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heritage.
             Victoria has the National Trust, an
          advisory body, and Heritage Victoria,
          government sanctioned with legal
          powers to protect buildings of cultural
          and social significance. (The Astor St.
          Kilda and Rivoli Camberwell were
          added to Heritage Victoria listings a
          few years ago, and by law cannot be
          used for anything else, or changed
          substantially without HV approval.
             Leading architects and university
          lecturers will have to be rounded up
          and be willing to support actions to
          save this building, and quick.
             If any building in this nation is
          more deserving of protection surely it
          must be the Regent Wollongong, as it
                                             demand again for a range of stage uses.
          is probably one of the world’s (let
          alone NSW) only surviving, totally  BIRTH CELEBRATED
          original example of late-boom cinema
                                                To David and Catherine Kilderry: a
          style – why it has not been registered
                                             daughter, Candice Brooke, born on
          and noted by any official body up to
                                             Wednesday 3 March. Mum and baby
          now is beyond my comprehension –
                                             are well. A next-generation CATHS
          what are our theatre historical
                                             member is assured.
          societies doing to put on the heat? It’s
          too late once bulldozers start moving  OBITUARIES
          in – planned action utilizing all
          possible legal powers has to be taken  James Curtis
          well in advance.                      James joined CATHS in December
                                             1997 and regularly attended meetings
          INTERNATIONAL                      with his mother. A quiet man with a
                                             broad interest in cinema, James was  peacefully on the 18th February 2004.
          Empire Hackney Re-Opens                                                 Margaret regularly attended
                                             always appreciative of CinemaRecord
             The transformed Empire Hackney                                    CATHS functions with her husband
                                             and the effort made by authors to get
          (far right) represents a triumph of                                  Don. They opened their home to host
                                             theatre histories into print.
          patience and determination. Built in                                 Film Buffs a couple of years ago, and
          1901 to the design of Frank Matcham,  Peter Davoren                  travelled to New Zealand on our tour
          one of Britains most accomplished and  Peter Davoren was a true      in 2000, only weeks after she had had
          inventive theatre architects, the  gentleman, a fine host and all-round  a major operation.
          building was run down and forced to  enthusiast. Many CATHS members     Don and Marg. were a great team,
          close in 2001. Restoration plans did  will remember how Peter opened his  contributing to CATHS where-ever
          not run smoothly, but that is behind the  home cinema for inspection on the first  they could. The CATHS members who
          organizers now.                    Film Buff’s Weekend. His perfectionist  attended the funeral were privileged to
             Between 1890 and 1915 Matcham   approach to projection equipment and  hear Margaret’s son deliver a eulogy
          is said to have built 95 theatres and  his love of cinema were obvious.   which captured the essence of the
          transformed more than 50 others, and  Peter gained his Ph.D. in      Margaret we knew.
          no two were alike. He employed every  Biochemistry from the University of  Our sympathy is extended to Don
          known style and invented some. One  Melbourne. In the United States, he  and his family.
          theatre in Australia that might have  conducted research at the University of
          been influenced by Matcham’s sense of  Cleveland, Ohio. After returning to  COMING ATTRACTIONS
          the exotic, was the original interior of  Australia, he lectured at Monash  Easter – April 10-12
          the Palace Sydney; almost an       University prior to commencing his
          ‘atmospheric,’ before the word had  own business in Melbourne.          Terowie Days of Rail and Steam.
                                                                               See selections from his films and learn
          been coined.                          Peter quietly supported various
                                                                               about J. P. Mc Gowan, Hollywood’s
             The Empire Hackney was the      committees over the years and was
          theatre used in Sir Richard        always ready to provide information  first Australian and Terowie’s most
                                                                               famous son. Register for information:
          Attenborough’s Chaplin. It is in   and help to anyone who approached
                                             him. He died on Sunday 16 November  railandscreen@dodo.com.au, or ring
                                                                               David Donaldson (08) 8344 7055.
                                             2003, after a brave battle with cancer.
                                                                               Reporting by: Kevin Adams, Colin
                                             Margaret Flowers
                                                                               Flint and John Nunan (each also
                                                Our friend Margaret died
                                                                               supplied images), Ian Williams, Ray
                                                                               Peck and Peter Wolfenden
          6   2004 CINEMARECORD
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