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Cygnet Cinema, also known as Como Theatre and Revival House Como, is located at 16 Preston Street, Como, Western Australia. It was the first purpose built sound cinema in the suburbs immediately south of the city in the inter-war period. [1] The Cygnet Cinema opened in 1938 and was built by local identity and film entrepreneur James Stiles.
Cygnet Cinema (formerly Como Theatre) 16 Preston Street, Como [19] 1938: William T. Leighton: Luna Leederville (formerly New Oxford Theatre) 159 Oxford Street, Leederville: 1927: Samuel B. Rosenthal: Plaza Theatre and Arcade: 650-658 Hay Street, Perth: 1937: William G. Bennett: Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade: 700-704 Hay Street, Perth [20] [21 ...
They also constructed the Piccadilly Theatre, [4] and the heritage-listed Cygnet Cinema in Como, [5] opening both in 1938. In 1954 the company was renamed to City Theatres, and were brought out by television station TVW in 1973, though Arthur Stiles, the nephew of James Stiles, remained in charge of the company. [ 2 ]
William Leighton worked on a number of Western Australian cinemas including the Windsor Cinema in Nedlands, the Cygnet Cinema in South Perth, [4] the Princess in Fremantle, and the Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade, [5] Theatre Royal, Metro, Grand and Plaza Theatres in Perth, and the Lyric in Bunbury., [6] Leighton died on 11 March 1990 at his ...
Former State Theatre (Astor Cinema), Mount Lawley; Former Como Theatre (Cygnet Cinema), Como; Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade, Perth; Windsor Theatre, Nedlands; Richard Leplastrier: Born 1939, Melbourne, Australia; New South Wales; RAIA Gold Medal (1999) Jiri Lev: Born 1979; Immigrated 2005; New South Wales, Tasmania; Architects Assist ...
Como is serviced by the Canning Bridge railway station, which is on the Mandurah railway line, and is served by buses as well.. There are four schools in the area. These are the Collier and Como Primary Schools, Como Secondary College (previously Como Senior High School), and Penrhos College, a private all-girls school which has a primary school and a high school.
The Piccadilly Cinema was the last operating cinema in the Perth central business district before its closure in 2013 and until the opening of Raine Square's Palace Cinema in 2018. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Following a three-year refurbishment and renovation, the arcade was reopened in November 2021.
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