mini logo

Main Contents


Cinema And Theatre Historical Society, Victoria Australia www.caths.org.au

NEWSREEL
~ Cinema, Theatre and Showbusiness News ~
Index of Previous Editions

Return to Current Newsreel

Please Note: Archival copies of Newsreel accessible from this website go back to September 2001.

Newsreel December 2002 

  • Final CATHS event for year held at the Rivoli Theatre Camberwell. 

  • Attendance at end-of-year screening and dinner exceeds expectations.

Newsreel  October 2002

Newsreel May 2002

  • Save the Regent Theatre, Wollongong
  • National Trust Campaign to save historic NSW cinemas
  • Westgarth under threat
  • Star Wars Episode 2
  • Capitol upgrade news
  • Seeking info: Capitol generator
  • Her Majesty's Theatre re-opens
  • Entertainment Services
  • Latest Frankston multiplex proposal

Newsreel April 2002

  • Green Room Awards to open Her Majesty's
  • CinemaRecord
  • Palais website
  • New Kodak Theatre & Oscars
  • Capitol Showcase
  • United Artists website
  • Texas Instruments: Digital Light Processing

Newsreel March 2002

  • Welcome to www.caths.org.au and Suburbia!
  • From the Editor
  • Green light for Dromana Drive-in third screen
  • New Drive-in for Dandenong
  • New theatre developments for Southbank arts precinct
  • New website for Village Cinemas
  • 50th Anniversary of Olinda Film Festival
  • More 'baby' movie sessions
  • FAMM Convention
  • Theatre Historical Society of America convention
  • ShoWest
  • Castlemaine Theatre withdrawn from sale

Newsreel February 2002

  • New Drive-in for Dandenong
  • Capitol Theatre Melbourne - Guided Tours
  • Extra screens proposed for Brighton Bay
  • Rabbit Proof Fence preview at Castlemaine
  • Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat
  • Victorian Movie Makers' Theatrette sold
  • Melbourne Super 8 Group winds up
  • Anderson Cinemas update
  • Experienced projectionist wanted
  • Internet Archives
  • Ask a Question Service
  • Cinema and theatre websites
  • The Majestic
  • Cinemedia Changes
  • IMAX Adelaide closes

Newsreel January 2002

  • There is no January 2002 edition of Newsreel.

Newsreel December 2001

  • CinemaRecord
  • Cinemas can open on Christmas Day
  • New twist in Frankston cinema development
  • Moonlight Cinema
  • New screens for Palace Balwyn
  • Anderson cinemas for Melton
  • New Hoyts cinemas for Ringwood and Blacktown
  • Myer Music Bowl re-opens
  • Daylesford Rex multiplex plans
  • Greater Union and BCC: New multiplexes
  • South Australian news

Newsreel November 2001

  • Village Fountain Gate Opens
  • 70-year-old Technology Makes A Comeback!
  • Charlton Rex
  • Trak Cinema Re-opens
  • Westgarth 80th Celebrations a Hit
  • The Blues Brothers 21st Anniversary at the Westgarth
  • Melton Cinema Re-opens
  • Bugs Bunny On Broadway

Newsreel October 2001

  • Westgarth Theatre 80th Anniversary
  • Over the Fence Comedy Film Festival
  • CinemaRecord
  • Melbourne International Movie Festival
  • Halls Gap Film Festival
  • Bijou Dream

Newsreel September 2001

  • Capitol Theatre update
  • Maryborough closes - and re-opens
  • Charlton Cinema
  • The Last Great Vaudeville Show
  • Dromana Drive-In
  • Wonthaggi new lessee
  • Frankston multiplexes
  • Sun multiplex plans
  • Cinema Websites

Newsreel August 2001

  • There is no August 2001 edition of Newsreel.

Newsreel July 2001

  • Plan to boost Melbourne's theatres
  • The Longford 'One Last Time Festival'
  • CATHS Swapmeet
  • CAE Course: American Silent Films
  • Theatre Talks website
  • Maryborough closes
  • CinemaRecord
  • Free Meeting Space
  • Family Memories speaker at CATHS meeting
  • ShowScene

Newsreel June 2001

  • Reading Chirnside Park complex opens
  • Longford Cinema set to close
  • Positions Vacant: IMAX Projectionist
  • Community bid for Theatre Royal Castlemaine
  • Warburton Film Festival
  • Boost for Victorian Regional Arts
  • New Theatre for Bendigo
  • Anderson multiplexes for Sunbury and Richmond
  • New MTC theatre planned for Melbourne
  • Crown Lyric theatre doubts
  • Village Fountain Gate
  • Book launch at Her Majesty's
  • Waverley Cinema emails over 10,000
  • Garfield Picture Theatre
  • New Paramount 4 Cinemas for Echuca
  • ShowScene

