Main entry:

Thorne, Ross.

Title & Author:

Cinemas of Australia via USA / Ross Thorne.

Publication:

Sydney : Architecture Dept., University of Sydney, ©1981.

Description:

388 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 30 cm

Notes:
Errata slip inserted.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-384) and index.
Part one : the American precedent -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The sources of the picture palaces and 'Roxy' Rathapfel in perspective -- 3. From nickelodeon to picture palace -- 4. The architects in relation to the picture palace -- 5. Modernistic, jazz style, modern or art deco? -- 6. The modernistic, (bastardized) art deco (USA) style cinema -- 7. Postscript: Australian architects and theatres -- Part two : the individual Australian cinemas -- Ambassadors, Perth -- American Picture Palace, Sydney -- Apollo, Sydney -- Arcadia, Sydney -- Astor, Sydney -- Auditorium, Melbourne -- Australian Picture Palace, Sydney -- Avalon, Hobart -- Barkly, Footscray, Vic. -- Barclay, Sydney -- Britannia, Melbourne -- Cameo, Sydney -- Capitol, Inverell, NSW -- Capitol, Melbourne -- Capitol, Perth -- Capitol, Sydney -- Century, Melbourne -- Century, Sydney -- Chelsea, Melbourne -- Cinema Centre, Melbourne -- Circle, Preston, Vic. -- Civic, Sydney -- Colonial no. 1, Sydney -- Colonial no. 2, Sydney -- Crystal Palace, Sydney -- Deluxe, Melbourne -- Deluxe, Sydney -- Dendy, Brighton, Vic. -- Drive-in Cinemas -- Embassy, Sydney -- Empire, Adelaide -- Empire, Brisbane -- Empire, Toowoomba, Qld. -- Empress, Sydney -- Esquire, Melbourne -- Esquire, Sydney -- Forum, Melbourne -- Forum, Nth Adelaide -- Forum, Sydney -- George, Brisbane -- Globe, Sydney -- Grand, Adelaide -- Grand, Perth -- Grand, Sydney -- Grand Empire, Hobart -- Haymarket, Sydney -- Hillside, Broken Hill, NSW -- Hippodrome, Sydney -- Her Majestys, Hobart -- Hoyts, Albury, NSW -- Hoyts, Ashfield, NSW -- Hoyts Entertainment Centre, Sydney -- Imperial, Melbourne -- Kinema, Mosman, NSW -- Kings, Ashfield, NSW -- Kings, Bondi Beach, NSW -- Kings, Chatswood, NSW -- Kings, Clovelly, NSW -- Kings, Lindfield, NSW -- Kings, Marrickville, NSW -- Kings, Mosman, NSW -- Kings, Rose Bay, NSW -- Liberty, Melbourne -- Liberty, Sydney -- Lindfield, Lindfield, NSW -- Lyceum, Brisbane -- Lyceum, Sydney -- Lyceum, Melbourne -- Lyric, Sydney -- Majestic, Launceston, Tas. -- Majestic, Melbourne -- Majestic, Sydney -- Mayfair, Adelaide -- Melba, Melbourne -- Metro, Adelaide -- Metro, Brisbane -- Metro, (Collins St), Melbourne -- Metro, Perth -- National, Hobart -- New Riverina, Albert Park, Vic. -- New York Picture Theatre, Sydney -- Odeon, Melbourne -- Open Air cinemas -- Orpheum, Cremorne, NSW -- Orpheum, Nth Sydney, NSW -- Ozone, Mildura, Vic. -- Pacific, Mooloolabah, Qld. -- Padua, Brunswick, Vic -- Palace, Hobart -- Palais, St. Kilda, Vic. -- Palladium, Sydney -- Paramount, Melbourne -- Paramount, Sydney -- Paris, Brisbane -- Paris, Melbourne -- Paris, Sydney -- Park, Albert Park, Vic. -- Pavilion, Adelaide -- Piccadilly, Nth Adelaide -- Piccadilly, Perth -- Plaza, Melbourne -- Plaza, Perth -- Plaza, Sydney -- Prince Edward, Sydney -- Prince of Wales, Hobart -- Princess, Launceston, Tas -- Rapallo, Melbourne -- Rapallo, Sydney -- Regal, Hartwell, Vic. -- Regent, Adelaide -- Regent, Albury, NSW -- Regent, Brisbane -- Regent, Melbourne -- Regent, Perth -- Regent, Sydney -- Rex, Adelaide -- Rialto, Manly, NSW -- Rialto, Sydney -- Rivoli, Upper Hawthorn, Vic. -- Roxy, Coorparoo, Qld -- Roxy, Parramatta, NSW -- Roxy Gardens, Leeton, NSW -- St James, Brisbane -- Savoy, Melbourne -- Savoy, Sydney -- Shell, Sydney -- Star, Bondi Junction, NSW -- State, Melbourne -- State, Sydney -- Sturt, Adelaide -- Tatler, Sydney -- Town, Sydney -- Victoria, Sydney -- Victory, St. Kilda, Vic. -- Victory, Sydney -- Village, Mosman, NSW -- Vogue, Kingswood, Adelaide -- Wests Olympia, Adelaide -- Windsor, Windsor, Vic. -- Wintergarden, Brisbane -- Wintergarden, Rose Bay, NSW -- Wondergraph, Adelaide -- York, Adelaide.

Summary:

"'Cinemas of Australia via USA' is an edited anthology of previously published documents of Australian cinema - building history for over 90 motion picture theatres, together with an introductory text detailing the development in the USA of cinema design which influenced the architecture of their Australian counterparts. In the introduction the author commences at the time nickelodeons were beginning to become decorated in a style which anticipated the great picture palaces of the 1920s. He describes the development of the "atmospheric" cinema, expounds on the difficulties of defining the Art Deco style and concludes with a glimpse of the Australian architects whose practices specialised in cinema design. Although the selection of the Australian buildings is arbitrary it includes all the major movie theatres in the capital cities. There are 350 illustrations including plans, sections and elevations of some examples." -- dust jacket fly leaf.

ISBN:

0909425221
9780909425227
0909425248 (pbk.)
9780909425241 (pbk.)

Subject:

Motion picture theaters Australia.
Motion picture theaters.
Cinémas Australie.
Cinemas. Architectural features. Australia.
Cinemas. Architectural features. United States.
Australia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 107671
Call No.: IDM NA6846.A8.T4; ID:96-B1117
Status: Available