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The Plaza Theatre was built during a golden age of cinema-going in[Australia and was opened on 11 April 1930. [1] designed as a 2000-seat cinema by Eric Heath for Hoyts. [2] The theatre's organ was built circa 1923 by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York and
Regent Theatre cinema usher, 1936. The Regent Theatre was a heritage-listed cinema and entertainment venue in George Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, built in 1928 as a flagship for Hoyts, and was demolished in 1988 by property developer Leon Fink.
As of 2017, the company had 62 hotels and resorts around the world, along with 75 cinemas in Australia, 54 cinemas in Germany, and 20 cinemas in New Zealand. [7] In 2014-2015 it was making most of its money from its cinema division, [ 8 ] and described Event Cinemas as its flagship. [ 9 ]
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 ...
In 1908, he started presenting moving pictures at St George's Hall in Bourke Street, [2] accompanying the silent films with his small family band: his wife on piano, son on drums, and Russell on cornet. On 18 September 1909 he opened HOYTS Picture Palace, [1] and formed a company called HOYTS Pictures Pty Ltd. The old hall was rebuilt and ...
The venue was redeveloped, from two former cinemas, by property developer Leon Fink. [ 1 ] The foyer of the Metro, designed by leading Australian stage designer Brian Thomson , features a lightweight plastic replica of the Art Deco crystal chandelier which once hung in Regent Theatre which formerly stood opposite the Metro in George Street.
The Sydney Trocadero was closed on 5 February 1971; [2] the building was demolished and replaced by a modernist cinema complex owned by the Hoyts group. 1,500 Guests Jostle At Artists' Ball - Hundreds of people thronged the pavements outside the Trocadero last night to watch the guests, many of whom were wellknown cartoonists, artists, actors ...
505 George Street is a skyscraper that has been approved for construction in Sydney, Australia, on the current Event Cinemas site in George Street. It will be 270-metre (890 ft) tall, with 80-storeys and 507 apartments. [1] It will also include a rooftop restaurant and bar. [1] When finished, it will be the tallest residential building in the ...