Newsreel May 2001

  • Popcorn Palaces
  • New Echuca Paramount Cinemas
  • John Cain Talk at CATHS Meeting
  • EntertainmentLink
  • Griffin Documentary Honoured
  • 50th Melbourne International Film Festival Opening at Regent
  • Demolition Threat for Mt Thomas Cinema
  • ShowScene

Newsreel April 2001

  • John Cain to Speak at April CATHS Meeting
  • CinemaRecord
  • Tivoli Show
  • Victorian Film and TV Report
  • Dog Show at Cinema Nova
  • Koroit Cinema Re-opens
  • New Judging System for AFI Awards
  • New Cinerama Project in US
  • Film Australia Documentary: City of Dreams
  • From Gaolbird to Lyrebird
  • Capitol Upgrade and Restoration Photos
  • The Griffins In Australia and India
  • Film Australia Documentary: City of Dreams
  • ShowScene
Newsreel March 2001
  • Publication of Cinema Papers Suspended
  • Forum: Staging Your Theatre Piece
  • Free Outdoor Cinema in St Kilda
  • Sensory Movie-going in Melbourne - help sought
  • CAE Performing Arts Courses
  • Melbourne Film Buffs Weekend
  • Liz Jones - Green Room Lifetime Achievement Winner
  • Koroit Theatre Re-opens
  • Two Seats In The Circle
  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • Garfield Theatre Restaurant
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Castlemaine Theatre Royal For Sale
  • Tivoli Exhibition
  • French Film Festival
  • ShowScene

Newsreel February 2000

  • Hoyts Plaster Chandeliers
  • Melbourne Film Buffs Weekend
  • CATHS 'Annie' Bookings
  • Sound of Music coming to The Capitol
  • Mamma Mia!
  • St Martins Theatre Scholarships
  • Friends of the National Film & Sound Archive
  • Frankston Arts Centre - new name
  • Agora Cinema Website
  • Americans and the Birth of Oz Television
  • CinemaRecord
  • National Anthem Film c1951 Sought
  • New Book on Swedish Cinemas
  • ICE - Immersion Cinema Experience
  • Bendigo CATHS News
  • OnStage
  • New Screens for Mornington
  • Society Art Deco Website
  • Peninsula/Warragul Cinemas Website
  • Oz Classics at The Astor
  • Rodgers & Hammerstein Concerts
  • Victoria's Mechanics' Institutes
  • Symbols of Australia
  • Our Community Website
  • New MovieLine Number
  • ShowScene

Newsreel January 2001

  • Arts Centre Site History Project
  • ShowScene

Newsreel December 2000

  • Leongatha Stadium Cinema Opens
  • New Twist in Frankston Multiplex Saga
  • FedFest Film Festival
  • Capitol Star Lights
  • Capitol Apartments
  • Classic Dummy Spit
  • GST Refund to Arts Patrons
  • CATHS Article in Herald Sun
  • Chasing Buddha Tour
  • 007 The James Bond Story
  • ShowScene

Newsreel November 2000

  • Historic Films at The Palais
  • Trak Closes
  • Movie Magazine Closes
  • Bendigo: Performers and Palaces
  • Dendy Brighton 4 Now Open
  • New Library for Chapel Distribution
  • Major Capitol Works
  • Jimmy McGovern Melbourne Visit
  • Two New Screens for Mornington
  • Inflatable Screens
  • Federation Square Open Day
  • Hitchcock's Rear Window at Astor
  • Another Summer for Shepparton Drive In
  • Open Road
  • ShowScene

Newsreel October 2000

  • The Olympics - Sydney, take a Bow
  • CATHS Website Receives Netweek Award
  • Melbourne Museum Opens
  • New Palace Cinema for Brisbane
  • The Star Cinema Eaglehawk
  • Astor Listings on Telstra WAP
  • Kookaburra Outdoor Drive-In
  • Overscreening: Turmoil in US Cinema Industry
  • Kingston Arts Centre Moviehouse
  • Melbourne Festival
  • Cartoons at the Super Size Cinema
  • Picture Australia Website
  • Rivoli Preview Screening
  • Dendy Open Again: Reduced Hours
  • Reel Deals Website
  • CATHS Bendigo Meetings
  • Yellow Submarine Art Director at the Astor
  • Coke Drive-in Revealed
  • CATHS Meeting
  • 2nd Annual Giant Reel Fair
  • Film Center Website
  • Film Buffs Weekend
  • ShowScene

