CAARP: Cinema and Audience Research Project

La Scala Theatre, Footscray

Venue Summary
Name	La Scala Theatre, Footscray
Address	29A Leeds Street, Footscray, Victoria 3011
Operation Dates	1957-11-21 - 1972-09-25
Capacity	1075
Suburban/Country	Suburb
Purpose	Cinema
Screens	1
Roles	1963-01-01 - 1965-01-01 : Exhibitor : Maggiore, Angelico 1966-01-01 - 1967-01-01 : Exhibitor : Halifax Theatres 1969-01-01 - 1970-01-01 : Exhibitor : Selleck, F. & B. 1970-01-01 - 1972-01-01 : Exhibitor : Coicliano, G.

Venue Comments
Situated on the corner of Hopkins Street. Italian language film screenings advertised in general terms (no film titles mentioned) for La Scala in Il Globo on the following dates: 1959-12-02 to 1959-12-09 1960-01-27 to 1960-02-03 1960-03-16 to 1960-03-23 1960-03-23 to 1960-03-30 1960-03-30 to 1960-04-06 1960-04-06 to 1960-04-13 1960-04-13 to 1960-04-20 1960-04-20 to 1960-04-27 1960-04-27 to 1960-05-04 1957?- owned and run by the Maggiore family until sold in 1965. References Cinema & Theatre Historical Society 1997, Cinema index : Melbourne cinemas, suburban cinemas, Victorian drive-ins. CATHS, Victoria. Film Weekly, Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1962/3-1971 Film Weekly (28 November 1957, p. 8) reports "It was a big night in Footscray on Thursday when the first suburban Continental movie house in Victoria - La Scala - opened its doors with a gala screening to aid the Footscray and District Hospital". Seating capacity noted as 808, the theatre also includes an espresso bar and restaurant, a Continental bookshop, a tobacco shop, six office suites and five shops. Manzie, K 1957, "Continental theatre soon to open in suburb of Melbourne", Film Weekly, 20 June, p. 14. PROV, VPRS 7882/P1 Public Building Files, Unit 1314, PB 11260 Seccombe, R 2004, Footscray at the Flicks, Coora Films, Mitcham, Vic.

Venue Events
Event Date	Name of Venue	Address	Latitude / Longitude	Capacity	Suburban	Purpose	Screens
1957-11-21	La Scala Theatre, Footscray	29A Leeds Street Footscray Victoria 3011	-37.800613 144.901246	796	Suburb	Cinema	1
1971-01-01				1075

Screenings
Films	Distributor	Dates
Accattone	Brandon Films	1964-01-09 - 1964-01-09
Mamma Roma	Cineriz	1964-01-16 - 1964-01-16
Mamma Roma	Cineriz	1964-01-17 - 1964-01-17
Mamma Roma	Cineriz	1964-01-18 - 1964-01-18
Camping		1964-01-23 - 1964-01-23
Beatrice Cenci (1956)		1964-02-06 - 1964-02-06
Quattro Monaci, I	Titanus Distribuzione	1964-02-13 - 1964-02-13
Femmine Tre Volte		1964-02-20 - 1964-02-20
Ultimatum Alla Vita	Lux Film	1964-02-20 - 1964-02-20
El Cid	Allied Artists J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors	1964-03-05 - 1964-03-05

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