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Star Newsreel / Crazy Horse, Melbourne

Venue Summary
Name Star Newsreel / Crazy Horse, Melbourne
Address 34 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Operation Dates 1951-01-01 - 9999-12-31
Capacity 234
Suburban/Country City
Purpose Cinema
Screens 1
Roles
1953-01-01 - 1967-01-01 : Exhibitor : Star Newsreel Pty Ltd
1968-01-01 - 1970-01-01 : Exhibitor : Regent Trading Enterprises
Venue Comments

The Star Newsreel was a single level basement theatre screening continuous 1 hour sessions from 10 am.

One of the first sex theatres.

Burnt down. Re-opened on Wednesday December 12, 2007.

Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity:
1951/2 = 185
1953/4 = 202
1954/5 = 242
1956/7 = 238
1968/9 = 232
1971 = 234

References
Film Weekly. Film Weekly: Motion Picture Directory Sydney 1951/2-1971.

Cinema & Theatre Historical Society 1997, CInema index : Melbourne cinemas, suburban cinemas, Victorian drive-ins. CATHS, Victoria

Brandum, D 2011 'STAR' Technicolouryawn.com, viewed 28 October, 2011, http://technicolouryawn.com/?page_id=796

Venue Events
Event Date Name of Venue Address Latitude /
Longitude
Capacity Suburban Purpose Screens
1951-01-01 Star Newsreel 34 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
-37.81717
144.96493
185 City Cinema 1
1954-01-01



202
1955-01-01



242
1971-01-01



234
1984-01-01 Crazy Horse, Melbourne



Screenings

Screenings
Films Distributor Dates
Full Time Females 1975-01-02 - 1975-01-02
School For Swingers 1975-01-02 - 1975-01-02
Full Time Females 1975-01-03 - 1975-01-03
School For Swingers 1975-01-03 - 1975-01-03
Full Time Females 1975-01-04 - 1975-01-04
School For Swingers 1975-01-04 - 1975-01-04
Full Time Females 1975-01-05 - 1975-01-05
School For Swingers 1975-01-05 - 1975-01-05
Full Time Females 1975-01-06 - 1975-01-06
School For Swingers 1975-01-06 - 1975-01-06
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