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Port Macquarie, sometimes shortened to Port Mac and commonly locally nicknamed Port, [2] is a coastal city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, 390 km (242 mi) north of Sydney, and 570 km (354 mi) south of Brisbane, on the Tasman Sea coast at the mouth of the Hastings River, and the eastern end of the Oxley Highway (B56).
Bass Hill Drive-In Cinema. The first American-style drive-in theatre to open in Australia was the Skyline in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood on 18 February 1954. [2] [3] It was the first of 330 drive-in theatres that would open across Australia.
In October 2010, Hoyts announced that it will acquire AMC for an unknown amount. The purchase was completed in November 2010. Hoyts has stated on their website that AMC customers will now have access to a wider variety of films, promotions, competitions and cinema offers. Hoyts have also promised to increase 3D facilities for the cinema chain.
The Carpenter Theatre, originally Loew's Theatre and later the Carpenter Theatre Center for the Performing Arts, is the cornerstone of the Dominion Energy Center (previously Richmond CentreStage), which also includes three adjacent modern performance spaces, offices, and elsewhere the Altria Theater (none of which are atmospheric and all of ...
Majestic Repertory Theatre, Las Vegas, a 2016 local community theatre; Majestic Theatre (Bridgeport, Connecticut), a 1922 theatre; Majestic Theatre (Broadway), New York City, a 1927 theatre; Majestic Theatre (Chillicothe), Ohio, the oldest continuously operating theater in the US; Majestic Theatre (Columbus Circle), New York City, a 1903 ...
The cinema was built for Amalgamated Pictures Ltd, whose directors included J. H. Tait and W. Gibson. Its architects were Klingender and Alsop, with assistance from Nahum Barnett. It was built in the style of a live theatre, with boxes near the proscenium, but with a slightly sloping ceiling, for improved acoustics, [1] as well as a raked floor.
In 1945, the last year of World War II, there was a box office boom and the British Rank Organisation purchased a half share in Greater Union Theatres. During this time Greater Union acquired the rights of ownership of many theatres across the country including what became the Phoenician Club in Broadway, Sydney in 1943, originally owned by McIntyre's Broadway Theatres and established as a ...
The iconic Capitol Theatre on Swanston Street was designed by Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin under the direction of Lucas in 1924. The Majestic hosted the world premiere of Ken Hall's Gone to the Dogs in 1939. [7] Actor Michael Pate visited the Majestic in 1950 to promote the film Sons of Matthew. [8]