Newsreel September 2000

  • Carlton Movie House Sold
  • CATHS Rivoli Tour
  • Olympic Opening on the Dromana Drive-In Big Screen
  • Trak Cinema to Close
  • Nova and Lumiere Websites
  • US Cinerama Happenings
  • Documentary Filmmaking School
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • CATHS Bendigo Meeting
  • Barkly Theatre Apartments Project
  • Chookahs!
  • (N)ova-dose
  • La Trobe Film Night
  • Olympic Follies at The Tivoli
  • A Tribute to Judy Garland at The Astor
  • New Dendy Screens
  • Widescreen Auction
  • Film Buffs Weekend
  • Hoyts Website
  • Maximum Vision
  • More Long Shots
  • Film on the Birth of Australian Film Industry
  • Widescreen Festival
  • CATHS Meeting
  • CinemaRecord
  • InStereo
  • Seattle Cinerama Website
  • Innovative disability facilities at Cinerama Theatre
  • Hoyts Village NZ Merger Off
  • Picture Theatres in Queensland
  • ShowScene

Newsreel August 2000

  • Movie Ticket Prices Cut for Games
  • CATHS Meeting
  • Classic Screenings at Regent Multiplex Ballarat
  • Carlton Moviehouse Rescue Plan
  • Funding Cut to AFI
  • The Future of Cinema Architecture
  • Film And History Interchange
  • Warner Village Megaplex opens in UK PHOTOS  
  • eCommonwealth
  • CATHS New Zealand Photos
  • Historic Theatres Trust, Canada
  • Search for Austral Duplex Discs
  • Projected Picture Trust: Website Launch
  • The Swedish Widescreen Centre
  • In 70mm
  • Bayside Reflections Port Phillip Bay on Film
  • Forbidden Broadway
  • Independent Filmmaking: How to get a start in the industry
  • VirtualFilmmaker
  • Open Captioned Films
  • ShowScene
Newsreel July 2000
  • Melbourne Music in the 1920s
  • The Red Hot Jazz Archive
  • Melton Cinema Centre Closes
  • Captioned Movies
  • A New Her Majesty's for Melbourne
  • CATHS Bendigo Group Meeting
  • CinemaRecord
  • CATHS Swapmeet
  • CATHS New Zealand Tour
  • GST: Cinema & Theatre Tickets to rise
  • Intermittent News
  • MIFF: Melbourne International Film Festival
  • MUFF: Melbourne Underground Film Festival
  • Filmbazaar.com
  • VICNET's 3000 Web Publishers
  • Blues Brothers at Westgarth
  • Mighty Movies: 200 Epic Movie Posters
  • Art Deco World
  • St Kilda Film Festival Hits
  • Script Alive
  • Go to the bloody ballet...
  • CATHS Film Buffs Weekend
  • CATHS Bendigo Tour
  • ShowScene

Newsreel June 2000

  • Cinesonic Conference
  • Arts Jobs: Stories from the Frontline
  • Lux Radio Theatre
  • Tivoli Tribute
  • Vicmovies
  • Rivoli Cinemas Feature
  • The Mind of the Architect
  • IMAX: MTM May Take Over From Cinema Plus
  • My Flaming Aunt: stage disasters
  • New Moviola Website
  • Carlton Theatre For Sale & National Trust Listing for Burnley Theatre
  • Victorian Drama League
  • ShowScene

Newsreel May 2000

  • Cinema Papers Re-launch
  • Disney Animation Exhibition
  • Fantasia 2000
  • New Pinewood Theatrettes Opening
  • Village Rivoli Re-opens
  • Reading Waurn Ponds Open
  • Reading Website Launched
  • Village Dandenong Upgrade
  • Arts Jobs Bulletin
  • New Location for Public Records Office
  • New Screen and Stage for Maryborough Cinema
  • Victorian Virtual Library
  • The Edge Cinema News
  • Swanpool Cinema Website
  • New Village Hoyts Centre in Sydney
  • The Production Company Website
  • Village Southland First Birthday
  • Drive-Ins & Cinema Nostalgia on 3RRR
  • ShowScene

Newsreel April 2000

  • There is no April 2000 edition of Newsreel.

