Montrose Public Hall Theatre
| Name | Montrose Public Hall Theatre |
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| Address | Mt Dandenong Road, Montrose, Victoria 3765 |
| Operation Dates | 1951-09-12 - 1970-01-01 |
| Capacity | 180 |
| Suburban/Country | Suburb |
| Purpose | Hall |
| Screens | 1 |
| Roles |
1951-09-12 - 1953-01-01 : Exhibitor : Kerr, William
1954-01-01 - 1958-01-01 : Exhibitor : Irving, V.R.
1959-01-01 - 1970-01-01 : Exhibitor : Dodge, Brian
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Montrose Public Hall was built in 1915 and was also known as the Montrose Theatre when regular cinema screenings were held in later years. "By the beginning of the 1960s regular film screenings were still surviving the impact of television under the exhibitor Brian Dodge, but eventually even the Saturday night film show succumbed as it did in so many small venues in the outer-east of Melbourne around about the mid 1960s." (Seccombe, p. 10) Closing date based on last listing in Film Weekly. Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity: References Film Weekly, Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1948/9-1969/70 Film Weekly (13 September 1951, p.1.) reports on gala opening of the theatre's first public performance. Also references W Kerr as the man operating the theatre (also operates shows at Bayswater and Warrandyte) Seccombe, R. 1999 'Out in the sticks: early cinema in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs' CinemaRecord no. 24, pp. 4-10 |
| Event Date | Name of Venue | Address | Latitude / Longitude |
Capacity | Suburban | Purpose | Screens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-09-12 | Montrose Theatre |
Mt Dandenong Road Montrose Victoria 3765 |
-37.811584 145.335856 |
200 | Suburb | Hall | 1 |
| 1953-01-01 |
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150 | ||||
| 1963-01-01 |
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180 |