CAARP: Cinema and Audience Research Project

Orpheum / Renown / Hoyts, Elsternwick

Venue Summary
Name	Orpheum / Renown / Hoyts, Elsternwick
Address	378 Genhuntly Road, Elsternwick, Victoria 3185
Operation Dates	1924-01-01 - 1973-01-01
Capacity	1126
Suburban/Country	Suburb
Purpose	Cinema
Screens	1
Roles	1924-01-01 - 1973-01-01 : Exhibitor : Hoyts Theatres Limited / Skyline Theatre / Hoyts Drive-In Theatre

Venue Comments
Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity: 1946/47-1948/49 = 1293 1949/50-1961/62 = 1343 1962/63-1966/67 = 1268 1968/69-1969/70 = 1126 Screenings listings for Hoyts Elsternwick in the Herald from 1965-1973. 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. 1946/7-1971 The Argus 1924, "To-Day's Entertainments", 5 July 1924, p. 32 -refers to screening of Slippy Mc Gee at Elsternwick Renown Theatre. This suggests the Renown was operating as a picture theatre at an earlier date.

Venue Events
Event Date	Name of Venue	Address	Latitude / Longitude	Capacity	Suburban	Purpose	Screens
1924-01-01	Renown, Elsternwick	378 Genhuntly Road Elsternwick Victoria 3185		1293	Suburb	Cinema	1
1950-01-01				1343
1963-01-01				1268
1969-01-01				1126

Screenings
Films	Distributor	Dates
Graduate, The		1970-04-04 - 1970-04-04
Graduate, The		1970-04-05 - 1970-04-05
Graduate, The		1970-04-06 - 1970-04-06
Graduate, The		1970-04-07 - 1970-04-07
Graduate, The		1970-04-08 - 1970-04-08
Graduate, The		1970-04-09 - 1970-04-09
Graduate, The		1970-04-10 - 1970-04-10
Graduate, The		1970-04-11 - 1970-04-11
Graduate, The		1970-04-12 - 1970-04-12
Graduate, The		1970-04-13 - 1970-04-13

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