Newsreel March 2000

  • Gold Coin Admission for Senior Citizens
  • Casablanca
  • Major Archival Initiative for Film Australia
  • Lawrence Of Arabia at The Astor
  • Rivoli Opening Delayed Again
  • Shepparton Drive-out Speakers
  • Melbourne Film Buffs Weekend
  • Capitol Open Day Success
  • CATHS Events
  • Lawrence Of Arabia at The Astor
  • ShowScene

Newsreel February 2000

  • Silent Classics and Organ Music
  • 2nd Annual Melbourne Film Buffs Weekend - March 2000
  • Fitzroy Film Nights
  • Heritage Commission Appeals for Cinemas
  • Clocktower Centre
  • Drive-in Take Away
  • Rivoli Opening Soon
  • Drive-ins Downunder Website
  • Capitol Theatre Open Day
  • Working Capitol Fund
  • Award for Jill Perryman
  • Opera In The Market
  • Village to open New Flagship Cinemas in Doncaster
  • Waverley Pinewood Theatrettes
  • New CATHS groups for Gippsland and Bendigo
  • Empire and Barkly up for Auction
  • Organ Premiere at Coburg Town Hall
  • Dress Circle Magazine
  • Reel Resource
  • Performing Arts Courses
  • On Stage Magazine
  • CATHS Events
  • ShowScene

Newsreel January 2000

  • Changes for Cinema Papers
  • CATHS Events
  • CinemaRecord
  • ShowScene

Newsreel December 1999

  • Hoyts Chadstone Megaplex Opens
  • AusArts
  • Dromana Twin Drive-in
  • Village Drive-in News
  • New Nova Screens
  • The Sounds of Christmas at The Regent
  • Village Millennium VIP Pass
  • New Exhibitions at the Victorian Arts Centre
  • Gold Class Cinemas at Village Geelong
  • Rivoli Opening Delay
  • Columbia Pictures 75th Anniversary at The Astor
  • The Opening of the Royal Opera House
  • CATHS Events
  • CinemaRecord
  • Cinema Under The Stars at Eyton
  • European Cinema Journal
  • ShowScene

Newsreel November 1999

  • Melbourne Super 8 Film Festival
  • Capitol Update
  • Regional Cinema Conference
  • Youth Futures - From Street to Theatre
  • Dance Lumiere
  • Concerns About ScreenSound Australia/Film & Sound Archive
  • Mystery Film Screening Fundraiser for VAC Staff Reunion
  • Manifesto, Zen Cinema
  • Capitol Theatre Celebrates its 75th Anniversary
  • Hoyts Reunion in New South Wales
  • Fox Studios Australia Grand Opening
  • New Hoyts Developments
  • Arts Centre Exhibitions
  • Melbourne Theatre Company Tours
  • Arts City Backstage Tour
  • Regent and Forum Theatres Tour
  • Lilith - The Women's Circus
  • ShowScene

Newsreel October 1999

  • Mike Walsh Buys Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne
  • Maxvision Cinema for Federation Square
  • Ephemera & Collectables Fair
  • Filmmaking Courses
  • Entertainers Online
  • National Trust Classifies Waverley Theatre
  • Le RipOff Deux Film Fest
  • Exhibitions at The Victorian Arts Centre
  • Camberwell Photography & Video Market
  • Melbourne Super 8 Film Group
  • ShowScene

Newsreel September 1999

  • RMIT Griffin Exhibition
  • CATHS Events
  • Classic Opens Three New Screens and Launches Website
  • Cinema Theatre Association Website UK
  • National Trust Classification for La Mama Theatre
  • The Cinema Centre Up For Sale
  • ShowScene

Newsreel August 1999

  • CATHS Events
  • GIANT REEL FAIR
  • Marriner Theatres Website
  • Australian Movie Convention
  • New Zealand Film Buffs Weekend - May 2000
  • Cinema Nova to expand to Eight Screens
  • Elsternwick Classic to Open Three New Screens
  • RMIT Capitol Website
  • Hitchcock TV Special
  • Theatre Royal Castlemaine Restoration
  • Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres Book, Canada
  • Help Sought for Barkly Theatre Building Restoration
  • Major Film Seasons at The Astor Theatre
  • Stanley Kubrick Festival
  • Paul Ruckert, Cinema Pioneer - Special on Nine Network
  • ShowScene

Newsreel July 1999

  • Capitol Theatre Display at the Melbourne Film Festival
  • Hoyts, Village and Greater Union Movieline Ads
  • 'PARAMOUNT' Neon Sign - can you help?
  • Memorial Celebration for Kenn Brodziak, OB
  • Melbourne International Film Festival
  • New Multiplex for Sunbury
  • Launch of ScreenSound Australia
  • On With The Show
  • Maverick
  • CATHS Events
  • Ready, Steady, GO!
  • Cinema Plus and Ticketek Deal
  • Winter Film Festival at Cinema Europa
  • St Kilda History Page
  • Vienna Boys' Choir 500th Anniversary
  • Reel Deals
  • Fox to Market MGM Films
  • Greater Union now on Village Directory
  • Launch of The 1999 AFI Awards Screeenings
  • Cinemedia Federation Square Project
  • Mentone Theatre History on the Net
  • Friends of Studio City
  • Cinema and Circus Models
  • ShowScene

