• The Longford Cinema · Brian Mier
• Movies Return to the Plaza (Essendon) · Roger Seccombe
• Ararat: Lyceum/Paramount · Gerry Kennedy
• My Life in the Cinema (Kevin Adams - new 'CinemaRecord' Editor)
• Cinema in Mansfield · Eddie Revell
• Betty Larkins... "Burger Queen" (Northland and Coburg Drive-ins) · Gail Norman
• CATHS-V on Tour - 'East of Eden' Weekend
• Gentleman Lou - another reminiscence (Lou Somprou) · Ian Williams
• Picture Gallery: 2 photos: Musicians at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda
• Cinema Scrapbook: Old movie ads, Sept 30, 1937

ISSUE 34 · Spring 2001

• Westgarth 80th celebrations a hit
• The Theatre Royal, 232 Bourke Street, Melbourne · Fred Page
• Brisbane Re-visited, June 2001 · Brian Miller
• The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Trackless Train · Ross King
• Hoyts shield presented to Essendon Plaza · Kevin Brandum
• Lou Somprou - a personal memory · Ross King
• Peter Wagstaff: - Cine Service · An interview by Denzil Howson  
• Book review: 'The Regent Theatre: Melbourne's Palace of Dreams'
• Book: 'Cinemas Of Australia Via USA' By Ross Thorne, Univ of Sydney,
• Video: 'Once Upon A Dream: The story of Sydney's Capitol Theatre'
• Picture Gallery: Regal Theatre Essendon
• Back Cover: Barclay Theatre, 10 Dec 1958: 'The Ten Commandments'

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ISSUE 37 · Edition 3 - 2002

• Front cover pic: Facade of Hoyts Regent at Gardiner
• Gems from the CATHS Archives: An unknown auditorium.
• Newsreel
• The Mayfair Gardenvale
• Cinema in Donald - from the first screening in 1897 until recent times
• The Regent Gardiner
• The Kalee Story -The history of this British Motion Picture legend -Warren Smyth
• Marvellous Memories: Ross King's story " A Gypsy in the Bio Box"
• Saturday matinees at the Valley Theatre Traralgon

ISSUE 38 · Edition 4 - 2002

• Front cover pic: The sleek exterior of the Roxy Maidstone. Full story inside.
• Flicks in Armstrong Street: The history of a Middle Park suburban theatre.
• Balwyn Cinemas: CATHS visits to this 5 screen complex - including photos.
• Auditorium Concert Hall: Originally catering for 2500, renovated a number of times and used by a variety of companies between 1919 and 1933.
• The Lawrence Brothers: Pictures Were Our Business - part one. The Lawrence Brothers went on to develop the largest touring circuit in eastern Victoria while also buying or building 'hardtops'.
• Protocol of a Theatre Date: Noel Kerr tells his secrets.
• The Prince George Revisited: Home showman Ron Lowe tells how he became hooked on cinema.
• Mystery Theatres - for the sleuths amongst us, there are three photos of unknown theatres.

ISSUE 39 · Edition 1 - 2003

• Front cover pic:  CATHS tour group in CHARLTON - Oct 2002.
• CATHS Tour of Northern Victoria and the Riverina (NSW) October 2002.
• Marysville Picture Theatre: Noel Kerr's write-up on this Family Theatre.
• Sunbury's First Pictures: A chance find of a newspaper scrap leads to interesting research in local history by Peter Wolfenden.
• Village Theatre Toorak: Gerry Kennedy brings his knowledge of theatre architecture into play contrasting the Village with its near neighbour, the Regent in South Yarra.
• Lawrence Brothers Talkies - Part two. Alf and Joss build a circuit. Tom Atkinson's Life on the Road for the company.

ISSUE 40 · Edition 2 - 2003

• CATHS Visit Her Majestys: A well supported theatre inspection.
• The Armadale Picture Theatre:  A sliding section of roof.
• Cedric Ballantyne: Frank Van Straten talks about the man responsible for so many of the finest Cinemas, his life and his long productive career
• Surrey: Surrey Hills: Based on research by Henry Jamieson, this story by Cameron Hall links to the previous edition.
• Argosy Murrumbeena - Ken Newell. Citing 'Progress of a Garden Suburb' (The Herald, May 1931) Ken describes aspects of the life of this theatre up to the time of its demolition around 1980.
• A Night At The REX ctd. A series of CATHS members memories captured on film. Photographs by Jenny Pollard and Jim Barrand.

