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Capitol Theatre Anniversary.
On Sunday, 7th November 2004,
Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre, ‘The
Theatre Magnificent’ will be 80 years
old. Watch the newspapers for details of
heritage tours at the theatre.
Theatre Royal Castlemaine
Ample publicity ensured standing
room only for the auction on Friday 16
July. Passed in at $650,000, the going
price was said to be $900,000 plus.
Owners John and Donna Walter’s new
bed and breakfast apartments behind
the screen, with access from a paved
lane, are a delightful example of value-
adding to a premises which includes a
cafe, two bars, and ice creamery. Built
in 1854, the theatre is famous for
hosting the controversial Lola Montez.
Fred Page flirts with Lola Montez near the entrance to the apartments behind the
Forum Verandah Theatre Royal.
Marriner Theatre’s preferred option
to solve the problem of truck damage to music, visuals, dialogue (script), actors, Magazine Exchange
the verandah at the Forum is to widen sound effects etc. Why, they ask is The Projected Picture Trust, located
the footpath in front of the theatre. Mrs. music singled out as a commodity to be at Bletchley Park in the UK (location of
Elaine Marriner explained to CR that paid for twice - once via film hire and the Enigma code breakers during
widening the footpath solved the second to APRA? WW2) publish Rewind, a great
problem of truck damage to the equally Bradford Wide Screen Film magazine for ‘techno heads.’ PPT
handsome verandah at the Princess. would like to exchange articles for
Festival, March 2004
This solution was easier to publication with CATHS, and naturally
Bradford is the home of Britain's
implement in Spring Street and to do CATHS will oblige.
National Museum of Film, Television
the same thing in Flinders Street will
and Photography. The Museum has A First from France
need more ingenuity. Negotiations
three cinemas and can show anything CATHS has its first member from
continue with the Melbourne City
from IMAX to Cinerama. About two France - Bruno Pomie. The offer was
Council.
hundred people from Britain, Europe made to Bruno to provide some details
Bid for Cinema Ad Revenue and the United States attended. about himself for publication. Watch
Kerry Packer’s private Val Morgan CATHS’ Eric White was Australia’s this space.
Cinema Advertising Group is at the representative. Shorts
forefront of a $20m push to digitise As 2004 is the fiftieth anniversary
More screens are planned or are
1700 cinema screens. The aim is to of VistaVision, priority was given to
now operating at the following
position cinemas as ‘alternative this process. Vertigo and the Audrey
Melbourne cinemas:
content’ venues. Hepburn version of War and Peace
Como, South Yarra - One screen
Village and Greater Union have run were shown, as well as rare shorts and
trials where local fans have seen live, or demonstration films. Bay, Brighton - Two screens, plus
major refurbishment.
near live launch concerts for album Other highlights among the 15
Nova, Carlton - Three screens; one
releases. (The Age, 10 June 2004.) features screened over five days were
for DVD projection of documentaries
the 70mm prints of The Longest Day,
Cinema Owners Fight APRA and features made in that format and
Claim and Earthquake (with specially for revival seasons.
installed ‘Sensurround’ and Forbidden
The Australasian Performing Right
Planet with Perspecta multi-channel Hoyts, Melbourne Central is
Association is seeking approval to
optical sound. There was a rare 70mm likely to open on Boxing Day 2004.
increase the licence fee payable by
print of Cinerama’s Russian Adventure The Cinema Centre Bourke Street will
cinemas from the current effective
(never shown at Melbourne’s Plaza) probably close a week later.
0.33% of Box Office to at least 0.85%
and This Is Cinerama, which was Daylesford. The former Rex theatre
of Box Office, as protection for music
projected in the three-projector was sold for a reputed $1m.
composers. Cinema owners (exhibitors)
Cinerama format. Launceston. Plans for a multiplex
point out that the producers of a motion
Next year is the fiftieth anniversary at Inveresk on the Esk River have been
picture pay large sums of money to
of Todd-AO and Eric hopes to be back abandoned.
clear the usage of music for the sound
in Bradford to celebrate it.
track. The hire fee exhibitors pay to
For a full account look up the
distributors to show a film surely
website www.in70mm.com.
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