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CINEMA AND
THEATRE Contents Issue Number 32 Autumn 2001
C A T H S 4 Letters • Editorial • About CATHS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY 5 Central Victoria Branch • Preston/Northcote Tour
VICTORIA INC.
6 Newsreel
Reading Chirnside Park 8 open • Longford Cinema to close
New theatre for Bendigo • MTC 500 seat theatre for Southbank
Village 10 Fountain Gate • 50th Melbourne Film Festival Opening
at Regent • Former Premier John Cain at CATHS meeting
The official journal of the Cinema And Community bid to buy Theatre Royal Castlemaine
Theatre Historical Society Victoria Inc.
ISSN 1443-3664 • Published quarterly 7 North Eastern Victoria Tour
Editor: Martin Powell 8 Strathis (Stan) Raftopoulis MBE – A Movie Mogul
Editorial Committee: Magician, filmmaker, exhibitor – just some of the talents of this
Kevin Adams, Ross Campbell, Cameron movie entreprenour. Gerry Kennedy reports.
Hall, Adrian Maiolla, Julie Ross,
Barbara Seccombe, Roger Seccombe, 9 THEATRE HISTORY
Ettore Siracusa and Paul Smith. The Westgarth Theatre
Celebrating 80 years – a single screen
Special thanks to Bill Kerr of Optimum surviving in a multiplex world. The oldest
Design for designing our new purpose-built cinema still operating in
CinemaRecord logo. Thanks also to Jon Melbourne. By Cameron Hall.
Saul, Peter Garwood and Gerry Kennedy
for their assistance. 20 The Cinema at the Cinema
— ★ — Roger Seccombe writes about cinemas
The main aim of CATHS and this that have featured in movies. Some have
publication is to accurately document and starred on the big screen in a more
create an archive of the history of cinema convincing style than others.
and theatre in Victoria.
Input in the form of articles, construc-
tive criticism, and substantiated dispute 23 When Silents Were Golden
of printed matter is welcome, and neces- The Sadness of the Clown. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Harry
sary to enable us to reach our objective. Langdon. By Denzil Howson.
Articles printed in CinemaRecord
should not be reproduced without the 24 THEATRE HISTORY
permission of the author or the editor. Olympia Theatre, Bombala NSW
All photos are from the collection of The community of Bombala have
the person or organisation stated unless brought the movies back to town – to a
otherwise indicated. Every effort has venue with a history that goes back to
been made to trace the ownership of all 1915. By Gerry Kennedy.
copyrighted picture material. In the event
of any questions arising as to the use of 26 The National Film Record – On Video
any material, the author and publisher Ken Berryman from ScreenSound Australia tells the story behind
will be happy to make the necessary cor- the project to make Australia’s film heritage accessible on video.
rections in future printings.
30 Melbourne Film Buffs Weekend
Contributions and suggestions for
CinemaRecord are most welcome. Please 31 Reviews
contact the Editor if you are planning to Information on cinema and theatre heritage resources:
write an article for the magazine. We books and videos.
may be able to assist you with informa-
tion, contacts, etc and it will help us 32 Tivoli Olympic Follies
with forward planning. Take a trip down memory lane to 1956 when ‘The Tiv’ present-
Martin Powell ed Olympic Follies, the year the Olympic Games were held in
Tel: 03 9786 9158 Melbourne.
Email: martin@interdomain.net.au
Postal address: 14 Hodgins Crescent,
Frankston North, 3200 Front Cover: The Westgarth Theatre.
Photo: Kevin Adams.
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