ISSUE 41 · Edition 3 - 2003

• Keeping Tabs. Will the front rag become a thing of the past? Bill Murdoch hopes not, although they seem to be an endangered species.
• Roger Seccombe looks at the rising price of admission. Or is it rising?
• The Apollo Glenferrie. A short life, revisited by Ian Smith. Originally known as Manresa Hall, the theatre boasted a Typhoon Ventilation System.
• Red Roses Tonight. The Codewords for theatre staff to warn of imminent air raid activity. The actions and reactions of theatres during Britain's wartime period.
• Lawrence Brothers - Another Perspective.
• The Verne East Malvern. Ian Smith traces the history of this Lawrence re-launched theatre on Waverley Road at East Malvern.
• Cheltenham Theatres - Brian Hunt looks at the Cheltenham Memorial Hall and its varied usage. A Martin Powell Photograph(2001) depicts the building as a Female Fitness Centre.

ISSUE 42 · Edition 4 - 2003

• CATHS visits Andersons Cinemas. The Victoria Gardens,  Richmond.
• Red Roses Tonight (Conclusion).  An Account of London Cinemas Under Fire, Quality Press 1948, concludes in this issue.
• IVANHOE THEATRE. Gary ROSS traces the history of this Kaberry and Chard stadium style cinema.  
• Tim ARMSTRONG follows Gary with Personal Memories of the Hoyts IVANHOE,  Theatre Plan Views are included in the article.
• Memories of the Kings - Fred PAGE. Fred's memories commence in 1942 with a 3KZ broadcast from the 'King's Theatre.
• A Salute to the State. This extensive set of articles with several contributors is supported by fourteen large photographs with very significant detail. A truly bumper issue.

ISSUE 43 · Edition 2 - 2004

• The Amazing Brenograph. 'Projects Everything but the Motion Picture' was the company slogan. The US made Brenkert Effects Machine is explained here.
• The Roxy Theatre and the Cinema War in Bingara. A small town between Inverell and Narrabri, it had its share of highs and lows, with entrepreneurs going broke etc.
• Cinerama at the HOYTS PLAZA, Melbourne. The brief life of this theatre's Cinerama system, from 1958 to 1970 is contrasted with some of its contemporary competitors.
• The REGENT Fitzroy. 'From Nitrate to Television to Rocky Horror'.  Internal and external architectural photos from the Ian Hanson Collection.
• The CATHS ADELAIDE TOUR. This eight page article by Gerry Kennedy and Brian Millar, describes the many venues visited, with the available history and technical data. .

ISSUE 44 · Edition 3 - 2004

• Bernie Halperin brings the Fuller Influence in Australia into focus in his article commencing with Brennans Amphitheatre in Melbourne.
• Cinerama at the Plaza  Ian Williams describes some of his experiences at the Plaza as a follow-up to the article in our last issue.
• The Eclipse, Port Melbourne. Opened on 25 October 1924 with a six piece orchestra to 'fit and follow each picture with beautiful music symbolic to the action on the screen'
• Through the Porthole. Peter Ricketts traces his childhood memories and a strong family association with the Fairfield Theatre, therwise known as the 'tin shed' led to a very long association with the industry for Peter.
• The history of John Thiele's Balmoral Regent Theatre is a fine follow-up to the CATHS visit in 2003.  A number of John's fine photos enhance this article. A truly remarkable effort, in leafy Dernancourt.
• Cameron Hall details the CATHS visits to the Kino-Dendy and the Hoyts Cinema Centre in 2004. The article is supported by photos, providing a current look at both venues.

ISSUE 45

• CATHS The First Fifteen Years. Inaugural Secretary, Fred Page documents the growth of the Society from  beginnings in Oct 1989.
• Ivanhoe Paradiso. A 1945 photo adds a sense of nostalgia to the piece. "Screen News, two pence each". Thus began a long and enthusiastic interest in cinema.
• Australia's Movietone News. The Start Of Sound and the "Lost" Issues 1929 - 1930' is the subtitle of this article by well-known media researcher Chris Long.  
• Through the Porthole. Master Projectionists. Bill Newman. Clyde Simpson provides a closer picture of the one-time chief projectionist at the Metro, Collins Street.  
• The Road to Gisborne. Brian Hunt lets us look into the life and interests of a younger Ross King, Commencing as an apprentice radio mechanic, Ross continued his cinema interest working part-time as an assistant operator, in a number of theatres in the area.
• A Waltz Around Melbourne. Ian Smith takes us for a memory jogging tour around the question - "Which film holds the record for the number of re-issues, each time into a different city theatre?" this article neatly closes a bumper Issue 45, celebrating fifteen years of CATHS.