Newsreel June 1999

  • Carlton Movie House Closes
  • Brian Beatty Honoured with Panorama Arts Award
  • Filmnet
  • CATHS Events
  • Greater Union Launches New Website
  • Circus Oz Turns 21
  • Across The Ditch: The Last Film Search
  • Wide Screen Weekend Tour to Bradford UK
  • East Coast Cinemas Website
  • Third Screen for Maryborough
  • 30th Anniversary of The Cinema Centre
  • MEDIA Salles: European Cinema 1998 Exhibition Data
  • New Village Southland 16 Megaplex Opens
  • Melbourne International Film & Video Festival
  • ShowScene

Newsreel May 1999

  • New Village Southland 16 Megaplex Opens
  • Anderson Multiplex Cinemas Website
  • Boy from Oz & Dame Edna Exhibitions
  • Melbourne IMAX Celebrates 1st Birthday
  • Val Morgan Cinema Advertising
  • Screen Network Australia Update
  • Charles Chauvel Exhibition
  • Southern Cross Cinema at Cerberus Reopens
  • New Performing Arts Centre and Multiplex for Echuca
  • Paramount Maryborough New Screen
  • Hoyts Chadstone Redevelopment
  • Village Rivoli Redevelopment
  • Capitol Theatre News
  • Gone With The Wind at The Regent
  • CATHS Events
  • Melbourne International Film & Video Festival
  • Nova-Village-Palace Venture
  • Dromana Drive-in Website
  • ShowScene

Newsreel April 1999

  • Rivoli Closes for Renovations
  • Waverley News
  • Sun Film Society
  • Greater Union Website Redesign
  • Village 4 Shepparton Now Open
  • Kodak creates Theatre Arm
  • Waverley Cinema Re-opens
  • Super 8 Film Making
  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • Cirque du Soleil
  • RMIT University Buys The Capitol Theatre
  • CATHS Geelong Tour
  • Cinerama Tour
  • Organ Concert at the Regent
  • ShowScene

Newsreel March 1999

  • Cirque du Soleil
  • RMIT University Buys The Capitol Theatre
  • CATHS Geelong Tour & Boy From Oz
  • Photography & Video Market
  • Denzil Howson Receives Performing Arts Award
  • Reading Australia Cinemas
  • Melbourne Film Buffs Weekend
  • Some Gems from the CATHS Archives
  • George Wallace Memorabilia
  • Waverley Renovations Commence
  • Filmnet
  • Cinerama Tour
  • Theatre News
  • Organ Concert at the Regent
  • ShowScene

Newsreel February 1999

  • Waverley Renovations Commence
  • Cinerama Tour
  • Capitol Bonds
  • Theatre News
  • Melbourne Film Buffs Weekend
  • Fire at the Empire Nightclub in Windsor
  • Myer Music Bowl 40 Years Old
  • Circus! 150 years in Australia
  • New Development for Former Oakleigh Cinema
  • Frank Van Straten receives OAM Australia Day Honour
  • Organ Concert at the Regent
  • Media Museum Clearance Sale
  • The Capitol Candelabras at the National Gallery of Victoria
  • Working Capitol
  • ShowScene

Newsreel January 1999

  • Frank Van Straten receives OAM Australia Day Honour
  • The Capitol Candelabras at the National Gallery of Victoria
  • The Circus Exhibition
  • The Astonishing Ashtons on SBS TV
  • Media Museum Clearance Sale
  • Dromana Drive In News
  • Organ Concert at the Regent
  • Footscray Barkly Theatre Sold
  • More Outdoor Cinemas
  • CATS to Tour Under the Big Top
  • Filmmaking Summer School
  • The Amazing Travelling Film & Sound Show
  • VCA School of Film and Television
  • The Travelling Film Festival
  • Working Capitol
  • ShowScene

Return to Current Newsreel

HOME ABOUT CATHS NEWSREEL EVENTS FILM BUFFS ARCHIVES
CINEMARECORD PUBLICATIONS MEMBERSHIP RESOURCES & LINKS
CINEMAS THEATRES SHOWSCENE QUIZ SITEMAP