| Reference Type |
book
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| Title |
Tatler- Curzon Theatre |
| Author(s) | Trevor Walters |
| Town |
Melbourne |
| State |
VIC |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
00-00-2009 |
| Citation Date |
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| Comments |
I found this description of the Curzon theatre very informative. Though I was aware that at one stage the theatres that screened at 270 Collins St showed âXâ rated films there was very little information on the films and the response to them. After reading this I can now know that they were quite popular and brought in crowds, similar to that of the âStar Theatretteâ. Knowing other cinemas that showed the same controversial films will serve as a useful tool to compare crowds and when those cinemas closed or stopped being so successful. This article gives reasons why the Curzon was so popular at the time when there was a large succession of cinemas not only over a large span but directly in the city next to them. The Curzon theatre appeared to have showed something unique, something that television couldnât air and this brought the crowds in. This information will help me with directing research in when they stopped playing films that interested the consumer and why. Though there still remained confusion around the two theatres being in the one complex they were advertised as a âtwin setâ, and this was quite revolutionary at the time. It was these points that set the âAustralia Twinâ, then the âCurzonâ and âAustraliaâ theatre apart. By the 1970âs however it was not alone in a duel complex design and this was beginning to make it more main stream than its original design. This fact is yet another reason why the âAustralia Twinâ lost it edge on other cinemas.
Sarah P |
| Synopsis |
This article goes into great detail on the transformation of the original Tatler theatre, opened on the 25th May, 1934 to its closing in 1961. Eleven days after closing it then transformed into the Curzon theatre. It goes onto describe the interior design of the theatre and its successes in film screening. It also is insightful through explaining to us one of its marketing strategies to get the crowds in, and to define it from other cinemas.
Sarah P |
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| book - The Picture Palaces of Melbourne . 00-00-2009 |
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Trevor Walters
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| A comprehensive collection of images, screenings, interviews and features of popular cinema houses in Melbourne in the prime era of Cinema. (Elia Lom)
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