ISSUE 46

• Palace of Wonders. Frank Van Straten traces the Palace Hotel, with its two theatres.
• After All There Is Only One Capitol Ian Smith looks at the slogan used by this Swanston Street theatre.
• CATHS Saturday Arvo Matinee. 'A 500 plus audience overflowed upstairs' to hear CATHS Patron, Peter Smith OAM, introduce the Saturday Arvo Matinee.
• From Hoyts De Luxe and Hoyts Esquire. Ian Smith and Eric White draw together the various materials for this informative article.
• My Esquire Years. Gil Whelan shares some of his experiences in the industry, starting out as a fifteen year-old pageboy at Melbourne’s Regent and Plaza theatres.
• Through the Porthole. The third episode in this interesting series of Peter Ricketts' experiences growing up in and around the Fairfield theatre.
• Just Switch It On. Peter Wolfenden. 'Just plug it in and switch it on! That's about all most of us know about the electricity we use every day'.

ISSUE 47

• Expansion plans by IMAX, Hoyts 50:50 ownership, Heritage Listing for Rivoli, Camberwell (Victoria), Albert Hall (Tasmania) Under Threat
• Theatre Names - Cameron Hall - Some historical connections.
• Regal Colombo - John Fitzsimons - A cinema jewel in Sri Lanka
• The Lost World of 70mm - Ian Hansen - A history of 70mm projection in Australia
• Give My Regards to the Old Broadway - Shane Moore - How Our Theatre, Camberwell (Vic.) became the Broadway
• Say It With Music - Gordon Evans - A family link to musical accompaniment in cinemas.
• Through the Porthole - Peter Ricketts - A continuation of a projectionist's account of formative influences in his childhood.
• A Star In Transit Transition of the Star, Eaglehawk to community ownership.

ISSUE 48

• New foyers for Cinema Como (Melbourne), Boronia cinema re-opens as metro City
• Essendon at the Pictures - CATHS hires the former Plaza, Essendon to show the history of going to the pictures in that municipality.
• The Electric Cinema - Bill Chew - A history of the 1905 Electric on Portobello Road and its amazing incarnation as a trendy destination.
• Twilight Drive-In - Michael Purden - Last night at the Twilight, Shepparton (Victoria) brings back memories
• Under the Stars - Roger Secombe - Some outdoor cinemas, from Wilson's Promontory (Victoria) to Thursday Island.
• Waterfall Curtains - Tony Froude - Why 'Waterfall' style was so popular in New Zealand
• How the Talkies Changed Bourke Street - Bernie Halperin - Melbourne's traditional theatre district loses its cache to other streets.
• Blow-Ups - Eric White - When is a 70mm film not quite the real thing? An explanation.
• The Korrumburra Theatre Gerry Kennedy, Ern Bruhn and Brian Blake. Three perspectives on a town institution.

ISSUE 49 · Edition 4 - 2005

• Reels On Rails - Stories about cinemas on trains and films projected from trains.
• The Regent Brisbane  - Brisbane's finest theatre, comparable to the best in Australia.
• The Film Exchanges by William Gray - A look behind the scenes of the exchange when prints had to be shared.
• Ruby Palmer at Paramount - A snippet from 1918 about one woman's work at the Paramount exchange Melbourne.
• Fair Exchange By Terry Wise - A member's memories of his time at the United Artists exchange, Melbourne.
• Save Time Service By Noel Kerr - Melbourne's first do-it-all ticket agency.
• Waterfall Curtains In Australia A follow-up to a story in Issue 48 on Waterfall curtains in New Zealand.
• Projecting Under difficulties - Three projectionists tell stories from behind the bio-box wall.
• Grandeur Australia - A comment on Fox Films' 1929 experiment with wide-screen, and how Hoyts used it in Australia.

ISSUE 50

• CATHS Visits New Zealand Report on CATHS 2005 tour of the South Island of New Zealand.
• Ranking Regents Authors Brian Pearson and John Thiele discuss the best and lesser features of each of the Hoyts-Williamson family of Regent Theatres in the capital cities of Australia.
• The Regent Geelong Beating the opening of any Melbourne Regent by a few years, the Regent Geelong introduced the concept of linking superior design to the name Regent. Mike Trickett discusses the building and its history.
• The Classical Legacy: Theatre in Ancient Greece Cameron Hall explains the west's debt to ancient playrights and their architects
• The Man From Paramount In 1948 Paramount International Theaters sent Clement Crystal to report on their Australian operations. His report to a conference of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers is reprinted with some analysis of its content