Plaza, Essendon
| Name | Plaza, Essendon |
|---|---|
| Address | 5 Russell Street, Essendon, Victoria 3040 |
| Operation Dates | 1935-08-03 - 1959-08-17 |
| Capacity | 982 |
| Suburban/Country | Suburb |
| Purpose | Cinema |
| Screens | 1 |
| Roles |
1935-01-01 - 1959-01-01 : Exhibitor : Hoyts Theatres Limited / Skyline Theatre / Hoyts Drive-In Theatre
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Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity: Venue: Other Information 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. 1946/7-1958/59 1973 Essendon Gazette December 19 (Plaza was originally the Essendon Public Hall. First screening in 1915. Came under Hoyts but closed in 1930. Re-modelled and re-opened by Hoyts in 1935 as the Plaza - previously Hoyts Essendon. Closed in 1959 and is now the Ukranian Club) Seccombe, R 2002 'Movies return to the Plaza' CinemaRecord, Cinema and Theatre Historical Society, no. 35, p.13. The Sun 1960, 'Squashed Out', 7 April, p.23 1916 Flemington Spectator March 23 (adverts for films at the Essendon Public Hall) 1959, 'Of out theatres' , TV Week August 13, p.7 "Five more suburban theatre will close this week- bringing the total number of Victorian theatres to flicker out since the advent of TV to 70" |
| Event Date | Name of Venue | Address | Latitude / Longitude |
Capacity | Suburban | Purpose | Screens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913-01-01 | Essendon Public Hall |
5 Russell Street Essendon Victoria 3040 |
-37.756137 144.916806 |
Suburb | Hall | 1 | |
| 1915-01-01 | Hoyts Essendon |
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Cinema | |||
| 1935-08-03 | Plaza |
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1316 | |||
| 1949-01-01 |
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983 | ||||
| 1951-01-01 |
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982 |