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Skyline / Hoyts Drive-in, Oakleigh

Venue Summary
Name Skyline / Hoyts Drive-in, Oakleigh
Address Old Dandenong Road, Oakleigh, Victoria 3166
Operation Dates 1955-03-10 - 1990-01-01
Capacity 658
Suburban/Country Suburb
Purpose Cinema
Screens 2
Roles
Venue Comments

Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity:
1956/7 = 650
1958/9 = 608
1960/61-1964/65 = 650
1965/66-1971 = 658

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. 1955/6-1971

Film screenings advertised in The Herald until 1981

Film Weekly (14 July 1955, p. 17-19.) reports on the installation and costs involved in building the Oakleigh Drive-in- the Skyline and other drive-in. Briefly references drive-in location as adjacent to Warrigal Road.

Venue Events
Event Date Name of Venue Address Latitude /
Longitude
Capacity Suburban Purpose Screens
1955-03-10 Skyline Old Dandenong Road
Oakleigh
Victoria 3166
-37.9357842
145.0871746
650 Suburb Cinema 2
1959-01-01



608
1961-01-01



650
1966-01-01



658

Screenings

Screenings
Films Distributor Dates
I Never Sang For My Father 1972-06-20 - 1972-06-20
X,Y & Z 1972-06-21 - 1972-06-21
I Never Sang For My Father 1972-06-21 - 1972-06-21
Heist, The 1972-06-22 - 1972-06-22
Blind Terror 1972-06-22 - 1972-06-22
Heist, The 1972-06-23 - 1972-06-23
Blind Terror 1972-06-23 - 1972-06-23
Heist, The 1972-06-24 - 1972-06-24
Blind Terror 1972-06-24 - 1972-06-24
Heist, The 1972-06-25 - 1972-06-25
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