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KYABRAM THEATRE
Monday, Jan. 20; Tues., Jan. 21; Wed., Jan. 22. Matinee Tuesday

TAlJKIIMC PICTURES

Re_prot/.uced by the ~pnnA TALKIE ROAD SHOW
~,vvv n.cA.Equipment

TWO 100 PER CENT. TALKING FEATURES
~.MOTHE R'6 BOY" ~ •&TRANCE CARGO''
t'f:ATI'III="C MOIIT(J=" OOWNI':Y , 11 FTAh ARTIFT~
TeUcing, 6.i,ging, Oantino ' 100 p., C.nl Dialogu•
Kyabram Free Press- January 17, 1930

In 1931, with the country in the midst of the
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great depression , the Kyabram Theatre also
K yahram Theatre Talkies felt hard times and only 4 months later the
theatre went into liquidation with tenders being
GRAND GALA OPENING asked for by the end of June. The successful
tender was W.N. McMillan of Shepparton who
SATURDAY, 7th FEBRUARY: ran the theatre until the 1960's, with the impact
of television gradually decreasing screenings
down to Saturday nights only. By October 1966
it was announced that the theatre was to be
offered for sale by public auction on Monday
24th. 4

At the auction the bids got to $24,000 and the
cinema was passed in. Movies continued for
the time being with the Kyabram council being
approached to purchase the theatre for
$30,000 without plant and fittings but showed
no interest in doing so. 5 After the theatre
Full Supportin'll ·Proiramm'o ~'£ Short Subject•, ,lndudrDi
eventually ceased screening on Saturday, April
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27th, 1968 , a committee comprising of
Pricea ·2/3M, 2/, '1 / 8, plut 'tilr. Child'ren Sd. representatives from four Kyabram Service
Box· Pian ·Now Open 'ILl Theatre. Clubs attempted to ascertain from the owners
how the premises could be brought back into
operation for motion pictures, or other
Kyabram Free Press- January 30, 1931
entertainments.

For a short time 16mm films were screened at the Methodist Youth Centre. Projection equipment, used till
closure were Simplex Projectors on Western Electric Universal Base and RCA Sound heads, and peerless 14
Arc Lamps.