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The entrance in South Terrace was via a
set of 10 glass doors – up some half dozen
steps from the footpath. Immediately
you entered into a huge lobby there was 1947.
a ticket-box located on each side of the
entrance corners. room. There was also a gallery type of
window structure between the columns,
The Manager's office was located behind above which was the theatre's name in
the ticket box on the left, and also on neon lights.
the left were the ladies toilets, with the
gents on the right - together with some A projectionist who worked at the Civic
storage areas. In the centre of the lobby for a period, said that they could see the
was a huge double staircase leading to lights come up at interval at the Dundas
the dress-circle foyer. Drive-In Theatre - such was the towering
height of the Civic front!
The front of the theatre was designed with
three separate columns, each contained Another feature of its construction
an arch in which were located windows was that most of the material used was
for the upstairs foyer and the projection produced locally in Auburn.

Dress-Circle foyer – late 1930s.

Ad: August 17, 1934.

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