CAARP: Cinema and Audience Research Project

Boomerang / Mayfair Theatre, Dandenong

Venue Summary
Name	Boomerang / Mayfair Theatre, Dandenong
Address	170 Thomas Street, Dandenong, Victoria 3175
Operation Dates	1938-01-01 - 1974-01-01
Capacity	1094
Suburban/Country	Suburb
Purpose	Cinema
Screens	1
Roles	1938-01-01 - 1947-01-01 : Exhibitor : Leber, H. 1949-01-01 - 1974-01-01 : Exhibitor : Dandenong Theatres Pty Ltd

Venue Comments
Renamed Mayfair in 1951. First screening Italian films in 1967. According to advertisements in Il Globo, in 1968, this cinema becomes the venue for Italian film screening events organised intermittently by the 'Italo-Australian Club'. Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity: 1946/47-1951/52 = 1000 1952/53-1966/67 = 1094 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. 1946/47-1966/67 1925 Herald February 2, p. 21 (Boomerang listed as owned by Burgoyne and Casey)

Venue Events
Event Date	Name of Venue	Address	Latitude / Longitude	Capacity	Suburban	Purpose	Screens
1924-01-01	Boomerang	170 Thomas Street Dandenong Victoria 3175	-37.988556 145.213037	900	Suburb	Cinema	1
1947-01-01				1000
1951-01-01	Mayfair			1094

Screenings
Films	Distributor	Dates
El Cid	Allied Artists J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors	1963-04-04 - 1963-04-04
Divorzio Alla Siciliana		1967-06-11 - 1967-06-11
Bell'Antonio, Il	Cino Del Duca Films Embassy Pictures Corporation	1967-07-09 - 1967-07-09
Miseria E Nobilta	Minerva Film	1968-03-10 - 1968-03-10
Ultimatum Alla Vita	Lux Film	1968-03-10 - 1968-03-10

Total Entries 5, Total Pages 1